John Bertrand

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Olympic medal record
Men's Sailing
Bronze	Montreal 1976	Finn Class

John Edwin Bertrand (born December 20, 1946 in Melbourne, Victoria) is a yachtsman from Australia, skippered Australia II to victory in the 1983 America's Cup, ending 132 years of American supremacy. Bertrand won the bronze medal in the Finn competition at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. He's a member of Royal Brighton Yacht Club in Melbourne Australia, and currently competes in the Etchells class boats.

John Bertrand wrote "Born to Win" about the 1983 America's cup victory, including insightful observations on the strategy for an unfavoured team against very long odds.

[edit] Other John Bertrand

Another Olympic medalist in 1984 John Joseph Bertrand of the USA - won silver medal also in the Finn class in Los Angeles.

[edit] Reference

• Bertrand, John Born to win : a lifelong struggle to capture the America's Cup (as told to Patrick Robinson). Sydney : Bantam Books, c1985. ISBN 0553051180

Also published: New York: Hearst Marine Books, 1985.