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Petter Larsen
Petter Larsen (Petter Andreas Larsen, 1890-1946) was a Norwegian sailor who won 12-metre class gold at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics aboard Magda IX, owned by his father Alfred Larsen; other namesakes include a Swedish hockey player and neurologist Jan Petter Larsen.
Pierpont Davis
Pierpont Davis (Francis Pierpont Davis, 1884-1953), American sailor and architect of the California Yacht Club; won 8-metre class gold at the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics aboard Angelita, his brother-in-law Owen Churchill's boat.
Piet Wernink
Piet Wernink (Petrus Adrianus Wernink, 1895–1971), Dutch sailor; won 1920 Antwerp Olympic gold in the 6.5 metre class aboard Oranje with Joop and Berend Carp, counted as the Netherlands' first Olympic gold.
Polly Powrie
Polly Powrie (Olivia Elizabeth Powrie, born 1987, Auckland) is a New Zealand 470 sailor who won Olympic gold at London 2012 and silver at Rio 2016 with Jo Aleh, plus the 2013 470 World Championship, later a high-performance sport administrator.
Poul Richard Høj Jensen
Poul Richard Høj Jensen, Danish sailor born 1944, double Olympic gold medalist in Soling (Montreal 1976, Moscow 1980) with Bandolowski and Hansen; 8 world and 9 European keelboat titles; Petticrows Dragon yard owner.
Rasmus Birkeland
Rasmus Ingvald Birkeland (1888–1972), Norwegian sailor from Austevoll, Bergens Seilforening; won 1920 Antwerp Olympic gold in 12 metres (1907 Rating) aboard Atlanta, unopposed; brother of Halvor Olai Birkeland.
Reg White
Reg White (Reginald James White, 1935-2010), British yachtsman and boatbuilder of Brightlingsea; won the first Olympic Tornado catamaran gold at Montreal 1976 with John Osborn, helped design the Tornado, and founded Sailcraft.
Reidar Martiniuson
Reidar Martiniuson (Johan Reidar Martiniuson, 1893–1968), Norwegian sailor and KNS member; won 1920 Antwerp Olympic gold in the 8 metre (1919 rating) class aboard Sildra with Konow, Vik, and Kristoffersen.
Rex Sellers
Rex Sellers: name of two athletes, New Zealand Olympic sailor Rex Samuel Sellers (born 1950, Tornado gold 1984, silver 1988 with Chris Timms) and Anglo-Indian Australian leg-spinner Reginald Hugh Durning Sellers (born 1940, one Test).
Richard Bennett
Richard John Bennett (1932-2011), Trinidad and Tobago Flying Dutchman sailor; 30th at the 1960 Rome Olympics for the West Indies Federation with Gerald Bird, 28th at Munich 1972 with David Farfan.
Rick Bockelie
Rick Marlow Bockelie (1902–1966) was a Norwegian sailor of KNS, Oslo, who won Olympic gold in the 8 metre class at Paris 1924 as crew of the yacht Bera, skippered by August Ringvold Sr.
Robbie Haines
Robbie Haines (Robert Bentley Haines, Jr., born 1954), American sailor and 1984 Olympic Soling gold medalist skipper; seven world championships in four classes, 12 Transpacs, Breitbard Hall of Fame.
Robert Aspin
Robert Bain Aspin (1872–1933), Scottish varnish manufacturer and Royal Clyde Yacht Club sailor; won Olympic gold in the 12-metre class at London 1908 as crew of Hera, and died at Hunters Quay.
Robert Giertsen
Robert Roach Giertsen (1894–1978) was a Norwegian sailor from Bergen who won gold in the 10-metre class aboard Mosk II at the 1920 Antwerp Olympics, the event's only entrant; he later managed his family company's bookkeeping department.
Robert Scheidt
Robert Scheidt is a Brazilian competitive sailor, born 1973 in São Paulo, who won the first Olympic Laser gold at Atlanta 1996 and has five Olympic medals from seven Games.
