John Knox Marshall (born April 9, 1942 in
Santiago, Chile
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) is an American competitive sailor and Olympic medalist. He won a bronze medal in the
Dragon class at the
1972 Summer Olympics
The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 (german: München 1972), was an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. ...
in
Munich
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, together with
Donald Cohan and
Charles Horter.
America's Cup
In 1974 he sailed as a crew member on ''
Intrepid'' during the trials, although she was not chosen to defend. In 1977, Marshall crewed for
Lowell North
Lowell Orton North (December 2, 1929 – June 2, 2019) was an American sailor and Olympic gold medalist. He competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, where he received a gold medal in the Star class with the boat ''North Star'', toge ...
on ''Enterprise'' although again the boat failed to be picked as the defender In 1980, Marshall was a part of the successful crew aboard ''
Freedom
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''. As president of North’s company
North Sails
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, Marshall was in charge of the sail inventory and the trimming of the mainsail that year.
Marshall was involved in the
1983 America's Cup
The 1983 America's Cup was a 12-metre class yacht race which pitted the defending New York Yacht Club's ''Liberty'' against the Royal Perth Yacht Club's challenger, ''Australia II''. The September 1983 match race was won by ''Australia II'' ...
as a mainsheet trimmer on board ''
Liberty
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In modern politics, liberty is understood as the state of being free within society fr ...
''. He then helped design ''
Stars & Stripes 87
''Stars & Stripes 87'' (US 55) was the 12 Meter challenge boat sailed by Dennis Conner in his bid to reclaim the America’s Cup from the Royal Perth Yacht Club of Australia in 1987.
Design and development
''Stars & Stripes 87'' was built in ...
'' for the
1987 America's Cup
The 1987 America's Cup was the twenty-sixth challenge for the America's Cup.
The American challenger '' Stars & Stripes 87'', sailed by Dennis Conner, beat the Australian defender '' Kookaburra III'', sailed by Iain Murray, in a four-race swee ...
and the ''Stars & Stripes''
catamaran
A Formula 16 beachable catamaran
Powered catamaran passenger ferry at Salem, Massachusetts, United States
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for the
1988 America's Cup
The 1988 America's Cup was the 27th America's Cup regatta, and was contested between the defender, San Diego Yacht Club represented by ''Stars & Stripes H3'', and the challenger, the Mercury Bay Boating Club represented by New Zealand Challenge ...
.
For the
1995 America's Cup
The 29th America's Cup was contested between the winner of the 1995 Citizen Cup, Team Stars & Stripes, which switched to the yacht ''Young America'' (USA 36) for the competition, and the winner of the 1995 Louis Vuitton Cup, Team New Zealand, w ...
, Marshall led the PACT 95 syndicate whose yacht, ''
Young America'', narrowly lost the
1995 Citizen Cup
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to Stars & Stripes.
For the
2000 Louis Vuitton Cup
The 5th Louis Vuitton Cup was held in Auckland
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, the ''Young America'' syndicate represented the
New York Yacht Club
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.
He was inducted into the
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in 2017.
He graduated from
Harvard University
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in 1963.
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1942 births
Living people
American male sailors (sport)
Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in sailing
Sailors at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Dragon
Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics
2000 America's Cup sailors
1995 America's Cup sailors
1988 America's Cup sailors
1983 America's Cup sailors
1987 America's Cup sailors
1974 America's Cup sailors
1977 America's Cup sailors
1980 America's Cup sailors
Indian Harbor Yacht Club
Sportspeople from Santiago
America's Cup yacht designers
Harvard University alumni
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