Paul Foerster
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| Full name | Paul Jeffrey Foerster |
| Born | November 19, 1963 (age 61) Rangely, Colorado, U.S. |
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| College team | University of Texas at Austin |
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Paul Jeffrey Foerster (born November 19, 1963) is an American sailor.
He received All-American honors three times from the Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association sailing for the University of Texas at Austin and competed at four Olympic Games in sailing: 1988, 1992, 2000, and 2004, winning total of three Olympic medals during his career. In the Flying Dutchman (FD) class he was successful with Stephen Bourdow (Silver 1992), and then in the 470 class with Bob Merrick (silver, 2000) and Kevin Burnham (gold, 2004).
He now sails from Rush Creek Yacht Club in Heath, Texas, on Lake Ray Hubbard east of Dallas, Texas. Foerster was inducted into the National Sailing Hall of Fame in 2015.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ "Paul Jeffrey Foerster 2015 Inductee". Nshof.org. Retrieved April 11, 2020.
- "Olympics/Paralympics 2004: Paul Foerster". ussailing.org. Archived from the original on July 9, 2011.
- "Americans edge Brits for first 470 sailing gold medal". USA Today. August 21, 2004.
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Paul Foerster". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020.
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- 1963 births
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- American male sailors (sport)
- Sailors at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Flying Dutchman
- Sailors at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Flying Dutchman
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- Olympic gold medalists for the United States in sailing
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- Flying Dutchman class world champions
- People from Rangely, Colorado
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