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Edgar Pardee Earle White (November 17, 1929 January 7, 2014) was an American sailor and Olympic champion.[1][2] He competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, where he won a gold medal in the 5.5 metre class with the boat Complex II, together with Britton Chance and Sumner White.[3]

Edgar White
Personal information
BornNovember 17, 1929
New York City, U.S.
DiedJanuary 7, 2014(2014-01-07) (aged 84)
Medal record
Sailing
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
1952 Helsinki 5.5 m class

He was born in New York City, New York. Raised in Mantoloking, New Jersey together with his twin brother Sumner,[4] he graduated from Harvard College.[1]


References


  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ed White". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved September 13, 2015.
  2. "Social Register Association". Social Register Association. 2014.
  3. "1952 Summer Olympics – Helsinki, Finland – Sailing" Archived 2007-08-27 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on May 31, 2008)
  4. Gillingham Jr., Evan S. "Sailing By Chance",Motor Boating, April 1967. Accessed August 3, 2022. "For the Helsinki Games he enlisted a strapping set of twins from Mantoloking, N. J., Edgar and Sumner White, whom he had seen sailing Comets successfully in downbay competition."



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Edgar White est un skipper américain né le 17 novembre 1929 à New York et mort le 7 janvier 2014 à Mantoloking. Il est le frère jumeau de Sumner White.



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