Richard Moore (sailor)

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Richard Moore sailing
Nationality: United StatesUnited States United States
Birthday: August 11, 1910
Place of birth: San Bernardino
Date of death: November 16, 2005
Place of death: Newport Beach
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

Richard Fulton Moore (born August 11, 1910 in San Bernardino , † November 16, 2005 in Newport Beach ) was an American sailor .

successes

Richard Moore, who for 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, Moore had been a crew member for Pierpont Davis , who finished second behind Owen Churchill. Churchill took all Davis' crew members with him to the games as substitutes and also used them in individual races, so that in addition to Moore, Churchill and Davis also John Biby , Alphonse Burnand , Thomas Webster , William Cooper , Karl Dorsey , John Huettner , Alan Morgan , Kenneth Carey and Robert Sutton received the gold medal.

Moore studied Political Science at the University of California, Los Angeles . He also attended Stanford Law School , but did not finish his studies. During World War II he served as a technical officer in the Pacific War and remained in the United States Navy Reserve as a battalion leader. After the war he worked as an independent real estate agent.

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personal data
SURNAME Moore, Richard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Moore, Richard Fulton (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American sailor
DATE OF BIRTH August 11, 1910
PLACE OF BIRTH San Bernardino , United States
DATE OF DEATH November 16, 2005
Place of death Newport Beach , United States