Edward Botterell (24 January 1931 – 2 December 2024) was a Canadian

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who competed in the

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Biography

In 1947, Botterell represented the

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for the right to represent Canada in the first Olympic games after World War 2. Botterell sailed the

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in the 1940s and 1950s, and then sailed Lightnings at an international level from the early 1950s. Botterell died on 2 December 2024, at the age of 93.

References

1931 births 2024 deaths Canadian male sailors (sport) Olympic sailors for Canada Sailors at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Dragon 20th-century Canadian sportsmen {{Canada-yachtracing-bio-stub