John Bertrand (sailor, born 1946)
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John Edwin Bertrand AO (born 20 December 1946) is a yachtsman from Australia, who skippered Australia II to victory in the 1983 America's Cup, ending 132 years of American supremacy, and the only time Australia has won.[1] Bertrand won the bronze medal in the Finn competition at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.[2] In 2010 and 2016,[3] he won the world Etchells class sailing championships. He is a life member of both the Royal Brighton Yacht Club in Melbourne, and the Sorrento Sailing Couta Boat Club.
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Full name | John Edwin Bertrand | ||||||||||||||
Born | 20 December 1946 (1946-12-20) (age 77) Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | ||||||||||||||
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