Ralph Evans (sailor)
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| silver | London 1948 | Firefly |
Ralph Liggett Evans junior (born February 7, 1924 in New York City , † July 23, 2000 in Darien ) was an American sailor .
successes
Ralph Evans, of the Massachusetts Bay Area Club sailed, took part in the 1948 Olympic Games in London in the class of boat Firefly part. With 5408 points, he finished second behind Paul Elvstrøm and ahead of Koos de Jong and thus secured the silver medal.
During the Second World War , Evans was a fighter pilot in the US Air Force in the Vought F4U Corsair aircraft . After the war he studied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology .
Web links
- Ralph Evans in the database of World Sailing (English)
- Ralph Evans in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
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| SURNAME | Evans, Ralph |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Evans, Ralph Liggett Junior (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American sailor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 7, 1924 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City , United States |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 23, 2000 |
| Place of death | Darien , United States |