Andrew Simpson (sailor)
Andrew James "Bart" Simpson MBE (17 December 1976 – 9 May 2013), was an English sailor who won a gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, as crew for skipper Iain Percy in the Star class representing Great Britain. Simpson died in the capsize of the catamaran he was crewing on 9 May 2013, while training for the America's Cup in San Francisco Bay.
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| Nickname | Bart | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 17 December 1976 Chertsey, Surrey, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 9 May 2013 (aged 36) San Francisco, California, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 104 kg (229 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Club | Hunters Hill Sailing Club, Woolwich | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Updated on 10 May 2013. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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