title: Edgar White
text: # Edgar White
  
  Edgar Pardee Earle White (November 17, 1929 – January 7, 2014) was an American sailor and Olympic champion. He competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, where he won a gold medal in the 5.5 metre class with the boat Complex II, together with Britton Chance and Sumner White.
  
  He was born in New York City, New York. Raised in Mantoloking, New Jersey, together with his twin brother Sumner, he graduated from Harvard College.
  
  