Hugh Poole

{{short description|New Zealand sailor}}

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| fullname = Hugh David Poole

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| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1924|9|6}}

| birth_place = Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand

| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2012|6|3|1924|9|6}}

| death_place = Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand

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| sport = Sailing

| event = Soling

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Hugh David Poole (6 September 1924 – 3 June 2012){{cite web |url=http://www.sail-world.com/UK/Hugh-Poole-%281924-2012%29---one-of-the-hard-men-of-NZ-Yachting-dies/98057 |title=Hugh Poole (1924–2012) – one of the hard men of NZ Yachting dies |access-date=14 June 2012 |work=sail-world}} was a New Zealand sailor. He competed in the Soling at the 1976 Summer Olympics,{{cite Sports-Reference|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/po/hugh-poole-1.html |title=Hugh Poole |accessdate=14 June 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121218185418/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/po/hugh-poole-1.html |archivedate=18 December 2012 |df=dmy-all }} and was a five-time winner of the Sanders Memorial Cup.{{cite web |last1=Kidd |first1=Harold |title=The Sanders Cup |url=https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/7135/the-sanders-cup |website=Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand |publisher=Ministry for Culture & Heritage |access-date=19 September 2020}}