William Cooper (sailor)

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William Cooper sailing
Nationality: United StatesUnited States United States
Birthday: 4th August 1910
Place of birth: los Angeles
Date of death: March 28, 1968
Place of death: Orange County
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

William Hunting Cooper (born August 4, 1910 in Los Angeles , † March 28, 1968 in Orange County ) was an American sailor .

successes

William Cooper, 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 addition to Cooper and Churchill, who was Cooper's uncle, the other crew members Pierpont Davis , Karl Dorsey , Alphonse Burnand , Thomas Webster , John Biby , Robert Sutton , John Huettner , Alan Morgan , Richard Moore and Kenneth Carey received the gold medal.

Cooper attended the University of California, Los Angeles , where John Biby and Richard Moore were studying at the time. In 1933 he completed his studies there as an engineer and began to work like Biby for the Douglas Aircraft Company .

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personal data
SURNAME Cooper, William
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Cooper, William Hunting (full name); Cooper, Bill
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American sailor
DATE OF BIRTH 4th August 1910
PLACE OF BIRTH Los Angeles , United States
DATE OF DEATH March 28, 1968
Place of death Orange County , United States