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Tribute to Bahamas Olympic Gold Winners, Sir Durward and Cecil Cooke
Oct 24, 2014 - 1:28:39 PM



NASSAU, The Bahamas – It was 50 years ago...in Tokyo...when Sir Durward “Seawolf” Knowles and the late Cecil Cooke won Olympic Gold -- representing a first for The Bahamas. They won the Star Class Sailing in those Summer Olympics. The Bahamas Olympic Committee along with the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture paid tribute to the accomplishment of Sir Durward and Cecil Cooke at a banquet at Atlantis on Thursday, October 23, and to their sparking a tradition of excellent performance of The Bahamas at the Olympic Games.

Sir Durward is pictured, seated, giving a handshake to the Prime Minister, the Rt. Hon. Perry G. Christie. He is surrounded by the Governor General Her Excellency Dame Marguerite Pindling, left, and Mrs. Knowles at right. Next to Mrs. Knowles at far right is Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture the Hon. Dr. Daniel Johnson. (BIS Photo/Peter L. Ramsay)



Prime Minister the Rt. Hon. Perry Christie, standing centre, presented an award to Olympic Gold Winner Sir Durward Knowles, seated, during a gala luncheon celebrating the 50th Anniversary since the winning of The Bahamas’s first Olympic Gold Medal -- in 1964 at the Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan -- by Sir Durward Knowles and the late Cecil Cooke. The gala luncheon was held October 23 at the Imperial Ballroom of Atlantis, Paradise Island. Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture the Hon. Daniel Johnson, and Opposition Leader Dr. Hubert Minnis were in attendance. Governor General HE Dame Marguerite Pindling is seated left, and Lady Holly Knowles, right. Organizers of the gala are next to the Prime Minister: President of the Bahamas Olympic Committee, Wellington Miller, standing left, and Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture the Hon. Dr. Daniel Johnson, standing right. (BIS Photo/Peter L. Ramsay)

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