Briana Provancha
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| Full name | Briana Provancha | ||||||||
| Nationality |  United States | ||||||||
| Born | April 24, 1989 San Diego, California, United States | ||||||||
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||
| Weight | 66 kg (146 lb) | ||||||||
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| Country | USA | ||||||||
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| Class | Dinghy | ||||||||
| College team |  Boston College | ||||||||
Medal record
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Briana Provancha (born April 25, 1989) is a United States Olympic sailing contestant.
Provancha was born in San Diego in 1989. At the age of eight she had begun sailing. She attended Point Loma High School and by the age of 16 she had been in several international competitions.[1] She won the ICSA Coed Dinghy National Championship in 2010 with the Boston College sailing team, where she also sailed with Annie Haeger and they both graduated in 2012.[2]
She and Haeger won their place at the United States at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Palma de Mallorca which continued their dominance over the previous three years.[2]
She and Haeger appeared in the Women's 470 event in the 2016 Summer Olympics.[3]
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Briana Provancha.
- ^ Point Loma High grad sailing to Rio as an Olympian, Lainie Fraser, SDNews, Retrieved August 6, 2016
- ^ a b Haeger and Provancha headed to Olympics, April 10, 2016, bceagles.com, Retrieved August 6, 2016
- ^ Briana Provancha, Retrieved August 6, 2016