John Thomas Shadden (born May 10, 1963 in Long Beach, California) is an American former competitive sailor and Olympic bronze medalist.
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| Full name | John Thomas Shadden | ||||||||||||||
| Born | May 10, 1963 (age 61) Long Beach, California, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 6 in (167 cm) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 134 lb (61 kg) | ||||||||||||||
| Sailing career | |||||||||||||||
| Class(es) | 470, Laser II | ||||||||||||||
| Club |  Alamitos Bay Yacht Club | ||||||||||||||
| College team | University of Southern California | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
editAt the 1988 Summer Olympics, Shadden finished in 3rd place in the 470 class along with his partner Charles McKee.[1]
In the Snipe class, he was third at the 1980 US Nationals with Peter Frazier and was second in the Junior Nationals in 1981.
References
edit- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "John Shadden". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on November 2, 2012. Retrieved June 21, 2010.
External links
edit- John Thomas Shadden at World Sailing
- John Thomas Shadden at Olympics.com
- John Shadden at Olympedia (archive)
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