Terence Neilson

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Terence Neilson
Personal information
Born (1958-11-02) November 2, 1958 (age 65)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Medal record
Men's Sailing
Representing Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Olympic Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1984 Los Angeles Finn class

Terence "Terry" Neilson (born November 2, 1958, in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian sailor. He won a bronze medal in the Finn Class at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

He skippered Canada II during the 1987 Louis Vuitton Cup.

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