Bob Wilmot (born: 20 June 1958) is a sailor from

Sydney Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about towards the Blue Mountain ...

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, who represented his country at the

1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...

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as helmsman in the

Soling The Soling is an open keelboat that holds the World Sailing "International class" status. The class was used from the 1972 Olympics (Kiel) until the 2000 Olympics (Sydney) as " Open Three Person Keelboat". Besides the Olympic career of the Soli ...

. With crew members Glenn Read and

Matthew Percy Matthew Percy (born: 1 October 1962) is a sailor from Queensland Australia. Percy represented Australia in the America's Cup defence team with Alan Bond in Perth Australia in 1987. His position on the yacht was the sewer man up on the foredeck, ...

they took the 14th place.

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Living people 1962 births Sailors at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Soling Olympic sailors for Australia Australian male sailors (sport) Sailors (sport) from Sydney Sportsmen from New South Wales {{Australia-yachtracing-bio-stub