John Bertrand

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John Bertrand (born December 20, 1946 in Melbourne, Victoria) is a yachtsman from Australia, who 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 skippered Australia II to victory in the 1983 America's Cup, ending 132 years of American supremacy. Bertrand currently sails an Etchells.

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