John Huettner

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John Huettner sailing
Nationality: United StatesUnited States United States
Birthday: October 21, 1906
Place of birth: Washington, DC
Date of death: 4th August 1970
Place of death: Orange County
Society: California Yacht Club
Boat classes: 8 meter class
Medal table
Olympic games 1 × gold 0 × silver 0 × bronze
Olympic rings Olympic games
gold Los Angeles 1932 8 meter class

John R. Huettner (born October 21, 1906 in Washington, DC - † August 4, 1970 in Orange County ) was an American sailor .

successes

John Huettner, 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 the eliminations for the Games, Huettner had been a crew member of Pierpont Davis , who finished second behind Owen Churchill. Churchill took all of Davis' crew members to the games as substitutes and also used them in individual races, so that in addition to Huettner, Churchill and Davis also John Biby , Alphonse Burnand , Thomas Webster , William Cooper , Karl Dorsey , Kenneth Carey , Alan Morgan , Richard Moore and Robert Sutton received the gold medal.

Huettner worked as a lawyer in Los Angeles and was seen as an extra in several films. These included Love in the blink of an eye (1935), The Big Broadcast of 1938 (1938), Citizen Kane (1941), and Hunted by Agents (1943).

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personal data
SURNAME Huettner, John
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Huettner, John R. (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American sailor
DATE OF BIRTH October 21, 1906
PLACE OF BIRTH Washington, DC , United States
DATE OF DEATH 4th August 1970
Place of death Orange County , United States