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 12m 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.
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21 March 1926
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Died |
22 June 2012 (aged 86) Perth, Western Australia
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