More than three decades later, Frank McLaughlin vividly recalls his white-knuckle ride to the Olympic sailing podium.
In 1988, McLaughlin and crewmate/friend John Millen won bronze in the Flying Dutchman class in the choppy waters of the Sea of Japan off the southeast tip of South Korea.
McLaughlin and Millen braved the challenging conditions, winning the final race of the regatta to earn bronze behind Denmark’s Jorgen Bojsen-Moller and runner-up Ole Petter Pollen of Norway. McLaughlin joins older brother Terry in the Hall of Fame. Terry, along with Evert Bastet, won silver in the Flying Dutchman class at the 1984 Olympics where Frank, with Martin ten Hove, finished 15th in the 470 event.
"All the time spent together in boats really contributed to us winning the medal when the chips were down in extremely trying and difficult conditions," said McLaughlin, now a Toronto-based partner at the law firm of McCarthy Tetrault. "The fact that we had the teamwork that we had and the trust in each other that we had really came through for us when it counted.McLaughlin and Millen finished fifth, sixth, first, 12th, ninth and sixth in the first six races in South Korea.
And Ali ten Hove and Mariah Millen, the daughters of Frank's Olympic crewmates, competed together at last summer's Tokyo Olympics in the 49er FX class.
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