Gary Sheard is a sailor from

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, who represented his country at the

1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the secon ...

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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

Tim Dorning Tim Dorning (born 18 March 1956) is a sailor from Australia, who represented his country at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States as crew member in the Soling. With helmsman Gary Sheard Gary Sheard is a sailor from Australia ...

and

Dean Gordon Dean Dwight Gordon (born 10 February 1973) is an English former professional footballer who played as a left-back between 1991 and 2009 in his native England as well as Cyprus and New Zealand. He notably played Premier League football for Crys ...

they took the 7th place.

References

Living people 1969 births Sailors at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Soling Olympic sailors of Australia Australian male sailors (sport) {{Australia-yachtracing-bio-stub