Edgar White

Personal information

Born

November 17, 1929
New York City, New York, U.S.

Died

January 7, 2014 (aged 84)

Medal record

Sailing
Representing the United States
Olympic Games
	1952 Helsinki	5.5 m class

Edgar Pardee Earle "Ed" White (November 17, 1929 – January 7, 2014)^[1]^[2] was an American sailor and Olympic champion. He was born in New York City, New York.^[1] He competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, where he won a gold medal in the 5.5 metre class with the boat Complex II, together with Britton Chance and Sumner White.^[3]

References

1 2 "Ed White". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 13, 2015.
↑ Edgar White at Find a Grave
↑ "1952 Summer Olympics – Helsinki, Finland – Sailing" databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on May 31, 2008)

Olympic Champions in 5.5 Metre

1952: Chance, Schoettle, E. White & S. White 1956: Thörn, Karlsson & Stork 1960: O'Day, Hunt & Smith 1964: Northam, O'Donnell & Sargeant 1968: U. Sundelin, J. Sundelin & P. Sundelin

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