Dorothy Wright
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Dorothy Winifred Wright (* 19 August 1889 in London as Dorothy Machin , † 1960 in Poole ) was a British sailor .
successes
Dorothy Wright that the Royal Burnham Yacht Club sailed, was in 1920 in Antwerp at the Olympic Games in the 7-meter class Olympic champion . Skipper and co-owner of the Ancora was her husband Cyril Wright , and the crew also included her brother-in-law Robert Coleman and William Maddison . With the Norwegian boat Fornebo from skipper Johan Faye , the Ancora had only one competitor who also won the first race. However, the Ancora managed to win the second and third races and thus finished the regatta in first place.
In 1917 she married Cyril Wright while on home leave from military service. Her father Percy Machin was a co-owner of the Ancora . After Cyril Wright, who was a naval engineer in London , retired, the couple retired in Poole .
Web links
- Dorothy Wright in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
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| SURNAME | Wright, Dorothy |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wright, Dorothy Winifred (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British sailor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 19, 1889 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | London , UK |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1960 |
| Place of death | Poole , UK |