Dick Tillman
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| Full name | Richard L. Tillman | ||||||||||||||
| Born | November 27, 1936 | ||||||||||||||
| Died | October 15, 2020 (aged 83) Syracuse, Indiana, United States | ||||||||||||||
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| College team |  United States Naval Academy | ||||||||||||||
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Richard L. Tillman, known as Dick Tillman, (November 27, 1936 – October 15, 2020)[1] was an American sailor. He was a member of the United States sailing team at the 1976 Summer Olympics as an alternate and was named US Sailor of the Year in 1965.[2]
He is a class of 2024 National Sailing Hall of Fame inductee.[3]
He started sailing as a teenager at Wawasee Yacht Club crewing for Alan (Buzz) Levinson, his older brother Frank and his younger brother, Harry, in their Snipes.
College
[edit]Dick Tillman was National Intercollegiate Sailing Champion with the U.S. Naval Academy in 1957,[4] and became a member of the ICSA Hall of Fame for Competitive Achievement after graduation in 1958.[5]
Sailing career
[edit]Dick Tillman holds national, north American and world titles in the Snipe, Finn, Laser and Sunfish classes:
- U.S. National Champion in Snipe (1959),[6] Finn (1965),[7]
- North American Champion in Laser (1971, 1972 and 1973),[8] and Finn (1965).[9]
He also won a bronze medal at the 1959 Pan American Games in Snipe.[10]
In the Masters category, he also holds several championships:
- International Sunfish Masters Champion in 1995, 1996, 1998 and 2002.[11]
- World Great Grand Masters Laser radial Champion in 2002.[12]
- North American Laser Masters Champion in 1981 and 1982.[13]
- World Masters Games
- Silver Medalist at the 1998 Nike World Masters in Windsurfing
- Bronze Medalist at the 1998 Nike World Masters in Laser
Organizational activities
[edit]Dick Tillman has been a member of the United States Sailing Association for over 30 years and director for 3 years (1999-2002), chair of National Single-handed Championship Committee for 7 years, commodore of the Snipe Class International Racing Association (1971), sailing representative to USOC Athletes Advisory Council (1976-1980), Executive Director of the International J/24 Class Association (1981-1991), and president of the US Windsurfing Association, president of the International Sunfish Class Association (2002-2006).[14]
Books
[edit]He wrote The Complete Book of Laser Sailing, published by McGraw Hill in 2005.[15]
References
[edit]- ^ "Tillman, Richard". National Sailing Hall of Fame. Retrieved January 6, 2024.
- ^ "DICK TILLMAN - SAILING BIOGRAPHY. D19Laser". Archived from the original on December 24, 2016. Retrieved December 23, 2016.
- ^ The Sailing Museum and National Sailing Hall of Fame
- ^ Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association
- ^ Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association
- ^ "Snipe Bulletin September 1959". Archived from the original on December 23, 2016. Retrieved December 23, 2016.
- ^ International Finn Association
- ^ "International Finn Association". Archived from the original on June 7, 2016. Retrieved December 23, 2016.
- ^ International Finn Association
- ^ Snipe Pan Am Games
- ^ International Sunfish Class Association
- ^ "International Laser Class Association". Archived from the original on December 30, 2011. Retrieved December 25, 2016.
- ^ Laser Sailing Tips
- ^ "DICK TILLMAN - SAILING BIOGRAPHY. D19Laser". Archived from the original on December 24, 2016. Retrieved December 23, 2016.
- ^ The Complete Book of Laser Sailing
External links
[edit]- 1936 births
- 2020 deaths
- American male sailors (sport)
- Finn class sailors
- Laser class sailors
- Sailors at the 1959 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 1959 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games bronze medalists for the United States in sailing
- Snipe class sailors
- US Sailor of the Year
- Navy Midshipmen sailors
- 20th-century American sportsmen