American sailor (1929–2014)
Edgar White
Born November 17, 1929New York City , U.S. Died January 7, 2014(2014-01-07) (aged 84)
Edgar Pardee Earle White (November 17, 1929 – January 7, 2014) was an American sailor and Olympic champion.[ 1] [ 2] 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]
He was born in New York City , New York . Raised in Mantoloking, New Jersey , together with his twin brother Sumner,[ 4] he graduated from Harvard College .[ 1]
^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill ; et al. "Ed White" . Olympics at Sports-Reference.com . Sports Reference LLC . Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved September 13, 2015 .
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^ Gillingham Jr., Evan S. "Sailing By Chance" ,Motor Boating , April 1967. Accessed August 3, 2022. "For the Helsinki Games he enlisted a strapping set of twins from Mantoloking, N. J., Edgar and Sumner White, whom he had seen sailing Comets successfully in downbay competition."