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- Rolly_Tasker abstract "Rolland \"Rolly\" Tasker AM (21 March 1926 – 22 June 2012) was an Australian sailor who won Australia's first Olympic sailing medal, at the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne. He and Malcolm (Huck) Scott won a silver medal in their 12m2 Sharpie after the New Zealander Peter Mander failed to disqualify himself and Rolly had not officially protested. In 1958 Tasker won the Flying Dutchman World Championship.From 1969 to 1985 Tasker dominated ocean racing in Western Australia with five sister yachts all called Siska. In the 1978 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race, Siska IV was denied official starter status on a technicality. Tasker started five minutes ahead of the fleet and crossed the finish line 20 hours ahead of line honours winner Apollo. He won numerous other ocean racing events in his career including taking line honours and first place in the Queen Victoria Cup off Cowes, England. He took first place in A-division of the disastrous 1979 Fastnet race. In the Parmelia Yacht Race from Plymouth to Fremantle in 1979, he took line honours and the win.Tasker was inducted into the Western Australian Hall of Champions in 1986 and the Sport Australian Hall of Fame in 1996. He became a Member of the Order of Australia in 2006 for his services to sailing.He operated a sail-making business based in Phuket, Thailand called Rolly Tasker Sails.In April 2008 Tasker opened the Australian Sailing Museum in Mandurah, Western Australia, with exhibits of the America's Cup races from 1851 and famous sailors from Australian sailing competitions. Twelve lifelike icons of the sailing world form part of the display, along with over 200 model yacht fleet class examples on a scale 1\" to the foot.His biography, Sailing to the Moon was published in 2008. It is written by Roland Perry and describes Tasker's extensive sailing and business activities.".
- Rolly_Tasker birthDate "1926-03-21".
- Rolly_Tasker birthYear "1926".
- Rolly_Tasker deathDate "2012-06-22".
- Rolly_Tasker deathPlace Perth.
- Rolly_Tasker deathPlace Western_Australia.
- Rolly_Tasker deathYear "2012".
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- Rolly_Tasker wikiPageWikiLink 12m²_Sharpie.
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- Rolly_Tasker wikiPageWikiLink Cowes.
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- Rolly_Tasker wikiPageWikiLink Flying_Dutchman_(dinghy).
- Rolly_Tasker wikiPageWikiLink Fremantle.
- Rolly_Tasker wikiPageWikiLink John_Scott_(sailor).
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- Rolly_Tasker wikiPageWikiLink Parmelia_Yacht_Race.
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- Rolly_Tasker wikiPageWikiLink Plymouth.
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- Rolly_Tasker wikiPageWikiLink Roland_Perry.
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- Rolly_Tasker wikiPageWikiLink Thailand.
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- Rolly_Tasker wikiPageWikiLinkText "Rolly Tasker".
- Rolly_Tasker birthDate "1926-03-21".
- Rolly_Tasker dateOfBirth "1926-03-21".
- Rolly_Tasker dateOfDeath "2012-06-22".
- Rolly_Tasker deathDate "2012-06-22".
- Rolly_Tasker deathPlace Perth.
- Rolly_Tasker deathPlace Western_Australia.
- Rolly_Tasker honorificSuffix "The Sailor Man".
- Rolly_Tasker name "Rolly Tasker".
- Rolly_Tasker name "Tasker, Rolly".
- Rolly_Tasker nationality "Australian".
- Rolly_Tasker placeOfDeath "Perth".
- Rolly_Tasker shortDescription "Sailor".
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- Rolly_Tasker yearsactive "1953".
- Rolly_Tasker description "Sailor".
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- Rolly_Tasker subject Category:1926_births.
- Rolly_Tasker subject Category:2012_deaths.
- Rolly_Tasker subject Category:Male_sailors.
- Rolly_Tasker subject Category:Members_of_the_Order_of_Australia.
- Rolly_Tasker subject Category:Olympic_medalists_in_sailing.
- Rolly_Tasker subject Category:Olympic_sailors_of_Australia.
- Rolly_Tasker subject Category:Sailmakers.
- Rolly_Tasker subject Category:Sailors_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics_–_12_m2_Sharpie.
- Rolly_Tasker subject Category:Sailors_at_the_1960_Summer_Olympics_–_Flying_Dutchman.
- Rolly_Tasker subject Category:Sport_Australia_Hall_of_Fame_inductees.
- Rolly_Tasker subject Category:Sportsmen_from_Western_Australia.
- Rolly_Tasker subject Category:Sportspeople_from_Perth,_Western_Australia.
- Rolly_Tasker hypernym Sailor.
- Rolly_Tasker type Agent.
- Rolly_Tasker type Athlete.
- Rolly_Tasker type Award.
- Rolly_Tasker type Person.
- Rolly_Tasker type Person.