Lynne Jewell

Lynne Jewell medal table
sailing
United States
Olympic games
gold	Seoul 1988	470s
World championships
silver	Kingston 1980	Laser Radial
silver	Gulfport 1983	Laser Radial
silver	Halmstad 1985	Laser Radial

Lynne M. Jewell (born November 26, 1959 in Burbank ) is a former American sailor .

successes

Lynne Jewell was first in the class of boat Laser Radial active, in which it in 1980 Kingston , 1983 in Gulfport and 1985 in Halmstad each Vice World Champion was. She then switched to the 470 dinghy and took part in the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul . Together with Allison Jolly, she scored a total of 26.7 points, taking first place in front of the Swedish and Soviet boats, which made the two Olympic champions . In the seven races of the regatta they placed five times on the podium, two of them in first place.

Jolly graduated from Boston University in 1981 . In the meantime she was married to Bill Shore, but the couple separated again. She later received a Masters Degree in Education from Northeastern University and a degree in Interior Design from the Rhode Island School of Design . In the last area she was also active.

Web links

• Lynne Jewell in the database of World Sailing (English)
• Lynne Jewell in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )