Peter Gordon (sailor)

Peter Gordon
Nationality:	Canada
Birthday:	August 16, 1882
Place of birth:	Nairn
Date of death:	June 26, 1975
Place of death:	Vancouver
Society:	Royal Vancouver Yacht Club
Boat classes:	8 meter class
Medal table
Olympic games 0 × 1 × 0 ×
Olympic games silver Los Angeles 1932 8 meter class

Peter Dawson Gordon (born August 16, 1882 in Nairn , † June 26, 1975 in Vancouver ) was a Canadian sailor .

successes

Peter Gordon, of the Royal Vancouver Yacht Club sailed, won in 1932 in Los Angeles at the Olympic Games in the 8-meter class silver medal. He was a crew member of the boat Santa Maria , led by skipper Ronald Maitland , which finished all four races in second place, behind the only other boat, the Angelita from skipper Owen Churchill from the United States. In addition to Gyles, the crew of the Santa Maria also included George Gyles , Hubert Wallace , Ernest Cribb and Harry Jones .

Gordon was initially active as a marksman in the skeet before he joined the Royal Vancouver Yacht Club. He ran PD Gordon Hardware , a household goods store.

Web links

• Peter Gordon in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )