| Olympic medal record | |||
| Sailing | |||
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| Bronze | 1976 | Tempest Class | |
Dennis Conner is one of the world's most famous and successful racing sailors, having competed and been successful in Olympic events, the America's Cup, many different offshore races, and having won the Star Worlds on two occasions - once winning every race. Sailing is the art of controlling a Sailing vessel. By changing the Rigging, Rudder and dagger or centre board a Sailor manages the force The 1976 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad, were an International Multi-sport event held in Montreal, Quebec
Conner won the America's Cup four times, in 1974, 1980, 1987 and 1988, but was also the first man to ever lose the famed cup to a challenger in 1983 (the America's Cup always previously being won by the American team defending the Cup for the New York Yacht Club), as well as the first man to lose it twice. Background The 1983 America's Cup off Newport Rhode Island was arguably one of the most significant in the history of the Cup See also America's Cup The 1983 America's Cup was the occasion of the first successful challenge to the New York Yacht Club 's 132-year defence of a Sailing Clubhouses In 1845 the club’s first clubhouse was established -- a modest Gothic-revival building in Hoboken New Jersey, on land donated by Commodore The first loss and subsequent win allowed Connor to claim the Cup for his home yacht club, the San Diego Yacht Club. Jr Sailing Program San Diego Yacht Club boasts one of the largest and oldest junior sailing programs in the country
From 1987 through to 2003 Conner was skipper of the legendary Stars & Stripes boats. Stars & Stripes is the name of a series of racing Yachts operated by Dennis Conner to compete in the America's Cup. He also owns a shop, named Team Dennis Conner Team Shop. Within the Yachting community, Conner is most famous for fundamentally changing the America's Cup, and racing in general, from an amateur to professional status. Before the 1980 America's Cup competitors were mostly volunteers who took time off to compete. Mr. Conner insisted on year round training with a new focus on physical fitness and on-the-water practice. This change in approach led to a return to professional crews in sailing, which had hardly been seen since the 1930's.
In 1989, Conner was a guest on the first ever TV segment of the New Zealand news show "Holmes" (with Paul Holmes). Paul Holmes CNZM (born April 29 1950) is a Radio and Television broadcaster in New Zealand. After being provoked, Conner politely walked off the show, providing Holmes with headlines the next day. [1]
Sponsored by software company Computer Associates among others, Conner was a rare non-billionaire fielding a team to compete in the 2003 America's Cup, held in New Zealand, receiving funding of up to USD $40 million from his sponsors. CA Inc &mdash formerly Computer Associates Inc &mdash is a multinational Computer software corporation headquartered in Islandia New York. The 2002–2003 Louis Vuitton Cup, held in the Hauraki Gulf in Auckland New Zealand saw nine teams from six countries staging 120 races over five months to select a challenger New Zealand is an Island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (the North Island and the South Island His syndicate, Stars & Stripes, suffered a severe setback before they departed California when one of the two Stars & Stripes boats (USA-77) sank when its rudder post failed during training. Eventually repaired, they were unable to recover the valuable testing time lost and they were defeated in the quarter-finals of the Louis Vuitton Cup. 2003 marked Conner's last participation in the America's Cup.
He is known to be an approachable competitor who likes signing autographs for his fans. An autograph is a Document written entirely in the handwriting of its Author, as opposed to a typeset document or He is often referred to as "Mr. America's Cup".
Accomplishments
- Won four America’s Cups
- Won a Bronze medal in the 1976 Summer Olympics (with Conn Findlay) in the Tempest class
- Held Trans-Atlantic and Newport-to-Ensenada elapsed time records
- 2 Star Class World Championships (winner of every race in Kiel Germany with 89 boats)
- 4 Southern Ocean Racing Conferences wins
- 2 Congressional Cups
- 3 Etchell World’s (plus long periods ranked No. The 1976 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad, were an International Multi-sport event held in Montreal, Quebec Conn Francis Findlay (born April 24, 1930 in Stockton California) is a four-time Olympic medalist, and is one of the few to medal in two The Tempest is a Keelboat designed by Ian Proctor. The Tempest has an unusual aspect in that it is a keelboat but also has a trapeze, a rigging element The term transatlantic refers to something occurring all the way across the Atlantic Ocean. 1 Internationally)
- 2 Whitbread Round the World races
- Twice a member of the U.S. Admirals Cup team
- Commodore San Diego Yacht Club 1985
- 3 TIME US Yachtsman of the Year
- US Sailing Hall of Fame
- America's Cup Hall of Fame
- 7 time San Diego Yachtsman of the Year
- 1987 ABC's Wide World of Sports Athlete of the Year
- Author of 9 books (Comeback, Art of Winning, No Excuse to Lose, Sail Like a Champion, History of the America's Cup)
- Winner 28 World Championships
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The Volvo Ocean Race (formerly the Whitbread Round the World Race) is a Yacht race around the world held every three years The Admiral's Cup is an international yachting regatta For many years the Admiral's Cup was known as the unofficial World Championship of Offshore Racing A yacht club is a sports Club specifically related to Sailing and Yachting. Jr Sailing Program San Diego Yacht Club boasts one of the largest and oldest junior sailing programs in the country Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) The America's Cup Hall of Fame, located at the Herreshoff Marine Museum of Bristol Rhode Island, USA honors individuals for outstanding achievement in the Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) The American Broadcasting Company ( ABC) is an American Television network. ABC's Wide World of Sports was a long-running Sports Anthology show on American Television that ran as a series from 1961 to 1998Dapyx Software network: MP3 Explorer | Ebook Manager | Zenithic