John Oakeley

British sailor

Sir John Oakeley, Bt
Personal information
Full nameJohn Digby Atholl Oakeley
Born27 November 1932 (1932-11-27)
Willesden, Greater London, England
Died19 December 2016 (2016-12-20) (aged 84)
Height172 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight71 kg (157 lb)

Sir John Digby Atholl Oakeley, 8th Baronet (27 November 1932 – 19 December 2016) was a British sailor who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics.[1]

He began his career in the 1950s, winning the Merlin Rocket championship three times and the National 12 once. In addition, he was the winner of the Flying Dutchman World Championship in 1967.[2]

Oakeley also wrote two books on sailing, Winning and This is Downwind Sailing. He died on 19 December 2016 at the age of 84.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "John Oakeley". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 February 2013. Retrieved 17 April 2013.
  2. ^ a b "Sir John Oakeley passes away". yachtsandyachting.com. Archived from the original on 29 November 2020. Retrieved 21 November 2020.
  3. ^ "Oakeley". announcements.telegraph.co.uk. Archived from the original on 21 December 2016. Retrieved 21 December 2016.

External links

  • John Digby Athol Oakeley at World Sailing
  • John Oakley at World Sailing
  • John Digby Athol Oakeley at Olympics.com
  • John Oakeley at Olympedia
Baronetage of Great Britain
Preceded by
Atholl Oakeley
Baronet
(of Shrewsbury)
1987–2016
Succeeded by
Robert Oakeley
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Soling British Championship Winners
Fleet racing
  • 1969 Cooke
  • 1970 Oakeley
  • 1971 Thomas
  • 1972 Thomas
  • 1973 Hobday
  • 1974 C. Ingham
  • 1975 C. Ingham
  • 1976 MacDonald-Smith
  • 1977 Crebbin
  • 1978 Simonds
  • 1979  France Haegeli
  • 1980 Simonds
  • 1981 Law
  • 1982 Ford
  • 1983 Bailey
  • 1984 Law
  • 1987 Charles, Beadsworth, Cruickshank
  • 1988 Baird
  • 1989 Bowman, Stevens, M. Ingham
  • 1990 Bowman, M. Ingham, Nicholls
  • 1991 Charles
  • 1992 Barker
  • 1993 Barker
  • 1994 Childerley
  • 1995 Ellis
  • 2002 Mackay
  • 2003 Preston, Bottomley, Preston
  • 2004 Preston, Bottomley, Preston
  • 2005 Preston, Bottomley, Preston
  • 2006 Preston, Bottomley, Preston
  • 2007 Priestley, Barker, Adams
  • 2008 Dodgshon, Loudon, Corson
  • 2009 Fisher, Freemantle, Brown
  • 2010 Richardson, Lee, Sloane
  • 2016 Richardson, Lee, Sloane
  • 2017 Richardson, Lee, Sloane
  • 2018 Richardson, Lee, Gotts
  • 2019 Richardson, Lee, Murray


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