Michael Mooney (sailor)
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Born | May 14, 1930 New York City, New York, U.S. | |||||||||||||
Died | November 18, 1985 Washington, D.C., U.S. | (aged 55)|||||||||||||
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Michael Macdonald "Mike" Mooney (May 14, 1930 – November 18, 1985) was an American sailor and Olympic champion. He was born in New York City, New York and died in Washington, D.C.[1][2]
He competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, where he won a gold medal in the 6 metre class with the boat Uanoria, together with Herman Whiton, James Smith, Alfred Loomis and James Weekes.[3]
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- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Michael Macdonald "Mike" Mooney". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved June 21, 2015.
- ^ "Michael Mooney, 55, Former Editor For Harper's, Author of 8 Books, Dies". Washington Post. November 20, 1985.
- ^ "1948 Summer Olympics – London, United Kingdom – Sailing". databaseOlympics.com. Archived from the original on August 30, 2007. Retrieved May 31, 2008.
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- 1930 births
- 1985 deaths
- American male sailors (sport)
- Sailors at the 1948 Summer Olympics – 6 Metre
- Olympic gold medalists for the United States in sailing
- Medalists at the 1948 Summer Olympics
- American sailing Olympic medalist stubs