Noel Robins
Australian sailor
Died when: 67 years 261 days (812 months)Star Sign: Virgo
David Noel Robins, OAM (3 September 1935 – 22 May 2003) was an Australian sailor.He began sailing as a child, and became partially quadriplegic after receiving a spinal fracture from a car crash at the age of 21.
He was the skipper of Australia in the 1977 America's Cup, won the 1981 Admiral's Cup, and won a gold medal in sailing at the 2000 Sydney Paralympics.
He died on 22 May 2003, four weeks after being struck by a car.
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