Lockwood Pirie
| Lockwood Pirie medal table |
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 United States
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| Olympic games | ||
| bronze | London 1948 | Swallow |
| World championships | ||
| bronze | San Diego 1940 | star |
| gold | Cascais 1948 | star |
| silver | Chicago 1950 | star |
Lockwood Masters "Woody" Pirie (born April 25, 1904 in Brooklyn , † May 4, 1965 in Miami ) was an American sailor .
successes
Lockwood Pirie, who was a member of the Sheridan Shore YC and Lake Michigan YC , took part in the 1948 Olympic Games in London with Owen Torrey in the Swallow boat class and won the bronze medal in this. With 4352 points, they came third with their yacht Margaret behind the British David Bond and Stewart Morris and the Portuguese brothers Duarte Manuel and Fernando Bello . In the star boat , Pirie first secured the bronze medal at the world championships in San Diego in 1940 , before winning the title in Cascais in 1948 . In 1950 he won the silver medal in Chicago .
Pirie's family was a part owner of Carson, Pirie & Scott department store in Chicago , where he worked as a manager.
Web links
- Lockwood Pirie in the database of World Sailing (English)
- Lockwood Pirie in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Pirie, Lockwood |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Pirie, Lockwood Masters (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American sailor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 25, 1904 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Brooklyn , United States |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 4, 1965 |
| Place of death | Miami , United States |