# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sumner-white
# Generated: 2026-08-12T16:42:45.650Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sumner-white"
name: "Sumner White"
slug: "sumner-white"
description: "Sumner Wheeler White III was an American sailor and Olympic champion. He was born in New York City and died in Summit, New Jersey. He competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, where, contrary to expectation, he won a gold medal in the 5.5 metre class with the boat Complex II, together with Britton Chance and Edgar White."
tagline: "American sailor (1929–1988)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1929-11-17"
deathDate: "1988-10-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.91
  momentum:             0
  historical:           11.53603333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  35
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "萨姆纳·怀特"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "سومنر وايت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumner_White"
    title: "Sumner White"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumner_White"
    title: "Sumner White"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumner_White"
    title: "Sumner White"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%86%D8%B1_%D9%88%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%AA"
    title: "سامنر وایت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumner_White"
    title: "Sumner White"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumner_White"
    title: "Sumner White"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumner_White"
    title: "Sumner White"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumner_White"
    title: "Sumner White"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumner_White"
    title: "Sumner White"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumner_White"
    title: "Sumner White"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%80_%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%B9%D1%82"
    title: "Самнер Вайт"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7638000"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump