# William P. Ficker

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**William P. "Bill" Ficker** was an American sailor in the [Star class](/source/Star_(sailboat)). He won the [1958 Star World Championship](/source/1958_Star_World_Championship) together with [Mark Yorston](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mark_Yorston&action=edit&redlink=1) and finished third in the 1959 edition. Subsequently, Ficker was the skipper of the successful [1970 America's Cup](/source/1970_America's_Cup) defender *[Intrepid](/source/Intrepid_(yacht))*.[1]

Ficker was inducted into the [National Sailing Hall of Fame](/source/National_Sailing_Hall_of_Fame) in 2016.[2]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Storia della Coppa America 1970-1974-1977 le sfide australiane e francesi - History of the America's Cup 1970-1977 editions - the australian and french challenges"](https://web.archive.org/web/20120831164422/http://www.ali6.com/coppa_america1970.htm). *www.ali6.com*. Archived from [the original](http://www.ali6.com/coppa_america1970.htm) on 31 August 2012. Retrieved 12 January 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["William Peter Ficker 2016 Inductee"](https://nshof.org/inductees/ficker-william-peter-bill/). Nshof.org. Retrieved April 11, 2020.

v t e World champions in Star 1923: Inslee & Nelson 1924: Robinson & Knapp 1925: Iselin & Willis 1926: Comstock & Gidley 1927: Hubbard & Edwards 1928: Edrington & Gray 1929: G. Johnson & L. Johnson 1930: Knapp & Weed 1931: McHugh & Watkins 1932: Fink & Thorne 1933: Waterhouse & Metcalf 1934: Beardslee & Lehmann 1935: Beardslee & Lehmann 1936: Iselin & Horder 1937: Wegeforth & Phillips 1938: von Hütschler & Weise 1939: von Hütschler & Beyn 1940: J. Cowie & G. Cowie 1941: Fleitz & Severence 1942: Nye & Fahlstrom 1943: Deacon & Roehm 1944: Driscoll & Burnham 1945: Burnham & North 1946: Fleitz & Krug 1947: Knowles & Levin 1948: Pirie & Rugeroni 1949: Nye & Fahlström 1950: Lippincott & Levin 1951: E. W. Etchells & M. Etchelles 1952: Straulino & Rode 1953: Straulino & Rode 1954: de Cárdenas & de Cárdenas Jr. 1955: de Cárdenas & de Cárdenas Jr. 1956: Straulino & Rode 1957: North & Hill 1958: Ficker & Yorston 1959: North & Carlile 1960: North & Skahill 1961: W. E. Buchan & Knight 1962: Stearns & L. Williams 1963: Duplin & Dolan 1964: D. Edler & K. Edler 1965: Bever & Lewsadder 1966: Elvstrøm & Albrechtson 1967: Elvstrøm & Mik-Meyer 1969: Petterson & Schröder 1970: W. E. Buchan & Sutter 1971: Conner & J. Reynolds 1972: Kuhweide & Meyer 1973: North & Barrett 1974: Blackaller & Anderson 1975: Schoonmaker & Ford 1976: Allsopp & Guhin 1977: Conner & Anderson 1978: Melges & Josenhans 1979: Melges & Josenhans 1980: Blackaller & Shaw 1981: Hagen & Hösch 1982: Gorostegui & Doreste 1983: Gorostegui & Doreste 1984: Gorla & Peraboni 1985: W. E. Buchan & Erickson 1986: Brun & Schreiner 1987: Adams & Olsen 1988: Cayard & Erickson 1989: Adler & Falcão 1990: T. Grael & Ferreira 1991: Benamati & Salani 1992: W. C. Buchan & Schreiner 1993: Londrigan & Trinter 1994: MacDonald & Jespersen 1995: M. Reynolds & Haenel 1996: Chieffi & Sinibaldi 1997: Hagen & Ferreira 1998: Beashel & Giles 1999: Doyle & Olsen 2000: M. Reynolds & Liljedahl 2001: Lööf & Finnsgård 2002: Percy & Mitchell 2003: Rohart & Rambeau 2004: Lööf & Ekström 2005: Rohart & Rambeau 2006: Pepper & C. Williams 2007: Scheidt & Prada 2008: Kusznierewicz & Życki 2009: Szabo & Peters 2010: Percy & Simpson 2011: Scheidt & Prada 2012: Scheidt & Prada 2013: MacCausland & Trinter 2014: Stanjek & Kleen 2015: L. Grael & Gonçalves 2016: Diaz & Prada 2017: Melleby & Revkin 2018: Zarif & Hamelmann 2019: Kusznierewicz & Prada 2020: cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic 2021: Negri & Kleen 2022: Negri & Lambertenghi 2025: Cayard & Kleen

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