Paul Foerster
Appearance
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Born | November 19, 1963 Rangely, Colorado, U.S. | (age 60)
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Paul J. Foerster (born November 19, 1963 in Rangely, Colorado) is an American Olympic medalist in sailing, who has won a 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.
References
- "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 2016-12-04.
Categories:
- 1963 births
- Living people
- American male sailors (sport)
- Olympic gold medalists for the United States in sailing
- Olympic sailors of the United States
- Olympic silver medalists for the United States in sailing
- Sailors at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Flying Dutchman
- Sailors at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Flying Dutchman
- Sailors at the 2000 Summer Olympics – 470
- Sailors at the 2004 Summer Olympics – 470
- Pan American Games competitors for the United States
- Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States
- Pan American Games bronze medalists for the United States
- Sailors at the 2007 Pan American Games
- Sailors at the 2011 Pan American Games
- Snipe class sailors
- Sunfish class world champions
- US Sailor of the Year
- People from Rio Blanco County, Colorado
- Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Pan American Games medalists in sailing
- World champions in sailing for the United States of America
- Flying Dutchman class world champions
- American sailing Olympic medalist stubs