John Aspin

Medal record
Sailing
Representing Great Britain
Olympic Games

John Symington Aspin (21 March 1877, Anderston, Glasgow – 19 February 1960) was a Scottish businessman and sailor who competed for the Royal Clyde Yacht Club at Hunters Quay and represented Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics.^[1]^[2]^[3]

He was a crew member on the Hera, which finished first of two teams competing in the 12 metre class.^[4]^[5] At the time, only the helmsman and mate were awarded gold medals, while the crew received silver medals.^[4] However, Aspin is credited as having received a gold medal in the official Olympic database.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "John Symington ASPIN". Olympic.org. International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 13 August 2016. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
^ "John Symington ASPIN". Sailing.org. World Sailing. Archived from the original on 3 April 2016. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
^ "John Aspin". DatabaseOlympics.com. Roto Sports, Inc. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
^ ^a ^b Cook, Theodore Andrea (1908). The Fourth Olympiad, Being the Official Report: The Olympic Games of 1908 (PDF). London: British Olympic Association. pp. 339–354. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 January 2013. Retrieved 10 June 2016. J. S. Aspin
^ "1908 London Olympic Games Sailing Competition: 12 Metre (Open) Fleet racing". Sailing.org. World Sailing. Archived from the original on 8 April 2016. Retrieved 10 June 2016. John Symington ASPIN