Roberto Molina
Roberto Molina (Roberto Molina Carrasco), Spanish sailor born 1960 in Arrecife, Lanzarote; won 470 class gold at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics with Luis Doreste, his only Games, later awarded the Medalla de Oro de Canarias.
Rod Davis
Rod Davis (Roderick Hopkins Davis, born 1955) is an American-born sailor who won 1984 Olympic Soling gold for the USA and 1992 Star silver for New Zealand, and took part in 11 America's Cup campaigns for four national teams.
Rodney Pattisson
Rodney Pattisson (born 1943), British sailor, double Olympic Flying Dutchman gold medalist (1968, 1972) and 1976 silver medalist; Britain's most successful Olympic yachtsman until Ben Ainslie in 2008.
Rolf Steffenburg
Rolf Steffenburg (1886–1982), Swedish sailor and banker from Gävle; won 1920 Antwerp Olympic gold in the 30 m² skerry cruiser class aboard Kullan with Lundquist and Bengtsson, the class's only starter.
Roman Hagara
Roman Hagara, Austrian sailor born 1966 in Vienna, won Olympic Tornado multihull gold at Sydney 2000 and Athens 2004 with Hans-Peter Steinacher, competed at four Games, and later led foiling teams and the Austrian federation's technology program.
Ruggero Tita
Ruggero Tita (born 1992, Rovereto) is an Italian sailor who helms the Nacra 17 and, with Caterina Banti, won Olympic gold at Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024.
Russell Coutts
Sir Russell Coutts (born 1962) is a New Zealand sailor, five-time America's Cup winner, 1984 Finn Olympic gold medalist, RC44 class co-creator, and co-founder and CEO of the SailGP foiling catamaran league with Larry Ellison.
Russell Harmer
Russell Thomas Harmer (1896-1940), British sailor and Royal Signals officer, won 1936 Olympic gold in the 6-metre class as crew of Lalage at Kiel; not the shooter Russell Mark or gymnast Ernestine Russell.
Santiago Lange
Santiago Lange (Santiago Raúl Lange Roberti), Argentine Olympic sailor born 1961 in San Isidro; seven Games 1988–2020, Tornado bronzes 2004/2008, Nacra 17 gold Rio 2016 with Cecilia Carranza after lung cancer surgery, first Argentine sailing gold.
Sarah Ayton
Sarah Ayton (Sarah Lianne Ayton-Dempsey), British sailor born 1980 in Ashford, England; double Olympic Yngling gold medallist at Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008, world champion 2007 and 2008, MBE and OBE.
Sarah Webb
Sarah Webb (Sarah Kathleen Webb-Gosling, born 1977, Weybridge) is a British sailor with Olympic gold in the Yngling three-person keelboat at Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008; crew with Shirley Robertson, then Sarah Ayton and Pippa Wilson; OBE, motivational speaker.
Saskia Clark
Saskia Clark, British 470 sailor born 1979 in Colchester: Olympic gold Rio 2016 and silver London 2012 crewing for Hannah Mills, sixth at Beijing 2008 with Bassadone, 2012 world champion, retired at 37.
Shirley Robertson
Shirley Robertson (Shirley Ann Robertson-Boag), Scottish sailor born 1968 in Dundee, two-time Olympic gold medallist (Europe, Sydney 2000; Yngling, Athens 2004), first British woman with consecutive Olympic golds, later CNN and BBC sailing broadcaster.
Sigurd Holter
Sigurd Holter (1886–1963) was a Norwegian sailor with the KNS Oslo club who won gold in the 10-metre (1907 rating) class at the 1920 Antwerp Olympics aboard Eleda, the event's only entrant.
Sigve Lie
Sigve Lie (1906–1958), Norwegian sailor with KNS Oslo; won two Olympic gold medals in the Dragon three-person keelboat aboard Pan with Thor Thorvaldsen and Håkon Barfod at London 1948 and Helsinki 1952.