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Sumner White
Sumner
Wheeler
White
III
was an
American
sailor
and
Olympic champion
. He was born in
New York City
and
died
in
Summit, New Jersey
. He
competed
at the
1952 Summer Olympics
in
Helsinki
, where, contrary to
expectation
, he won a
gold medal
in the
5.5
metre
class
with the boat
Complex
II
, together with
Britton Chance
and
Edgar White
.
He
graduated
from
Harvard University
.