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Tore Holm
Tore Holm (Tore Anton Holm, 1896–1977), Swedish sailor and yacht designer; helmsman at five Olympics 1920–1948 with two gold and two bronze medals, Sweden's most successful Olympic sailor, and designer of about 700 wooden yachts.
Torleiv Corneliussen
Torleiv Schibsted Corneliussen (1890–1975), nicknamed Badeengelen, Norwegian sailor and automobile-industry pioneer; won 1912 Olympic gold in the 8 metres class aboard Taifun and later sailed the Dragon Spadilje VIII.
Trygve Schjøtt
Trygve Schjøtt (5 August 1882 – 18 December 1960), Norwegian sailor from Bergen, Bergens Seilforening member; won 1920 Antwerp Olympic gold in the 10-metre Open class aboard Mosk II with cousin Halfdan Schjøtt; later a merchant fleet officer in WWII.
Ulf Sundelin
Ulf Sundelin is a Swedish sailor who won Olympic gold in the 5.5-meter class at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics with his brothers Jörgen and Peter.
Valdemar Bandolowski
Valdemar Bandolowski (Voldimars Bandolowski), Danish sailor and lawyer born 1946, won Olympic Soling gold in 1976 and 1980 with Høj Jensen and Hansen, plus Soling and Dragon world titles.
Valentin Aas
Valentin Aas (Valentin Aass, Thomas Valentin Aass, 1887-1961) was a Norwegian sailor and diplomat who won 1912 Stockholm Olympic gold in the 8 metre class aboard Taifun, then served in Norway's foreign ministry.
Valentin Bontus
Valentin Bontus, Austrian Formula Kite racer born 2001 in Perchtoldsdorf, won the first ever Olympic men's kiteboarding gold at Paris 2024 in Marseille, beating Toni Vodišek and Max Maeder, with world bronze in 2024 and 2026.
Valentin Mankin
Valentin Mankin (Valentin Grigoryevich Mankin, 1938–2014), Soviet-Ukrainian sailor, the only yachtsman with Olympic golds in three classes: Finn 1968, Tempest 1972, Star 1980, plus 1976 silver; later Italian national coach.
Vitaly Dyrdyra
Vitaly Dyrdyra (Віталій Дирдира, 1938–2024), Ukrainian-born Soviet sailor; with Valentin Mankin won the first Olympic Tempest-class gold at Munich 1972; USSR champion in Finn and Tempest classes.
Willi Kuhweide
Willi Kuhweide (Wilhelm Kuhweide), German sailor born 1943 in Berlin, won Finn gold at Tokyo 1964 after a Cold War selection dispute, Star bronze at Munich 1972, three Finn Gold Cups, and competed at five Olympics.
William Carl Buchan
William Carl Buchan (born 1956, Seattle) is an American sailor, 1984 Olympic Flying Dutchman gold medalist crewing for Jonathan McKee, son of Star gold medalist William Earl Buchan, and 1988 America's Cup winner aboard Stars & Stripes.
William Earl Buchan
William Earl Buchan (born 9 May 1935, Seattle) is an American Star class sailor, 1984 Olympic gold medalist with Steve Erickson, three-time Star world champion (1961, 1970, 1985), and father of same-Games gold medalist William Carl Buchan.
William Exshaw
William Edgar Exshaw (1866-1927), British sailor and brandy merchant of Arcachon, France; won two 1900 Paris Olympic gold medals in the 2-3 ton class aboard the yacht Ollé with Frédéric Blanchy and Jean le Vavasseur; namesake of Exshaw, Alberta.
Willy Gilbert
Willy Gilbert (Willy Carl Jens Gilbert, 1881–1956), Norwegian sailor from Bergens Seilforening, Bergen; won Olympic gold at Antwerp 1920 in the 10-metre (1919 Rating) class aboard Mosk II, unopposed.
Xabier Fernandez
Xabier (Xabi) Fernández Gaztañaga, Spanish sailor born 1976 in Ibarra, Gipuzkoa; 49er crew for Iker Martínez, Olympic gold Athens 2004 and silver Beijing 2008, three world titles, Volvo Ocean Race and America's Cup veteran, now a coach.
Xu Lijia
Xu Lijia (徐莉佳, Lily), Chinese Laser Radial sailor born 1987 in Shanghai; Beijing 2008 bronze, London 2012 gold, first Asian Olympic dinghy champion, 2012 ISAF World Sailor of the Year, later sports media professional.
Yevhen Braslavets
Yevhen Braslavets (Євген Анатолійович Браславець), born 1972 in Dnipro, Ukrainian 470-class sailor; Olympic gold at Atlanta 1996 with Ihor Matviyenko, world and European champion 2001, 2000 flagbearer.
Yngve Holm
Yngve Robert Holm (1895–1943), Swedish sailor, won gold in the 40 m² class aboard Sif at the 1920 Antwerp Olympics; brother of Tore Holm, boat designer with his own shipyard in Ystad.
Yves Loday
Yves Loday (born 1955, Guérande, France) is a French catamaran sailor and designer, 1992 Barcelona Olympic Tornado gold medalist with Nicolas Hénard, and designer of the Extreme 40, Spitfire, Topaz, and Dart 16 catamarans.