Michael Rothwell (sailor)

Michael Rothwell
Rothwell (left) and David McFaull sailing "Zomby Woof"
Personal information
BornJune 30, 1953 (1953-06-30)
Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.
DiedFebruary 9, 2025(2025-02-09) (aged 71)
Medal record
Sailing
Representing  United States
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place1976 MontrealTornado

Michael Jon Rothwell (June 30, 1953 – February 9, 2025)[1] was an American sailor. He won a silver medal in the Tornado class with David McFaull at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Background

Mike Rothwell was a fifth-generation kamaʻāina resident of Hawai'i, the great-great-grandson of Captain Robert Brown, a New England whaler who previously served as a helmsman aboard the Charles W. Morgan prior to gaining command of his own ship and eventually settling in Hawaii. His grandfather Guy Nelson Rothwell was a noted architect and charter member of the Waikiki Yacht Club, where Mike first learned to sail.[2]

Both he and sailing partner McFaull became the first Olympic medalists from Hawaii in sailing. His father Frank Rothwell was a contractor who married a Marjorie Blair from Chicago.[3]

Rothwell owned a logistics company in later life, as well as becoming a WYC commodore himself.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Michael Jon Rothwell/Frances Keala". www.captainbrown.net. Retrieved April 22, 2025.
  2. ↑ "Rothwell Clan Erects Kau Marker Where Lava Razed Ancestor's Home". Honolulu Advertiser. October 14, 1956.
  3. 1 2 "Michael Jon Rothwell". olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved May 14, 2026.


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