John Biby

John Biby

Nationality:

United States

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Date of death:

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Society:

California Yacht Club

Boat classes:

8 meter class

Medal table

Olympic games

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Olympic games
gold	Los Angeles 1932	8 meter class

John Edward Biby junior (born February 28, 1912 in Los Angeles , † March 23, 2002 in Newport Beach ) was an American sailor .

successes

John Biby, of the California Yacht Club sailed, was in 1932 in Los Angeles at the Olympic Games in the 8-meter class Olympic champion . He was a crew member of the boat Angelita , led by skipper Owen Churchill , which won all four races, taking first place ahead of the only other boat, the Santa Maria from Canada. In addition to Biby and Churchill, the other crew members Pierpont Davis , Karl Dorsey , Alphonse Burnand , Thomas Webster , William Cooper , Robert Sutton , John Huettner , Alan Morgan , Richard Moore and Kenneth Carey received the gold medal.

After visiting the University of Washington for a short time , he moved to the University of California, Los Angeles , where William Cooper and Richard Moore were also studying at the time. In 1933 he completed his studies in economics there. Although he then attended Stanford Law School , he never finished his studies. From 1935 he worked for the Douglas Aircraft Company .

John Biby in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

personal data
SURNAME	Biby, John
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Biby, John Edward junior (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American sailor
DATE OF BIRTH	February 28, 1912
PLACE OF BIRTH	Los Angeles , United States
DATE OF DEATH	March 23, 2002
Place of death	Newport Beach , United States