John Frederick Foster (born February 25, 1938) is a sailor from the
US Virgin Islands
The United States Virgin Islands, officially the Virgin Islands of the United States, are a group of Caribbean islands and a Territories of the United States, territory of the United States. The islands are geographically part of the Virgin Isl ...
. He competed at six Olympic Games, five in sailing at Summer Olympics from 1972 to 1992 (excluding 1980) and once in Bobsleigh at the 1988 Winter Olympics.
He competed with his son
John Foster Jr. in the two-person
keelboat
A keelboat is a riverine cargo-capable working boat, or a small- to mid-sized recreational sailing yacht. The boats in the first category have shallow structural keels, and are nearly flat-bottomed and often used leeboards if forced in open w ...
at the 1984, 1988, and 1992 Olympics.
He was Commodore of the St Thomas Yacht Club in the Virgin Islands from 1967-1968.
See also
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List of athletes with the most appearances at Olympic Games
Only a small fraction of the world's population ever competes at the Olympic Games; an even smaller fraction competes in multiple Games. 950 athletes (648 men and 302 women) have participated in at least five Olympics from 1896 Summer Olympics ...
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1938 births
Living people
United States Virgin Islands male sailors (sport)
United States Virgin Islands male bobsledders
American male sailors (sport)
Olympic sailors for the United States Virgin Islands
Sailors at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Tempest
Sailors at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Tempest
Sailors at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Star
Sailors at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Star
Sailors at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Star
Olympic bobsledders for the United States Virgin Islands
Bobsledders at the 1988 Winter Olympics
Sportspeople from Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
20th-century American sportsmen
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