William Robert "Bob" Arnott (13 October 1922 – 23 January 2016)Bob Arnott's obituary
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who competed in the

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Family and education

Arnott was the great-grandson of William Arnott, who founded

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. His father, Henry Dixon Arnott, was a barrister and President of the Royal Aero Club of New South Wales. He was born in Sydney and attended Cranbrook School and the

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where he graduated as a

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in 1945. Arnott married Simone Emile Pirenne in 1965 and had two children: Adrienne Davina Pirenne Arnott (born in 1969); and Robert Axel Pirenne Arnott (born in 1970).

Club

Arnott was a member of the

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and was the author of its 75th anniversary history. He was the legend of NSW alpine who competed in the 1952 Olympics. He also assisted in the development of the Federation International SKI (FIS).

References

1922 births 2016 deaths Australian male alpine skiers Alpine skiers at the 1952 Winter Olympics Olympic alpine skiers for Australia Skiers from Sydney Australian people of Scottish descent People educated at Cranbrook School, Sydney 20th-century Australian sportsmen {{Australia-alpine-skiing-bio-stub