David Graham Bowker (15 March 1922 – 18 March 2020) was a British sailor. He won a silver medal in the 5.5 metre class at the

1956 Summer Olympics The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVI Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, from 22 November to 8 December 1956, with the exception of the equestrian events, whi ...

. Born the third of five children in Salford, he was a bomber pilot in the Second World War before going on to start a yacht-building business in

Bosham Bosham is a coastal village and civil parish in the Chichester District of West Sussex, England, centred about west of Chichester with its clustered developed part west of this. Its land forms a broad peninsula projecting into natural Chiche ...

with his older brother Robin.

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1922 births 2020 deaths British male sailors (sport) Sailors at the 1956 Summer Olympics – 5.5 Metre Olympic sailors of Great Britain Olympic silver medallists for Great Britain Olympic medalists in sailing Medalists at the 1956 Summer Olympics Royal Air Force pilots of World War II British World War II bomber pilots People from Salford People from Bosham {{UK-yachtracing-bio-stub