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Hans Fogh

Hans Fogh
Hans Fogh 1964.jpg
Hans Fogh in 1964
Personal information
Full name Hans Marius Fogh
Nationality Canadian
Born (1938-03-08)8 March 1938
Rødovre, Denmark
Died 14 March 2014(2014-03-14) (aged 76)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Height 171 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight 73 kg (161 lb)
Sailing career
Class(es) Flying Dutchman
Soling
Club Hellerup Sejlklub
Etobicoke Yacht Club
Updated on 17 March 2014.

Hans Marius Fogh (8 March 1938 – 14 March 2014) was one of the most successful competitive sailors in history, with dozens of national and international championships and in many different classes, including two Olympic medals.

Fogh who represented his country of birth for the first time during the 1960 Summer Olympics in Naples as helmsman in the Danish Flying Dutchman Skum with Ole Gunnar Petersen as crew, Fogh took the silver medal. In 1964 Fogh returned to the Olympics in Enoshima again with Ole Gunnar Petersen as crew, Fogh took 4th place in the Sailing at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Flying Dutchman Miss Denmark 1964. With crew Niels Jensen and again in the Sailing at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Flying Dutchman, Fogh took 16th place in the 1968 in Acapulco. The last time Fogh represented Denmark at the Olympics was in the Flying Dutchman during the 1972 Olympics in Kiel. With Ulrik Brock as crew, Fogh took 7th place.

After Fogh emigrated to Canada he was selected to represent his new country at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Kingston. With Evert Bastet as crew, Fogh took 4th place in the Sailing at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Flying Dutchman. His final Olympic appearance came in the Soling at the Los Angeles 1984 Summer Olympics. With fellow crew members Steve Calder and John Kerr Fogh, as helmsman took the bronze medal.


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