Barton Williams Benedict Jahncke (August 5, 1939 – January 7, 2024) was an American sailor and Olympic champion.
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Full name | Barton Williams Benedict Jahncke | ||||||||||||||
Born | New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. | August 5, 1939||||||||||||||
Died | January 7, 2024 | (aged 84)||||||||||||||
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Barton Williams Benedict Jahncke was born on August 5, 1939.[1]
Jahncke 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]
Jahncke died on January 7, 2024, at the age of 84.[3]