John Dane III

John Dane III

Personal information
Born	July 15, 1950 (1950-07-15) (age 74) New Orleans, Louisiana U.S.
Medal record Sailing Representing  United States World Championships 1970 Poole Soling North American Championships 1969 Milwaukee Soling

John Dane III (born July 15, 1950) is an American Olympic sailor in the Star class. He competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics, where he finished 11th together with his son-in-law Austin Sperry.^[1] Dane almost made the Olympics in the dragon in 1968, when he took second place at the US Olympic trials in a borrowed boat. He also sailed the trials in the Soling (1972), Finn (1976) and Star (1984) classes.

Dane, together with Mark LeBlanc and John Cerise, was the winner of the first North American Championship Soling in Milwaukee back in 1969. This team also took the second place in the Soling World Championship of 1970 in Poole, UK.

He is the former president of Trinity Marine Group and also former president and CEO of Trinity Yachts, LLC.^[2]

References

1. "John Dane, III Bio, Stats, and Results | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com". Archived from the original on September 22, 2013. Retrieved February 22, 2014.
2. "Trinity Yachts". Archived from the original on April 16, 2014. Retrieved April 23, 2014.