U.S.Olympic Gold Medalist With a Westport Connection

Kevin Burnham, U.S. Olympic gold and silver medalist, shows off his medals today at Westport’s Cedar Point Yacht Club. He is guest speaker at a dinner tonight kicking off the 2005 U.S. Youth Sailing Championship which gets underway at the club Monday. Burnham’s father is a former Westport resident. Burnham had the distinction of being the oldest gold medalist winner at the 2004 Athens Games when he won at age 48. He won his silver in Barcelona in 1992. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Gordon Joseloff/WestportNow.com photo