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,Gillingham Jr., Evan S. "Sailing By Chance",Motor Boating, April 1967. Accessed August 3, 2022. "For the Helsinki Games he enlisted a strapping set of twins from Mantoloking, N. J., Edgar and Sumner White, whom he had seen sailing Comets successfully in downbay competition." he graduated from Harvard College.
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