Jonathan McKee
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jonathan Dunn McKee | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | December 19, 1959 (age 64) Seattle, Washington, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 9+1⁄2 in (177 cm) | |||||||||||||||||
| Sailing career | ||||||||||||||||||
| Class(es) | 49er, Tasar, Melges 24, Moth, Melges 20, Melges 32, Volvo 70, Flying Dutchman | |||||||||||||||||
| Club | Seattle Yacht Club | |||||||||||||||||
| College team |  Yale University | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
| ||||||||||||||||||
Jonathan Dunn McKee (born December 19, 1959, in Seattle, Washington) is an American sailor and Olympic Champion.
Sailing career
[edit]Olympics
[edit]He competed in the Flying Dutchman class at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles and won a gold medal, with William Carl Buchan[1] to become the only American to win the gold medal in the Flying Dutchman class during the boats participation in the Olympic games.
McKee competed in the 49er class at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney together with his brother Charles McKee, and they won the bronze medal.
America Cup
[edit]McKee and his brother sailed for OneWorld in the 2003 Louis Vuitton Cup and for Luna Rossa Challenge in the 2007 Louis Vuitton Cup.[2] He sailed the 2008–09 Volvo Ocean Race on Il Mostro.[3]
World Championships
[edit]- 1983 Flying Dutchman Class World Champion
- 2001 49er World Champion
- 2023 Double Handed ORCi World Championship sailing a Jeanneau Sunfast 3300
Two times Tasar Class World Champion
- 1996 Seattle Yacht Club, Cascade Locks, USA
- 2007 Cape Panwa Hotel, Phuket, Thailand
Three times Melges 24 World Champion
- 2005, Key Largo, Florida
- 2010
- 2011
Offshore Sailing
[edit]He competed in the 2008 Barcelona World Race onboard Estrella Damm, retiring into Cape Town
He competed in the 2008-09 Volvo Ocean Race round the world race.
References
[edit]- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jonathan McKee". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on November 4, 2012. Retrieved February 1, 2009.
- ^ "America's Cup: Seattle seasoning adds spice to Italian crew". The Seattle Times. June 1, 2007. Archived from the original on July 28, 2017. Retrieved July 14, 2017.
- ^ "Archive Volvo Ocean Race". Archived from the original on January 30, 2018. Retrieved March 16, 2019.
External links
[edit]- Jonathan Dunn McKee at World Sailing
- Jonathan Dunn McKee at Olympics.com
- Jonathan McKee at Olympic.org (archived)
- Jonathan McKee at Olympedia
  | This article about a yacht racing Olympic medalist of the United States is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- 1959 births
- Living people
- American male sailors (sport)
- Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in sailing
- Olympic gold medalists for the United States in sailing
- Sailors at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Flying Dutchman
- Sailors at the 2000 Summer Olympics – 49er
- Yale Bulldogs sailors
- 49er class world champions
- Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Volvo Ocean Race sailors
- Luna Rossa Challenge sailors
- 2007 America's Cup sailors
- 2003 America's Cup sailors
- World champions in sailing for the United States
- Flying Dutchman class world champions
- Melges 24 class world champions
- 20th-century American sportsmen
- American sailing Olympic medalist stubs