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Sailor Ray Wijewardene beat the Olympic champion in 1966 Ray Wijewardane Source:Dailynews Ray Philip Wijewardene who participated in the yachting contests at the Olympics in Mexico in 1968 was a super sporting star to emerge from Sri Lanka. Ray entered the Hong Kong International Yachting Meet in 1966 in a yacht which he borrowed for this purpose and managed to secure the third place. This was a tremendous achievement considering the fact that there were several top competitors at this meet including the National champion of America and the Olympic champion Chuck Miller and the North Euro champion from Germany Olli Jerullal. ...