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}} Lowell Orton North (born December 2, 1929) is an American sailor and Olympic Gold Medalist. He competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, where he received a gold medal in the star class with the boat ''North Star'', together with Peter Barrett.〔("1968 Summer Olympics – Mexico City, Mexico – Sailing" ) ''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on April 18, 2008)〕 ==Biography== North was born in Springfield, Missouri on December 2, 1929. He was the son of Williard North.〔http://www.starclass.org/history/1948northamericans.pdf〕 1945 won the Star World Championship, when he crewed for Malin Burnham on a boat for which he made sails.〔http://www.nshof.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=326%3Anorth-lowell-2011-inductee&catid=78&Itemid=253〕 During the next 30 years he won another four Star Worlds. In 1957, he founded North Sails in San Diego, a world wide company producing sailing equipment.〔http://www.na.northsails.com/AboutUs/HistoryofNorthSails/tabid/1951/Default.aspx〕 He received a bronze medal in the dragon class at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.〔("1964 Summer Olympics – Tokyo, Japan – Sailing" ) ''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on April 18, 2008)〕 North participated in 1977 America's Cup defender series where he skipped the 12 metre yacht ''Enterprise''.〔http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/no/lowell-north-1.html〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lowell North」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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