Peter Dix
Peter Thomas Stanley Dix (6 May 1953 – 21 December 1988) was an Irish Olympic sailor who competed in the 470 in 1976.[1]
Dix was born in Dublin and was an alumnus of St Columba's College, Dublin and Trinity College Dublin.[1] His cousin was Olympic sailor Robert Dix, with whom he competed.[1]
A member of the 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards, he was killed when Pan Am Flight 103, where he was en route to New York City as a management consultant, exploded over Lockerbie.[1]
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