Dick Tillman
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{{Infobox sailor
| name = Dick Tillman
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| fullname = Richard L. Tillman
| birth_date = November 27, 1936
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| collegeteam = {{collegesailingteam|United States Naval Academy}}
| show-medals = yes
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport | Sailing }}
{{MedalCountry | the {{USA}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | Pan American Games }}
{{MedalBronze | 1959 Chicago | Snipe class }}
|death_date={{death date and age|2020|10|15|1936|11|27|mf=yes}}|death_place=Syracuse, Indiana, United States}}
Richard L. Tillman, known as Dick Tillman, (November 27, 1936 – October 15, 2020){{Cite web |title=Tillman, Richard |url=https://nshof.org/nominees/tillman-richard/ |access-date=2024-01-06 |website=National Sailing Hall of Fame |language=en-US}} was an American sailor. He was a member of the United States sailing team at the 1976 Summer Olympics as an alternate and was named US Sailor of the Year in 1965.{{Cite web |url=http://www.d19laser.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=107:dick-tillman-laser-clinic-in-muskegon&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=62 |title=DICK TILLMAN - SAILING BIOGRAPHY. D19Laser |access-date=2016-12-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161224030734/http://www.d19laser.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=107:dick-tillman-laser-clinic-in-muskegon&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=62 |archive-date=2016-12-24 |url-status=dead }}
He is a class of 2024 National Sailing Hall of Fame inductee.[https://thesailingmuseum.org/hall-of-fame/2024/ The Sailing Museum and National Sailing Hall of Fame]
He started sailing as a teenager at Wawasee Yacht Club crewing for Alan (Buzz) Levinson, his older brother Frank and his younger brother, Harry, in their Snipes.
College
Dick Tillman was National Intercollegiate Sailing Champion with the U.S. Naval Academy in 1957,[http://collegesailing.org/championships/coed Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association] and became a member of the ICSA Hall of Fame for Competitive Achievement after graduation in 1958.[http://collegesailing.org/hall-of-fame/individuals/competitive-achievement Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association]
Sailing career
Dick Tillman holds national, North American and world titles in the Snipe, Finn, Laser and Sunfish classes:
- U.S. National Champion in Snipe (1959),{{Cite web |url=https://www.snipe.org/bulletin/snipe-bulletin-archive/snipe-bulletin/1950s-bulletins/291-snipe-bulletin-sept-1959/file |title=Snipe Bulletin September 1959 |access-date=2016-12-23 |archive-date=2016-12-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161223072339/https://www.snipe.org/bulletin/snipe-bulletin-archive/snipe-bulletin/1950s-bulletins/291-snipe-bulletin-sept-1959/file |url-status=dead }} Finn (1965),[https://www.finnclass.org/racing/results-archive/europeans/62-results/europeans/324-history-of-the-european-championship-1956-to-1975 International Finn Association]
- North American Champion in Laser (1971, 1972 and 1973),{{Cite web |url=http://www.laserinternational.org/OLD%20WEBSITE/archives/arcna.htm |title=International Finn Association |access-date=2016-12-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160607141034/http://www.laserinternational.org/OLD%20WEBSITE/archives/arcna.htm |archive-date=2016-06-07 |url-status=dead }} and Finn (1965).[https://www.finnclass.org/racing/results-archive/other-regattas International Finn Association]
He also won a bronze medal at the 1959 Pan American Games in Snipe.[https://snipe.org/images/stories/pdf/pan%20am%20games_snipe%20results%2051_71.pdf Snipe Pan Am Games]
In the Masters category, he also holds several championships:
- International Sunfish Masters Champion in 1995, 1996, 1998 and 2002.[https://www.sunfishclass.org/about/archive/international-masters-championship/ International Sunfish Class Association]
- World Great Grand Masters Laser radial Champion in 2002.{{Cite web |url=http://www.laserinternational.org/OLD%20WEBSITE/archives/arcwmas.htm |title=International Laser Class Association |access-date=2016-12-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111230184416/http://www.laserinternational.org/OLD%20WEBSITE/archives/arcwmas.htm |archive-date=2011-12-30 |url-status=dead }}
- North American Laser Masters Champion in 1981 and 1982.[http://lasersailingtips.com/learning-to-sail-2/the-top-books-on-sailing-lasers/ Laser Sailing Tips]
- World Masters Games
- Silver Medalist at the 1998 Nike World Masters in Windsurfing
- Bronze Medalist at the 1998 Nike World Masters in Laser
Organizational activities
Dick Tillman has been a member of the United States Sailing Association for over 30 years and director for 3 years (1999-2002), chair of National Single-handed Championship Committee for 7 years, commodore of the Snipe Class International Racing Association (1971), sailing representative to USOC Athletes Advisory Council (1976-1980), Executive Director of the International J/24 Class Association (1981-1991), and president of the US Windsurfing Association, president of the International Sunfish Class Association (2002-2006).{{Cite web |url=http://www.d19laser.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=107:dick-tillman-laser-clinic-in-muskegon&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=62 |title=DICK TILLMAN - SAILING BIOGRAPHY. D19Laser |access-date=2016-12-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161224030734/http://www.d19laser.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=107:dick-tillman-laser-clinic-in-muskegon&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=62 |archive-date=2016-12-24 |url-status=dead }}
Books
He wrote The Complete Book of Laser Sailing, published by McGraw Hill in 2005.[https://www.mhprofessional.com/9780071452199-usa-the-complete-book-of-laser-sailing-group The Complete Book of Laser Sailing]
References
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External links
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0sdzdtLzU0 Interview with Dick Tillman - Snipe Sailor]
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Category:American male sailors (sport)
Category:Sailors at the 1959 Pan American Games
Category:Medalists at the 1959 Pan American Games
Category:Pan American Games bronze medalists for the United States in sailing
Category:US Sailor of the Year