Thomas Ward Dodson (born 17 May 1957) is a sailor from Hastings, New Zealand, who represented his country at the

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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

Simon Daubney Simon Leslie Daubney (born 17 July 1959) is a New Zealand sailor (sport), sailor who has sailed in the Olympics and is a member of the America's Cup Hall of Fame. Early life Daubney was born in Christchurch, New Zealand, in 1959. Olympic career ...

and Aran Hansen they took the 11th place. Dodson took also part in the

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as helmsman in the

. With same crew members then they took the 7th place.

References

Living people 1957 births Sailors at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Soling Sailors at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Soling Olympic sailors for New Zealand New Zealand male sailors (sport) {{NewZealand-yachtracing-bio-stub