David James "Dave" Smith (October 31, 1925 – March 8, 2014) was an American

sailor A sailor, seaman, mariner, or seafarer is a person who works aboard a watercraft as part of its crew, and may work in any one of a number of different fields that are related to the operation and maintenance of a ship. While the term ''sailor'' ...

and Olympic champion. He competed at the

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in Rome and won a gold medal in the 5.5-meter class with the boat ''Minotaur''. Smith was born in

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, and died in

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* * * 1925 births 2014 deaths American male sailors (sport) Olympic gold medalists for the United States in sailing Sailors at the 1960 Summer Olympics – 5.5 Metre Medalists at the 1960 Summer Olympics 20th-century American sportsmen {{US-yachtracing-Olympic-medalist-stub