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Eric Ridder

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Eric Ridder
Medal record
Sailing
Representing the United States
Olympic Games
	1952 Helsinki	6 m class

Eric Ridder (July 1, 1918 – July 23, 1996) was an American sailor and Olympic champion. He was born in Hewlett, New York, and died in Locust Valley, New York.

He competed at the 1952 Summer OlympicsinHelsinki, where he won a gold medal in the 6 metre class with the boat Llanoria.^[1]^[2]

Ridder was also the winning skipper in the 1964 America's Cup, guiding the New York Yacht Club's 12-metre yacht, the Constellation, to a 4-0 sweep over Sovereign of the Royal Thames Yacht Club.

He graduated from Harvard University in 1940.^[3]

References[edit]

^ "1952 Summer Olympics – Helsinki, Finland – Sailing". databaseOlympics.com. Archived from the original on August 27, 2007. Retrieved May 31, 2008.

^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Eric Ridder". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on December 4, 2016.

^ "Harvard Olympians - Harvard". gocrimson.com. Archived from the original on July 8, 2019. Retrieved February 22, 2018.