Rodney Pattisson, born in 1943 in Campbeltown, Scotland, is a British yachtsman who won Olympic gold in the Flying Dutchman class at the 1968 Games in Mexico City, sailing with Iain MacDonald-Smith in the boat Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious, and again at the 1972 Games in Munich with Christopher Davies. He took silver in the same class at Montreal in 1976, where he carried the British flag at the opening ceremony, and he was world Flying Dutchman champion in 1969, 1970 and 1971. A former Royal Navy officer appointed MBE in 1969, he later co-skippered Victory 83 in the 1983 America's Cup and was elected to the Sailing Hall of Fame.
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Born 5 August 1943 in Campbeltown, Scotland GBR
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A second gold followed in 1972 with Christopher Davies as his partner and in 1976 Pattisson took the silver medal with Julian Brooke-Houghton.
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