Jasper Blackall Explained

Jasper Blackall
Full Name:Jasper Roy Blackall
Birth Date:20 July 1920
Birth Place:Hackney, Greater London, Great Britain
Death Date:2020
Death Place:Portugal
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Jasper Roy Blackall (20 July 1920 – 2020) was a British sailor. He won a bronze medal in the Sharpie class with Terence Smith at the 1956 Summer Olympics. He went on to form a graphic design company with Peter Cook and Rod Dew (Blackall, Cook and Dew) in 1961. Blackall was an illustrator and designer serving the advertising industry in London.[1] Blackall died in Portugal in 2020.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Jasper Blackall . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121105082725/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bl/jasper-blackall-1.html . 2012-11-05 .
  2. Web site: World’s oldest Olympian dies . Barbados Today . 16 August 2024 . 1 September 2020.