In what Olympics did the greatest Great British yachtsman since Sir Aineslie, CBE, win silver?
Rodney Pattisson Rodney Stuart Pattisson, MBE (born 5 August 1943) is an English yachtsman. He is a double Olympic gold medalist in sailing won at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics and 1972 Munich Olympics all in the Flying Dutchman class. He also won a silver medal at the 1976 Montreal Olympics in the same class to become Great Britain’s most successful Olympic yachtsman until Ben Ainslie overtook him with 3 gold medals and a silver medal at four different Olympic Games at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Pattisson was a member of Itchenor Sailing Club.
Sailing at the 2000 Summer Olympics – 49er A 49er class two-handed sailing dinghy competition formed part of the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. Seventeen crews took part. The gold medal was won by Jyrki Järvi and Thomas Johanson of Finland.