John Mackenzie (sailor)

John Mackenzie

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Royal Clyde Yacht Club

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12 meter class

Medal table

Olympic games

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Olympic games
gold	London 1908	12 meter class

John Mackenzie (born September 21, 1876 in Greenock , † December 9, 1949 ) was a British sailor from Scotland .

Hera and Mouchette during the 1908 Olympic regatta

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John Mackenzie, the member of the Royal Clyde Yacht Club and many leading sailing clubs of Scotland was, was in 1908 in London at the Olympic Games in the 12-meter class Olympic champion . In the regatta held on the Firth of Clyde in Scotland , only the two British boats Hera and Mouchette competed against each other in two races. The Hera , to whose crew Mackenzie belonged, won both races, so that in addition to Mackenzie and skipper Thomas Glen-Coats the other crew members John Aspin , James Bunten , David Dunlop , Arthur Downes , John Downes , John Buchanan , Albert Martin and Gerald Tait die Gold medal received.

During his 50-year sailing career, he won around 250 awards, most of them with his 18-foot yacht Florence . In 1891, John Mackenzie was appointed the Official Yacht Surveyor in the Clyde Region to assess and set yacht handicaps based on boat size and other factors.

Web links

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

personal data
SURNAME	Mackenzie, John
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	British sailor
DATE OF BIRTH	September 21, 1876
PLACE OF BIRTH	Greenock , Scotland , United Kingdom
DATE OF DEATH	December 9, 1949