Dick Tillman
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Full name | Richard L. Tillman | |||||||||||||
Born | November 27, 1936 | |||||||||||||
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College team | United States Naval Academy | |||||||||||||
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Richard L. Tillman, known as Dick Tillman, (November 27, 1936 – October 14, 2020) was an American sailor. He was a member of the United States sailing team at the 1976 Summer Olympics as an alternate and was named US Sailor of the Year in 1965.[1]
He started sailing as a teenager at Wawasee Yacht Club crewing for Alan (Buzz) Levinson, his older brother Frank and his younger brother, Harry, in their Snipes.
College[]
Dick Tillman was National Intercollegiate Sailing Champion with the U.S. Naval Academy in 1957,[2] and became a member of the ICSA Hall of Fame for Competitive Achievement after graduation in 1958.[3]
Sailing career[]
Dick Tillman holds national, north American and world titles in the Snipe, Finn, Laser and Sunfish classes:
- U.S. National Champion in Snipe (1959),[4] Finn (1965),[5]
- North American Champion in Laser (1971, 1972 and 1973),[6] and Finn (1965).[7]
He also won a bronze medal at the 1959 Pan American Games in Snipe.[8]
In the Masters category, he also holds several championships:
- International Sunfish Masters Champion in 1995, 1996, 1998 and 2002.[9]
- World Great Grand Masters Laser radial Champion in 2002.[10]
- North American Laser Masters Champion in 1981 and 1982.[11]
- World Masters Games
- Silver Medalist at the 1998 Nike World Masters in Windsurfing
- Bronze Medalist at the 1998 Nike World Masters in Laser
Organizational activities[]
Dick Tillman has been a member of the United States Sailing Association for over 30 years and director for 3 years (1999-2002), chair of National Single-handed Championship Committee for 7 years, commodore of the Snipe Class International Racing Association (1971), sailing representative to USOC Athletes Advisory Council (1976-1980), Executive Director of the International J/24 Class Association (1981-1991), and president of the US Windsurfing Association, president of the International Sunfish Class Association (2002-2006).[12]
Books[]
He wrote The Complete Book of Laser Sailing, published by McGraw Hill in 2005.[13]
References[]
- ^ "DICK TILLMAN - SAILING BIOGRAPHY. D19Laser". Archived from the original on 2016-12-24. Retrieved 2016-12-23.
- ^ Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association
- ^ Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association
- ^ Snipe Bulletin September 1959
- ^ International Finn Association
- ^ "International Finn Association". Archived from the original on 2016-06-07. Retrieved 2016-12-23.
- ^ International Finn Association
- ^ Snipe Pan Am Games
- ^ International Sunfish Class Association
- ^ "International Laser Class Association". Archived from the original on 2011-12-30. Retrieved 2016-12-25.
- ^ Laser Sailing Tips
- ^ "DICK TILLMAN - SAILING BIOGRAPHY. D19Laser". Archived from the original on 2016-12-24. Retrieved 2016-12-23.
- ^ The Complete Book of Laser Sailing
External links[]
- Living people
- American male sailors (sport)
- Finn class sailors
- Laser class sailors
- Sailors at the 1959 Pan American Games
- Snipe class sailors
- US Sailor of the Year
- Pan American Games medalists in sailing
- Pan American Games bronze medalists for the United States
- Navy Midshipmen sailors
- Medalists at the 1959 Pan American Games
- 1936 births