Facts: - updated: 18 march 2015 - classes: 6 metre - fullname: herman frasch whiton - name: herman whiton - nationality: united states of america Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of herman whiton .
herman frasch whiton -lrb- april 6 , 1904 -- september 6 , 1967 -rrb- was an american sailor and olympic champion .he was born in cleveland the grandson of inventor herman frasch and died in new york .he competed at the 1948 summer olympics in london , where he won a gold medal in the '' 6 metre class '' with the boat ' llanoria '' .at the 1952 summer olympics in helsinki he won a gold medal with the same boat '' llanoria '' , but different crew .