Charles Norman Currey (26 February 1916 – 10 May 2010
) was a British
sailor who won a silver medal in
Finn
The word Finn (''pl.'' Finns) usually refers to a member of the majority Balto-Finnic ethnic group of Finland, or to a person from Finland.
Finn may also refer to:
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class at the 1952 Olympics.
Currey was born into a marine family. He had to abandon an anticipated career in the
British Navy due to an illness, and instead became a renowned sailor and boat builder. At the onset of
World War II he was accepted as a member of
Royal Naval Reserve, and was eventually promoted to
lieutenant commander and appointed as captain of a gunboat patrolling the
English Channel. He then returned to boat building and became an expert in the
Firefly dinghy. He was considered for the 1948 Olympic team in this boat class, and was selected in 1952, when he won a silver medal ahead the Swedish boat designer
Rickard Sarby
Erik Rickard Sarby (19 September 1912 – 10 February 1977) was a Swedish sailor. He competed in the mixed one-person dinghy
A dinghy is a type of small boat, often carried or towed by a larger vessel for use as a tender. Utility din ...
. After that Currey designed and sailed other types of dinghies, as well as
powerboats. In the 1960 he was appointed as managing director of the
Fairey Marine company, where he worked for the past decades. His son
Alistair Currey
Charles Alistair Currey (born 6 November 1947) is a British sailor who competed in 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 ...
also became an Olympic sailor.
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1916 births
2010 deaths
British male sailors (sport)
Olympic sailors of Great Britain
Olympic silver medallists for Great Britain
Olympic medalists in sailing
Sailors at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Finn
Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve personnel of World War II
Royal Navy officers of World War II
Royal Naval Reserve personnel
Place of birth missing
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