Gordon Ingate
 Ingate in 2008 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | Gordon Wilson Ingate 29 March 1926 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Died | 24 April 2026 (aged 100) |
| Sailing career | |
| Country |  |
| Sport | Sailing |
Events | 1972 Summer Olympics, 1977 America's Cup, Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race |
Gordon Wilson Ingate (29 March 1926 – 24 April 2026) was an Australian sailor who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics, sailing in the Tempest class keelboat.[1]
Biography
[edit]Gordon Wilson Ingate was born in Sydney, New South Wales on 29 March 1926.[2] He came second after U.S. America's Cup sailor Ted Turner, who was skippering a 12-metre converted American Eagle when competing in the 1972 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race, skippering yacht Caprice of Huon.[3]
He skippered 12-Metre Gretel II in the 1977 America's Cup but was eliminated by Sweden in the challengers' trials.[4]
Ingate received the Australian Sports Medal in 2000 and the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in the 2016 Birthday Honours, for service to sailing.[5]
At the age of 91, Ingate won the Prince Philip Cup/Australian Dragon Class Championship at the Metung Yacht Club in Victoria, held between 7 and 13 January 2018, racing his yacht Whimsical with crew Amy Walsh and David Giles.[6]
In 2020, he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from Australian Sailing.[7]
Ingate was a longstanding member of the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron and the New York Yacht Club.[8] On 29 March 2026 he turned 100 years old.[9]
Ingate died on 24 April 2026, at the age of 100.[10]
References
[edit]- ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Gordon Ingate". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
- ↑ "Gordon Ingate". Olympedia. Retrieved 25 April 2026.
- ↑ "Ingate sets age record: Gordon Ingate has set another age record in the Prince Philip Cup. - Free Online Library".
- ↑ "Queen's Birthday Honour for Gordon Ingate".
- ↑ "Mr Gordin Wilson Ingate". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Retrieved 28 April 2026.
- ↑ Veteran Sailor Gordon Ingate An Inspiration For Us All
- ↑ "AS honours Gordon Ingate".
- ↑ "Queen's Birthday Honour for Gordon Ingate".
- ↑ "He's Australia's oldest Olympian. And at 100, Gordon Ingate is still racing to win".
- ↑ "Australian Olympian Gordon Ingate dies aged 100". ABC. 25 April 2026. Retrieved 28 April 2026.
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