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John Urquhart Cropp (23 May 1927 – 25 June 2016) was a New Zealand yachtsman. Together with Peter Mander, Cropp won the Sharpie class at the 1956 Olympics.

Jack Cropp
Cropp in 1956
Personal information
Born23 May 1927
Hokitika, New Zealand
Died25 June 2016 (aged 89)[1]
Tākaka, New Zealand
Sport
SportSailing
ClubCanterbury Yacht and Motor Boat Club
Medal record
Representing  New Zealand
Olympic Games
1956 Melbourne Sharpie class

Cropp and Mander were the first sailors from New Zealand to compete at Olympics. They finished second, and were promoted to the first place after Australian team was disqualified for obstruction. They were inducted into the New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame in 1990.[1]

Cropp was born on a small farm at Kowhitirangi, near Hokitika. When he was a toddler, his family moved to McCormacks Bay, Christchurch. There he started sailing, together with Mander who lived nearby. Cropp initially worked as a lithographer in the printing industry, but after becoming a prominent sailor turned into a professional boatbuilder and designer. In 1973 Cropp, his wife Judith and their three children moved to Tākaka, where he died aged 89.[2][3]


References


  1. "Jack Cropp, one half of New Zealand's first Olympic gold medal sailing crew, has died at the age of 89". NZ Newswire. 27 June 2016. Archived from the original on 15 August 2016.
  2. Jack Cropp. New Zealand Olympic Committee
  3. Yahoo! News Australia, NZ sailing great Cropp dies at 89 Archived 15 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine



На других языках


- [en] Jack Cropp

[fr] Jack Cropp

John Urquhart Cropp, dit Jack Cropp, est un skipper néo-zélandais né le 23 mai 1927 à Hokitika et mort le 25 juin 2016[1].

[it] Jack Cropp

John "Jack" Urquhart Cropp (Hokitika, 23 maggio 1927 – 25 giugno 2016) è stato un velista neozelandese.

[ru] Кропп, Джон

Джон «Джек» Уркхарт Кропп (англ. John "Jack" Urquhart Cropp, 23 мая 1927 (1927-05-23), Хокитика, Новая Зеландия — 25 июня 2016, Такака, Новая Зеландия — новозеландский яхтсмен, чемпион летних Олимпийских игр в Мельбурне (1956).



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