Sir John Digby Atholl Oakeley, 8th Baronet (27 November 1932 – 19 December 2016) was a British

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who competed in the

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. He began his career in the 1950s, winning the

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championship three times and the

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once. In addition, he was the winner of the Flying Dutchman World Championship in 1967. Oakeley also wrote two books on sailing, ''Winning'' and ''This is Downwind Sailing''. He died on 19 December 2016 at the age of 84.

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* * * * 1932 births 2016 deaths Baronets in the Baronetage of Great Britain British male sailors (sport) Olympic sailors for Great Britain Sailors at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Soling Flying Dutchman class world champions World champions in sailing for Great Britain {{UK-yachtracing-bio-stub