Medal record | ||
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Men's sailing | ||
Representing New Zealand | ||
Olympic Games | ||
1984 Los Angeles | Tornado | |
1988 Seoul | Tornado |
Christopher Ian Timms (24 March 1947 – 19 March 2004[1]) was a yachtsman from New Zealand. He won a gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, and a silver medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.[2][3] Timms died in 2004 when the aircraft he was flying in crashed into the Firth of Thames.[4]