Pierpont Davis

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Pierpont Davis sailing
Nationality: United StatesUnited States United States
Birthday: December 27, 1884
Place of birth: Baltimore
Date of death: July 15, 1953
Place of death: los Angeles
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

Francis Pierpont Davis (born December 27, 1884 in Baltimore , † July 15, 1953 in Los Angeles ) was an American sailor .

successes

Pierpont Davis, 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, Davis was only second as skipper behind Owen Churchill, who was Davis' brother-in-law. However, Churchill took him and all his crew members as substitutes to the games with and put it also in individual races one, so in addition to Davis and Churchill also John Biby , Alphonse Burnand , Thomas Webster , William Cooper , Kenneth Carey , Charles Dorsey , John Huettner , Alan Morgan , Richard Moore and Robert Sutton received the gold medal. Davis also served as a referee at the 1932 Games.

He attended Baltimore City College and the Maryland Institute College of Art . In 1910 he founded his own architecture office .

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personal data
SURNAME Davis, Pierpont
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Davis, Francis Pierpont (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American sailor
DATE OF BIRTH December 27, 1884
PLACE OF BIRTH Baltimore , United States
DATE OF DEATH July 15, 1953
Place of death Los Angeles , United States