Andrew W. Campbell (born 3 February 1984 in Toms River,

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) is an American yachtsman. Raised in

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and moved to

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at the age of eight. Campbell is the latest in a long lineage of

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greats from the

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, in the unusual design of the

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, commonly used for junior programs on the

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. He attended

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suburb

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. In the Snipe class, he was the 2001 District 6 Junior Champion. In the Star class he won the silver medal in the 2013 World Championship and the 2010 European Championship.

College

Campbell is the former Commodore of the

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Hoyas Sailing Team. At Georgetown, he led the #1 ranked Hoyas in the

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by achieving three singlehanded national championships (2003, 2005 and 2006), a second-place finish in the coed dinghy national championship in 2004 in

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, and a first-place finish at the 2006 team race national championship in Charleston, South Carolina. He was named an ICSA All-American four consecutive years, male Sailing Athlete of the Year in 2002 and 2005, and College Sailor of the Year in 2006.

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placed him 10th on their list of Georgetown's Top 10 All-Time Athletes.

Olympics

In September 2007 he won the men's

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qualifiers in Newport,

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America's Cup

He is the Flight Controller for American Magic, the

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entry at the

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.American Magic Team
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Personal life

He currently lives in Washington, DC with his wife Jacqueline Campbell (née Schmitz).

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Campbell, Andrew 1984 births Living people American male sailors (sport) Olympic sailors of the United States Sailors at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Laser Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States Sailors at the 2007 Pan American Games Georgetown Hoyas sailors Georgetown University alumni ICSA College Sailor of the Year Pan American Games medalists in sailing Universiade medalists in sailing People from Toms River, New Jersey Universiade gold medalists for the United States Medalists at the 2005 Summer Universiade 2021 America's Cup sailors Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games Snipe class sailors Star class sailors American Magic