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| Full name | Edward Norman Trevelyan | |||||||||||||
| Born | August 14, 1955 (age 67) San Pedro, California, U.S. | |||||||||||||
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Edward Norman Trevelyan (born August 14, 1955) is an American sailor and Olympic champion. [1]
Trevelyan, a member of a team that also included skipper Bob Haines and Rod Davis, received a gold medal in the Soling class at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. [2] [1]
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