Dennis Conner
Overview
Sailing at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Sailing/Yachting is a Olympic sport starting from the Games of the 1st Olympiad . With the exception of 1904 and possible 1916 sailing was always a part of the Olympic program....
, two Star
Star (sailboat)
The International Star is a 6.9 m one-design racing keelboat for two people.The boat must weigh at least 671 kg with a maximum total sail area of 26.5 m . It is sloop-rigged, with a mainsail larger in proportional size than any other boat of its length...
World Championships, and four wins in the America's Cup
America's Cup
The America’s Cup is a trophy awarded to the winner of the America's Cup match races between two yachts. One yacht, known as the defender, represents the yacht club that currently holds the America's Cup and the second yacht, known as the challenger, represents the yacht club that is challenging...
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Dennis Conner is a four-time America's Cup winner, successfully defending the America's Cup in 1974, 1980
1980 America's Cup
The 1980 America's Cup was held in September 1980 at Newport, Rhode Island. The US defender, Freedom, defeated the Australian challenger, Australia, four races to one. This was the last successful defence of the cup by the New York Yacht Club and the last defender designed by the naval...
, and 1988
1988 America's Cup
The 1988 America's Cup was the twenty-eighth running of the America's Cup regatta, and was contested between the defender, San Diego Yacht Club represented by Stars & Stripes, and the challenger, the Mercury Bay Boating Club represented by KZ-1...
and winning as the challenger in 1987
1987 America's Cup
The 1987 America's Cup was the twenty-seventh challenge for the America's Cup and the first time for 132 years that it had not been defended by the New York Yacht Club....
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Discussions
