# John Merricks > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/John_Merricks > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/John_Merricks.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Merricks > Source revision: 1254887060 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) English sailor (1971–1997) John Merricks Personal information Full name John Edward Merricks Born 16 February 1971 (1971-02-16) Leicester, England Died 8 October 1997(1997-10-08) (aged 26) Castiglione della Pescaia, Italy Height 173 cm (5 ft 8 in) Weight 62 kg (137 lb) Sailing career Sport Sailing Class(es) 420, 470, Fireball, Laser II Medal record Men's sailing Representing Great Britain Olympic Games 1996 Atlanta 470 **John Edward Merricks** (16 February 1971 – 8 October 1997) was an English [sailor](/source/Sailing_(sport)). He represented Great Britain at the [1996 Summer Olympics](/source/1996_Summer_Olympics) in [Atlanta](/source/Atlanta), where he received the silver medal in the [470 class](/source/470_(dinghy)) along with his sailing partner, [Ian Walker](/source/Ian_Walker_(sailor)).[1][2] At the [1996 470 European Championships](/source/1996_470_European_Championships) he and Walker won the silver medal. Merricks died in a car accident in Italy on 8 October 1997. He and Walker were passengers in a minivan when the driver lost control.[3] A lake at [Watermead Park](/source/Watermead_Park) is named after him. ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-db-ol-YAT1996_1-0)** ["1996 Summer Olympics – Atlanta, United States – Sailing"](https://web.archive.org/web/20130119144331/http://databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=24&sp=YAT). *databaseOlympics.com*. Archived from [the original](http://databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=24&sp=YAT) on 19 January 2013. Retrieved 17 April 2009. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; [Mallon, Bill](/source/Bill_Mallon); et al. ["John Merricks"](https://web.archive.org/web/20161203152903/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/me/john-merricks-1.html). *Olympics at Sports-Reference.com*. [Sports Reference LLC](/source/Sports_Reference). Archived from [the original](http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/me/john-merricks-1.html) on 3 December 2016. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [Wallechinsky, David](/source/David_Wallechinsky) (2004). *The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics*, [Toronto](/source/Toronto): Sport Classic Books. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [1-894963-34-2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-894963-34-2) ## External links - [John Merricks](https://web.archive.org/web/20241130/https://www.sailing.org/sailor/john-merricks?ref=GBRJM122) at [World Sailing](/source/World_Sailing) (archived, [alternate link](https://web.archive.org/web/20241130/https://www.sailing.org/sailor/?ref=GBRJM122)) - [John Merricks](https://olympics.com/en/athletes/john-merricks) at [Olympics.com](/source/International_Olympic_Committee) - [John Merricks](https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/62996) at [Olympedia](/source/Olympedia) v t e World champions in men's 420 1973: Wange & Giles 1974: Chourgnoz & Cerda 1975: Whitehurst 1976: Taylor & Massey 1977: Taylor & Massey 1978: Pollet & Johanssen 1979: Di Salle & Vassalo 1980: Brockman & Friedlander 1982: Ferris & McKay 1984: A. Andruleit & H. Andruleit 1986: E. Godard & C. Godard 1987: J.-F. Berthet & G. Berthet 1988: Sanchez-Diez & Dumortier 1989: Ravet & Loyal 1990: C. Gout & J. Gout 1991: S. Irish & G. Irish 1992: G. Martínez & Wood 1993: M. Luciani & D. Luciani 1994: Merricks & Lovering 1995: Perrett & Czislowski 1996: Fortunato & Nunes 1997: Sanchez-Diez & Gabriol 1998: Charbonnier & Deguine 1999: Charbonnier & Deguine 2000: M. Belcher & D. Belcher 2001: M. Mazzotti & G. Mazzotti 2002: Tarapore & Kapila 2003: Medina & Barreiros 2004: Wilmot & Page 2005: da Silva & Gomes 2006: Evans & Burling 2007: Evans & Burling 2008: Mileos & Mitakis 2009: Tsimpoukelis & Karonis 2010: Liu & Cheng 2011: Volker & A. Cunill Martinez 2012: A. Kavas & G. Kavas 2013: Antich & Terrones 2014: Ruiz & Dávila 2015: Takayama & Nakano This article about a United Kingdom Olympic medallist is a stub. 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