Jonathan McKee

Personal information
Full name	Jonathan Dunn McKee
Born	December 19, 1959 (age 66); Seattle, Washington, U.S.
Height	5 ft 9+1⁄2 in (177 cm)
Sport
Sailing career
Class(es)	49er, Tasar, Melges 24, Moth, Melges 20, Melges 32, Volvo 70, Flying Dutchman
Club	Seattle Yacht Club
College team	Yale University
Medal record
Sailing
Representing the United States
Olympic Games
Sailing
Representing the United States
Olympic Games
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Jonathan Dunn McKee (born December 19, 1959, in Seattle, Washington) is an American sailor and Olympic Champion.

Sailing career

He competed in the Flying Dutchman class at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles and won a gold medal, with William Carl Buchan^[1] to become the only American to win the gold medal in the Flying Dutchman class during the boats participation in the Olympic games.

McKee competed in the 49er class at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney together with his brother Charles McKee, and they won the bronze medal.

McKee and his brother sailed for OneWorld in the 2003 Louis Vuitton Cup and for Luna Rossa Challenge in the 2007 Louis Vuitton Cup.^[2] He sailed the 2008–09 Volvo Ocean Race on Il Mostro.^[3]

He competed in the 2008 Barcelona World Race onboard Estrella Damm, retiring into Cape Town

He competed in the 2008-09 Volvo Ocean Race round the world race.

^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jonathan McKee". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on November 4, 2012. Retrieved February 1, 2009.
^ "America's Cup: Seattle seasoning adds spice to Italian crew". The Seattle Times. June 1, 2007. Archived from the original on July 28, 2017. Retrieved July 14, 2017.
^ "Archive Volvo Ocean Race". Archived from the original on January 30, 2018. Retrieved March 16, 2019.