Owen Cates Torrey, Jr. (October 31, 1925 – February 13, 2001) was an American competitive sailor and Olympic medalist. He won a bronze medal in the

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at the

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, together with Lockwood Pirie. Among the many accomplishments of Mr. Torrey, in the 1988

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, he navigated the IOR one-tonner ''Ragtime'', along with skipper John Georges, John Logue, Andrew Vare and Scott Stone, to first in class and first overall. He graduated from

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and

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1925 births 2001 deaths American male sailors (sport) Sailors at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Swallow Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in sailing Star class sailors Harvard University alumni Columbia Law School alumni Medalists at the 1948 Summer Olympics United States Army personnel of World War II {{US-yachtracing-bio-stub