Glen Foster
{{short description|American sailor}}
{{for|the American football player|Glenn Foster}}
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{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Glen Foster
| image =
| caption =
| fullname = Glen Seward Foster II
| collegeteam = {{collegesailingteam|Brown University}}
| birth_date = {{birth date text|August 14, 1930}}
| birth_place = Orange, New Jersey, U.S.
| death_date = {{death-date and age|October 1, 1999|August 14, 1930}}
| death_place = New York City, New York, U.S.
| headercolor = lightsteelblue
| show-medals = yes
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport | Sailing }}
{{MedalCountry | {{USA}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | Olympic Games }}
{{MedalBronze | 1972 Munich | Tempest }}
{{MedalCompetition | World Championships }}
{{MedalGold | 1971 Marstrand | Tempest }}
{{MedalGold | 1995 Hanko | 5.5m }}
{{MedalGold | 1997 Key Biscayne | 5.5m }}
{{MedalGold | 1998 Cowes | 5.5m }}
{{MedalSilver | 1996 Muiden | 5.5m }}
{{MedalBronze | 1993 Hankø | 5.5m }}
{{MedalBronze | 1999 Torbole | 5.5m }}
}}
Glen Seward Foster II (August 14, 1930 – October 1, 1999) was an American sailor. He won a bronze medal in the Tempest class with Peter Dean at the 1972 Summer Olympics.{{cite web |url=https://members.sailing.org/biog?memberid=115983 |title=Glen Foster|website=sailing.org |publisher=World Sailing |access-date=June 15, 2022}}{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/fo/glen-foster-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105075719/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/fo/glen-foster-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-11-05}}{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/10/05/classified/paid-notice-deaths-foster-glen-s.html |title=Obituary: Glen S. Foster |work=The New York Times |date=October 5, 1999}}
In 1971, when he won the national and world championships in the Tempest Class.{{cite web |url=https://brownbears.com/hof.aspx?hof=533 |title=GLEN S. FORSTER II |work=brown University Hall of Fame}}
References
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External links
- {{World Sailing|id=USAGF32|www=glenn-foster|name=Glen Foster}}
- {{Olympics.com profile|name=Glen Seward Foster II|oc_archive=20200407235728|org_name=Glen Foster|org_archive=20200407235555}}
- {{Olympedia|name=Glen Foster}}
{{Footer World Champions 5.5 Metre}}
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Category:American male sailors (sport)
Category:Tempest class sailors
Category:5.5 Metre class sailors
Category:Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in sailing
Category:Sailors at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Tempest
Category:Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Category:World champions in sailing for the United States
Category:Tempest class world champions
Category:5.5 Metre class world champions
Category:Sportspeople from Orange, New Jersey
Category:Deaths from esophageal cancer in New York (state)
Category:20th-century American sportsmen
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