Steve Erickson (sailor)

This article is about the American sailor. For the Canadian fantasy author of the Malazan Book of the Fallen, see Steven Erikson.

Steven Erickson

Personal information
Full name	Steven Richard Erickson
Born	August 14, 1961 (1961-08-14) (age 62) Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.
Medal record Men's sailing Representing the United States Olympic Games 1984 Los Angeles Star World Championships 1982 Medemblik, Netherlands Star class 1985 Nassau, Bahamas Star class 1987 Chicago, IL, USA Star class 1988 Buenos Aires, Argentina Star class 1988 San Francisco, CA, USA Maxi class 1989 Naples, Italy One Ton 1991 Miura, Japan 50' class 1992 San Francisco, CA, USA Star class 1995 Klintholm, Denmark ILC 40 1996 Athens, Greece ILC 40 North American Championship 2009 Westport, CT, USA Star class

Steven Richard Erickson (born August 14, 1961) is an American sailor and Olympic Champion. Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, he competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles and won a gold medal in the Star class with William Earl Buchan.

Steve Erickson won two Star Class World Championships: in 1985 with William Earl Buchan; and, in 1988 with Paul Cayard.

Erickson's first America's Cup was with Tom Blackaller, on the 12 Meter "USA" / US 61, from San Francisco. He served as the mainsail trimmer. Perth, Western Australia. 1987.

At the 1992 America's Cup, Erickson was one of the coaches for the Il Moro Challenge.

At the 1995 America's Cup, Erickson was a trimmer on board Dennis Conner Stars & Stripes.

Erickson won the 1997–98 Whitbread Round the World Race as part of the EF Language crew, before joining Luna Rossa as their coach for the 2000 Louis Vuitton Cup, which they won. He was a member of the boat's afterguard during the 2003 Louis Vuitton Cup, before working as their operations manager at the 2007 and 2013 Louis Vuitton Cups. Erickson also spent time with the 2007 Ben Ainslie Team Origin.

External links

• Steven Erickson at World Sailing (archived)
• Steven Erickson at Olympedia