Edgar White Explained

Edgar White
Birth Date:November 17, 1929
Birth Place:New York City, U.S.
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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.

Notes and References

  1. Ed White. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418103829/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wh/ed-white-1.html. dead. April 18, 2020. September 13, 2015.
  2. Web site: 2014. Social Register Association. Social Register Association.
  3. Web site: 1952 Summer Olympics – Helsinki, Finland – Sailing . https://web.archive.org/web/20070827110540/http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=13&sp=YAT . 2007-08-27 . databaseOlympics.com . May 31, 2008.
  4. 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."

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