Lawrence Low
American sailor
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1956 Melbourne | Star |
Lawrence Edgar Low (August 22, 1920 – July 1, 1996)[1] was an American sailor and Olympic champion. He competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, where he received a gold medal in the star class with the boat Kathleen, together with Herbert Williams.[2][3]
Born in Trenton, New Jersey, Low was raised in the Green Pond section of Rockaway Township, New Jersey.[4]
References
- ^ "Lawrence E. Low". genealogybank. Retrieved October 24, 2013.
- ^ "1956 Summer Olympics – Melbourne, Australia – Sailing". databaseOlympics.com. Archived from the original on August 27, 2007. Retrieved April 18, 2008.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Larry Low". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on December 3, 2016.
- ^ Trenton Olympians, Trenton City Museum. Accessed August 17, 2022. "Larry Low was born in Trenton and lived in Green Pond, NJ."
External links
- Lawrence Edgar Low at World Sailing
- Lawrence Edgar Low at Olympics.com
- Larry Low at Olympedia
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- 1932: Gray & Libano (USA)
- 1936: Bischoff & Weise (GER)
- 1948: H. Smart & P. Smart (USA)
- 1952: Straulino & Rode (ITA)
- 1956: Williams & Low (USA)
- 1960: Pinegin & Shutkov (URS)
- 1964: Knowles & Cooke (BAH)
- 1968: North & Barrett (USA)
- 1972: Forbes & Anderson (AUS)
- 1980: Mankin & Muzychenko (URS)
- 1984: Buchan & Erickson (USA)
- 1988: McIntyre & Vaile (GBR)
- 1992: Reynolds & Haenel (USA)
- 1996: Grael & Ferreira (BRA)
- 2000: Reynolds & Liljedahl (USA)
- 2004: Grael & Ferreira (BRA)
- 2008: Percy & Simpson (GBR)
- 2012: Lööf & Salminen (SWE)
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