Francis Richards (sailor) explained

Francis Augustus[1] Richards (22 February 1880  - 13 June 1961) was a British sailor. He competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp and won a gold medal in the 18 ft. Dinghy class with Trevor Hedberg.[2] Sailing the boat Brat, Richards and Hedberg were the only entrants in their class. It is uncertain if this crew was actually awarded the gold medals - they were not able to finish the first competition and they did not start in any other; they do not appear in the Official Report of the Antwerp Games.[3] However they are listed on the website of the ISAF and formerly on that of the IOC as Gold Medalists.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Medallists at the Antwerp Olympic Games 1920 . Sailing.org . 26 March 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100329141056/http://www.sailing.org/olympics/results-and-medallists.php . 29 March 2010 .
  2. Francis Richards . 31 January 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090106130321/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ri/francis-richards-1.html . 6 January 2009 .
  3. Book: Olympic Games Antwerp 1920 — Official Report, page 73 . Belgian Olympic Committee . French . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110505163318/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1920/1920.pdf . 2011-05-05 .
  4. Web site: Francis Richards . Olympedia . 30 August 2021.

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