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Ding Schoonmaker
James Martinus "Ding" Schoonmaker (June 10, 1933 – January 19, 2021) was an American sailor. He won the 1975 Star World Championship together with Jerry Ford. He also had several other podiums from the Star World Championship and Soling World Championship The Soling World Championship is an International sailing regatta in the Soling organized by the International Soling Association under auspiciën of World Sailing. Most titles has Norwegian sailor Paul Davis won, with four titles between 2002 an .... Schoonmaker was inducted into the National Sailing Hall of Fame in 2018. Schoonmaker died on January 19, 2021 at the age of 90. References 1933 births 2021 deaths American male sailors (sport) Finn class sailors Flying Dutchman class sailors Star class sailors Soling class sailors US Sailor of the Year Sportspeople from Miami Star class world champions World champions in sailing for the United States {{US-yachtracing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh ( ) is a city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States, and the county seat of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Allegheny County. It is the most populous city in both Allegheny County and Western Pennsylvania, the List of municipalities in Pennsylvania#Municipalities, second-most populous city in Pennsylvania behind Philadelphia, and the List of United States cities by population, 68th-largest city in the U.S. with a population of 302,971 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. The city anchors the Pittsburgh metropolitan area of Western Pennsylvania; its population of 2.37 million is the largest in both the Ohio Valley and Appalachia, the Pennsylvania metropolitan areas, second-largest in Pennsylvania, and the List of metropolitan statistical areas, 27th-largest in the U.S. It is the principal city of the greater Pittsburgh–New Castle–Weirton combined statistical area that extends into Ohio and West Virginia. Pitts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1975 Star World Championship
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