Earle Wells
Earle Leonard Wells (27 October 1933 – 1 October 2021) was an Olympic gold medallist for New Zealand in Yacht racing, yachting. With Helmer Pedersen, Wells won the Flying Dutchman (dinghy), Flying Dutchman One-Design, class at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Wells was born in Auckland in October 1933. He was also a rower, and his coxed four narrowly missed selection for the 1960 Summer Olympics. He later raced in the Dragon (keelboat), Dragon class before taking up ocean racing and competed in 5 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Races. He helmed ''Condor (yacht), Condor''. Wells and Pedersen were inducted into the New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame in 1990. Wells died on 1 October 2021, at the age of 87. References External links

* * * * 1933 births 2021 deaths Sportspeople from Auckland New Zealand male sailors (sport) Olympic gold medalists for New Zealand in sailing Sailors at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Flying Dutchman Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics New Zeal ...
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Auckland
Auckland (pronounced ) ( mi, Tāmaki Makaurau) is a large metropolitan city in the North Island of New Zealand. The List of New Zealand urban areas by population, most populous urban area in the country and the List of cities in Oceania by population, fifth largest city in Oceania, Auckland has an urban population of about It is located in the greater Auckland Region—the area governed by Auckland Council—which includes outlying rural areas and the islands of the Hauraki Gulf, and which has a total population of . While European New Zealanders, Europeans continue to make up the plurality of Auckland's population, the city became multicultural and Cosmopolitanism, cosmopolitan in the late-20th century, with Asian New Zealanders, Asians accounting for 31% of the city's population in 2018. Auckland has the fourth largest Foreign born, foreign-born population in the world, with 39% of its residents born overseas. With its large population of Pasifika New Zealanders, the city is ...
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