Peter O'Donnell (28 February 1939 – 9 January 2008) was an Australian

sailor A sailor, seaman, mariner, or seafarer is a person who works aboard a watercraft as part of its crew, and may work in any one of a number of different fields that are related to the operation and maintenance of a ship. The profession of the ...

and Olympic champion. He competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo and won a gold medal in the 5.5 metre class, with the boat ''Barrenjoey'' and team members Bill Northam and

James Sargeant James Frederick Richard "Dick" Sargeant (born 17 March 1936 in Kobe, Japan) is an Australian sailor and Olympic Champion. He competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo and won a gold medal in the 5.5 metre class. Prior to Tokyo, Dick had be ...

. In 2017, he was an inaugural inductee to the Australia Sailing Hall of Fame with Northam and Sargeant.

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* 1939 births 2008 deaths Australian male sailors (sport) Australian people of Irish descent Sailors at the 1964 Summer Olympics – 5.5 Metre Olympic sailors of Australia Olympic gold medalists for Australia Olympic medalists in sailing {{Australia-Olympic-medalist-stub Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics 20th-century Australian people