John Knox Marshall (born April 9, 1942 in

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) is an American competitive sailor and Olympic medalist. He won a bronze medal in the Dragon class at the

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, together with Donald Cohan and Charles Horter.

America's Cup

In 1974 he sailed as a crew member on '' Intrepid'' during the trials, although she was not chosen to defend. In 1977, Marshall crewed for

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on ''Enterprise'' although again the boat failed to be picked as the defender In 1980, Marshall was a part of the successful crew aboard ''

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''. As president of North’s company

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, Marshall was in charge of the sail inventory and the trimming of the mainsail that year. Marshall was involved in the 1983 America's Cup as a mainsheet trimmer on board ''

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''. He then helped design '' Stars & Stripes 87'' for the 1987 America's Cup and the ''Stars & Stripes''

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for the 1988 America's Cup. For the 1995 America's Cup, Marshall led the PACT 95 syndicate whose yacht, '' Young America'', narrowly lost the 1995 Citizen Cup to Stars & Stripes. For the 2000 Louis Vuitton Cup, the ''Young America'' syndicate represented the

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. He was inducted into the

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in 2017. He graduated from

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in 1963.

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