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class='container'> <ol class='breadcrumb'> <li> <a href='/'>Home</a> </li> <li><a href="/athletes">Athletes</a></li><li class="active">Sloane Farrington</li> </ol> <div class='athlete_header'> <div> <h1> Sloane Farrington </h1> <form action='/athlete_merges/61980/edit' class='form-inline' method='get'> </form> </div> </div> <div class='athlete_bio'> <div class='athlete_photo_bio'> <a href='https://d2a3o6pzho379u.cloudfront.net/61980.jpg' rel='lightbox' title='Photo of Sloane Farrington'> <img class='photo' src='https://d2a3o6pzho379u.cloudfront.net/61980.jpg'> </a> <div> <h2> Biographical information </h2> <table class='biodata'> <tr><th>Roles</th><td>Competed in Olympic Games</td></tr> <tr><th>Sex</th><td>Male</td></tr> <tr><th>Full name</th><td>Sloane Elmo•Farrington</td></tr> <tr><th>Used name</th><td>Sloane•Farrington</td></tr> <tr><th>Nick/petnames</th><td>Bunty</td></tr> <tr><th>Born</th><td>17 May 1923 in <a href="/place_names/1152">Nassau, New Providence (BAH)</a></td></tr> <tr><th>Died</th><td>1997</td></tr> <tr><th>Measurements</th><td>187 cm / 95 kg</td></tr> <tr><th>Affiliations</th><td><a href="/affiliations/4205">Nassau YC, Nassau (BAH)</a></td></tr> <tr><th>NOC</th><td><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/GBR.png" /> <a href="/countries/GBR">Great Britain</a> <img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/BAH.png" /> <a href="/countries/BAH">The Bahamas</a></td></tr> </table> </div> </div> <table class='athlete_sidebar'> <tbody> <tr> <td> <b>Medals</b> </td> <td>OG</td> </tr> <tr> <td><span class="Gold">Gold</span></td> <td>0</td> </tr> <tr> <td><span class="Silver">Silver</span></td> <td>0</td> </tr> <tr> <td><span class="Bronze">Bronze</span></td> <td>1</td> </tr> <tr> <td class='border-top'>Total</td> <td class='border-top'>1</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <h2> Biography </h2> <div class='description'> <p>Yachtsman Sloane Farrington appeared in four consecutive Olympics (1948-60) with fellow Bahamian <a href="/athletes/62622">Durward Knowles</a> in the Star class. Both men were born in Nassau, but represented Great Britain at the 1948 Olympics and finished fourth. In their three other appearances they represented their native Bahamas, and when they won the bronze medal in 1956, it was the first Olympic medal won by the Caribbean island.</p> <p>Farrington’s first success in international competition was in 1947 when, with Knowles, he won the Johnnie Walker/Myers Series in Nassau. Later that year, the pair won the gold medal in the Star World Championships. They won a second medal, a silver, at the 1954 Worlds, and in 1959 won the gold medal at the Pan American Games in Chicago. “Bunty”, as Farrington was known, also won a Star gold at the 1962 Central American and Caribbean Games in Jamaica. Farrington and Knowles had a racing partnership lasting 20 years, and were also partners in Bayshore Marine, a boat dealership in Nassau.</p> </div> <h2>Results</h2> <table class='table'> <thead> <tr> <th>Games</th> <th>Discipline (Sport) / Event</th> <th>NOC / Team</th> <th>Pos</th> <th>Medal</th> <th>As</th> <th></th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr class='active'> <td> <a href="/editions/12">1948 Summer Olympics</a> </td> <td><a href="/sports/SAL">Sailing</a></td> <td><a href="/countries/GBR"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/GBR.png" />GBR</a></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>Sloane Farrington</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td> <a href="/results/9486">Two Person Keelboat, Open</a> <small>(Olympic)</small> </td> <td><a href="/athletes/62622">Durward Knowles</a></td> <td>4</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr class='active'> <td> <a href="/editions/13">1952 Summer Olympics</a> </td> <td><a href="/sports/SAL">Sailing</a></td> <td><a href="/countries/BAH"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/BAH.png" />BAH</a></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>Sloane Farrington</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td> <a href="/results/9551">Two Person Keelboat, Open</a> <small>(Olympic)</small> </td> <td><a href="/athletes/62622">Durward Knowles</a></td> <td>5</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr class='active'> <td> <a href="/editions/14">1956 Summer Olympics</a> </td> <td><a href="/sports/SAL">Sailing</a></td> <td><a href="/countries/BAH"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/BAH.png" />BAH</a></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>Sloane Farrington</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td> <a href="/results/9616">Two Person Keelboat, Open</a> <small>(Olympic)</small> </td> <td><a href="/athletes/62622">Durward Knowles</a></td> <td>3</td> <td><span class="Bronze">Bronze</span></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr class='active'> <td> <a href="/editions/15">1960 Summer Olympics</a> </td> <td><a href="/sports/SAL">Sailing</a></td> <td><a href="/countries/BAH"><img style="padding-right: 2px; vertical-align: middle" src="https://olympedia-flags.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/BAH.png" />BAH</a></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>Sloane Farrington</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td> <a href="/results/9681">Two Person Keelboat, Open</a> <small>(Olympic)</small> </td> <td><a href="/athletes/62622">Durward Knowles</a></td> <td>6</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <h2>Special Notes</h2> <ul> <li> Listed in <a href="/lists/11/manual">Olympians Who Won a Medal at the Summer Pan American Games</a> (1–0–0 1959 Chicago SAI gold: Star) </li> </ul> <h2>Errata</h2> <p>First name also seen as Sloan.</p> </div> </body> <footer class='footer'> <br> <div class='panel panel-info'> <div class='panel-heading'> <h3 class='panel-title'> <span class='glyphicon glyphicon-info-sign'></span> Did you know? </h3> </div> <div class='panel-body'> <p>Until 1992, the Winter Olympics were held in the same year as the Summer Olympics. 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