William Bentsen
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| Born | February 18, 1930 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | December 25, 2020 (aged 90) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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William "Bill" Bentsen (February 18, 1930 – December 25, 2020) was an American sailor and Olympic champion.[1] Bentsen was born in Chicago, Illinois. He received a gold medal in the Soling class at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.[2] Bentsen was inducted into the National Sailing Hall of Fame in 2017.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Bill Bentsen". Olympedia. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Bill Bentsen". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved December 16, 2008.
- ^ "William Bentsen 2017 Inductee". Nshof.org. Retrieved April 11, 2020.
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- 1930 births
- 2020 deaths
- American male sailors (sport)
- Olympic gold medalists for the United States in sailing
- Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in sailing
- Sailors at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Flying Dutchman
- Sailors at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Soling
- Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics
- Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in sailing
- Medalists at the 1967 Pan American Games
- American sailing Olympic medalist stubs