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| Full name | Barton Williams Benedict Jahncke | ||||||||||||||
| Born | August 5, 1939 (age 84) New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
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Barton Williams Benedict Jahncke (born August 5, 1939 in New Orleans, Louisiana) [1] is an American sailor and Olympic champion. He competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, where he received a gold medal in the dragon class as crew member (with George Friedrichs and Gerald Schreck) on the boat Williwaw. [2]
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