Michael Jon "Mike" Rothwell (born June 30, 1953) is an

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. He won a silver medal in the '' Tornado class'' with

David McFaull David McFaull (November 10, 1948 – July 25, 1997) was an American sailor. He won a silver medal in the '' Tornado class'' with Michael Rothwell at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is ...

at the

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, Quebec, Canada. Rothwell was born in

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* 1953 births Living people Sportspeople from Honolulu American male sailors (sport) Sailors at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Tornado Olympic silver medalists for the United States in sailing Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics {{US-yachtracing-bio-stub