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| Full name | John Cameron Shaw | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 23 May 1937 (1937-05-23) | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 23 December 1995(1995-12-23) (aged 58) | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 182 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 71 kg (157 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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| Class | Dragon | ||||||||||||||
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John Cameron Shaw (born 23 May 1937 – 23 December 1995) was an Australian sailor and Olympic champion. He competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, where he received a gold medal in the dragon class, together with crew members John Cuneo and Thomas Anderson.
In 2018, Shaw was inducted to the Australian Sailing Hall of Fame alongside Cuneo and Anderson.
See also
References
- "John Shaw | Sport Australia Hall of Fame".
- "John Shaw". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
- "1972 Summer Olympics – München, Germany – Sailing". databaseOlympics.com. Archived from the original on 19 September 2008. Retrieved 18 April 2008.
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "John Shaw". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
- "John Cuneo OAM, Tom Anderson, John Shaw". Australian Sailing Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 24 November 2020. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
External links
- John Shaw at World Sailing
- John Shaw at Olympics.com
- John Shaw at Olympedia (archive)
- John Shaw at the Australian Olympic Committee
- John Shaw at the Sport Australia Hall of Fame
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- Australian male sailors (sport)
- Olympic sailors for Australia
- Olympic gold medalists for Australia
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