James Weekes

James Weekes
Medal record
Sailing
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
1948 London 6 m class

James Higginson "Jim" Weekes (September 11, 1911 June 13, 1977) was an American sailor and Olympic champion.

He competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, where he won a gold medal in the 6 metre class with the boat Uanoria, together with Herman Whiton, James Smith, Alfred Loomis and Michael Mooney.[1] He graduated from Harvard University.[2]

References

  1. "1948 Summer Olympics London, United Kingdom Sailing". databaseOlympics.com. Archived from the original on August 30, 2007. Retrieved May 31, 2008.
  2. http://www.gocrimson.com/information/history/olympians
  • Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Jim Weekes". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2012-01-31.


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