Rodney Pattison

Rodney Stuart Pattison or Pattisson (born August 15, 1943 in Campbeltown , Argyll and Bute ) is a British sailor who won three Olympic medals from 1968 to 1976.

At the 1968 Olympic Regatta off Acapulco , Pattison and his crew member Iain MacDonald-Smith achieved five daily victories and a second place with the Flying Dutchman . With this, the two won gold in a sovereign manner in front of the German boat with Ullrich Libor and Peter Naumann . In 1969 before Naples and 1970 before Adelaide Pattison and MacDonald-Smith won the world title. In 1971 before La Rochelle, Pattison won his third world title, this time with Julian Brooke-Houghton . In 1968, 1970, 1972 and 1975 Pattison was European Champion with the Flying Dutchman.

At the 1972 Olympic Regatta off Kiel , Pattison and Christopher Davies won four days and won his second gold medal ahead of the French Yves and Marc Pajot as well as Libor and Naumann. In 1976 at the Olympic Regatta in front of Kingston , Pattison competed with the crew Julian Brooke-Houghton. They both managed to win the day, in the overall standings they won silver behind the German brothers Jörg and Eckart Diesch .

In 1976 Pattison became world champion in the quarter-ton class, and in 1984 in the single-ton class. In 1983, Pattison co-skipped Peter de Savary's America's Cup .

After his Olympic victory in 1968 Pattison had given up his employment with the British Navy and founded a yacht yard in Dorset. In 1969 Pattison was awarded the Order of MBE .

literature

• Volker Kluge : Summer Olympic Games. The Chronicle III. Mexico City 1968 - Los Angeles 1984. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-328-00741-5 (spelling Pattison).
• Peter Matthews & Ian Buchanan: All-Time Greats of British and Irish Sport. Enfield 1995, ISBN 0-85112-678-2 (notation Pattisson)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ British successes at world championships ( Memento from November 15, 2002 in the Internet Archive )