Everard Coenraad "Ducky" Endt (April 7, 1893, in Zaandam, Netherlands, to mother Johanna E Dekker and father Hendrik Endt – September 16, 1980, in Baden-Baden, Germany) was an American sailor and Olympic champion. He competed at the

1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad ( fi, XV olympiadin kisat; sv, Den XV olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952 ( sv, Helsin ...

in Helsinki, where he won a

gold medal A gold medal is a medal awarded for highest achievement in a non-military field. Its name derives from the use of at least a fraction of gold in form of plating or alloying in its manufacture. Since the eighteenth century, gold medals have bee ...

in the '' 6 metre class'' with the boat ''Llanoria''. Endt was the oldest American to win a gold medal in yachting (aged 59)."1952 Summer Olympics – Helsinki, Finland – Sailing"
''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on May 31, 2008) Endt was part of the crew of the yacht "Dorade" that raced in the Fastnet Yacht race in 1933. Endt became a US citizen in October 1933. Endt divorced his second wife, Whitney, in March 1936 in Reno, Nevada, after five years of marriage. Endt served in the US Navy Reserves as an officer, reaching the rank of commander in 1945. In 1944, while participating in the D-Day landings at Normandy, he assisted in the building of the Mulberry Docks. Endt retired from the US Navy Reserves in May 1953.U.S., Navy and Marine Corps Registries, 1814-1992 for Everard Coenraad Endt Navy Register: Retired Officers of the U.S. Navy 1964 (v.1)

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* 1893 births American male sailors (sport) Sailors at the 1952 Summer Olympics – 6 Metre Olympic gold medalists for the United States in sailing 1980 deaths Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics {{US-yachtracing-Olympic-medalist-stub