Bruce Goldsmith (sailor)

{{short description|American sports sailor (b. 1936, d. 2007)}}

{{for|the British paraglider|Bruce Goldsmith}}

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{{Infobox sailor

| name = Bruce Goldsmith

| image =

| caption =

| fullname = Bruce Gray Goldsmith

| nickname = The Bruin

| birth_date = March 21, 1936

| birth_place =

| death_date = {{death date and age|2007|06|03|1936|03|21|mf=yes}}

| death_place = Monroe County, Michigan

| show-medals = yes

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalSport | Sailing }}

{{MedalCountry | {{USA}} }}

{{MedalCompetition | World Championship }}

{{MedalGold| 1963 Worlds | Lightning }}

{{MedalGold| 1965 Worlds | Lightning }}

{{MedalGold| 1967 Worlds | Lightning }}

{{MedalGold| 1973 Worlds | Lightning }}

{{MedalCompetition | Pan American Games }}

{{MedalGold| 1967 Pan American Games | Lightning }}

{{MedalGold| 1975 Pan American Games | Lightning }}

{{MedalCompetition | North American Championships }}

{{MedalGold | 1967 | Lightning }}

{{MedalGold | 1973 | Lightning }}

{{MedalGold | 1974 | Lightning }}

{{MedalGold | 1975 | Lightning }}

{{MedalGold | 1976 | Lightning }}

{{MedalSilver | 1969 Milwaukee | Soling }}

}}

Bruce Goldsmith (March 21, 1936 – June 3, 2007){{Cite web |title=Obituary information for Bruce G. Goldsmith |url=https://www.brownvanhemert.com/obituaries/obituary-listings?obId=1979350 |access-date=2024-01-06 |website=www.brownvanhemert.com |language=en-US}} was a sailor from Michigan. He won twice the Worlds in the Lightning class,{{Cite web|url=https://s3.amazonaws.com/ClubExpressClubFiles/93488/documents/World_Champions_860758907.pdf?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIA6MYUE6DNNNCCDT4J&Expires=1582623491&response-content-disposition=inline%3B%20filename%3DWorld_Champions.pdf&Signature=rYfhAxZTkPBcBtzHsnmtk8Sw7cQ%3D|title=International Lightning Class Association World Champions

|website=s3.amazonaws.com|language=en|access-date=2020-02-25}}{{dead link|date=May 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}{{Cite web|url=https://s3.amazonaws.com/ClubExpressClubFiles/93488/documents/North_Americans_Champions_336116439.pdf?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIA6MYUE6DNNNCCDT4J&Expires=1582623682&response-content-disposition=inline%3B%20filename%3DNorth_Americans_Champions.pdf&Signature=UPT72iywkBVV8tzjuxBn0twKLHs%3D|title=International Lightning Class Association North American Champions|website=s3.amazonaws.com|language=en|access-date=2020-02-25}}{{dead link|date=May 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} was many times North American Champion in several classes as well as gold medalist in the 1967{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1967/08/27/archives/goldsmith-captures-title-in-lightning-class-series.html|publisher=NY Times|title=Goldsmith Captures Title In Lightning Class Series|date=1967-08-27|language=en}} and 1975 Pan American Games. He died in 2007 at the age of 71 while racing during a storm on Lake Erie.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sailingworld.com/racing/michigan-sailor-dies-storm/|title=Michigan Sailor Dies in Storm|website=Sailing World|date=5 June 2007 |language=en|access-date=2020-02-25}}

He was former Commodore of the Devils Lake Yacht Club and had held memberships at the Lake Geneva Sailing Club in Wisconsin and The Chicago Corinthian Yacht Club.{{cite web|url=https://obits.mlive.com/us/obituaries/jackson/name/bruce-goldsmith-obituary?id=13457277|title=Obitury|access-date=2023-07-06}}