Hans Christopher Steinfeld (born December 14, 1959 in Denver, Colorado) is a former

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competitive sailor and Olympic silver medalist.

Career

At the

1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the secon ...

, Steinfeld finished in 2nd place in the

470 class The 470 (Four-Seventy) is a double-handed monohull planing dinghy with a centreboard, Bermuda rig, and centre sheeting. Equipped with a spinnaker, trapeze and a large sail-area-to-weight ratio, it is designed to plane easily, and good teamwork is ...

Mixed Two-Person Dinghy along with his partner Steve Benjamin.

References

* 1959 births American male sailors (sport) Sailors at the 1984 Summer Olympics – 470 Olympic silver medalists for the United States in sailing Living people Sportspeople from Denver Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics {{US-yachtracing-Olympic-medalist-stub