David Chapin is an American

sailor A sailor, seaman, mariner, or seafarer is a person who works aboard a watercraft as part of its crew, and may work in any one of a number of different fields that are related to the operation and maintenance of a ship. The profession of the s ...

, 3 time World Champion in the Sunfish and

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classes, gold medalist at the

Pan American Games The Pan American Games (also known colloquially as the Pan Am Games) is a continental multi-sport event in the Americas featuring summer sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The competition is held ...

, and winner of multiple North American and United States Championships in Sunfish, Snipe,

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and

Soling The Soling is an open keelboat that holds the World Sailing "International class" status. The class was used from the 1972 Olympics (Kiel) until the 2000 Olympics (Sydney) as " Open Three Person Keelboat". Besides the Olympic career of the Soli ...

classes. He was U.S. Singlehanded Champion in 1977, sailed in

. In 1978 he was second at the Sunfish World Championship. In 1979 he won the Snipe World Championship, the Sunfish World Championship, the Snipe North American Championship, and the

United States Snipe National Championship The United States National Snipe Championship is the annual national championship for sailing in the Snipe class. It is among the oldest One-Design class championships in the United States. Between 1934 and 1947 it was considered the SCIRA World ...

. In 1980 he won the

Snipe Western Hemisphere & Orient Championship The Snipe Western Hemisphere and Asia Championship is an international sailing regatta in the Snipe class. The fleet of winning skipper is awarded the Hayward Western Hemisphere Trophy, donated by Commodore John T. Hayward, of Tulsa, Oklahoma. 3 ...

, and was second at the Sunfish World Championship. In 1981 he won again the Sunfish World Championship, and the

. In 1982 he was third at the Sunfish World Championship, and won his second

, and his third

. In 1987 he won the gold medal at the

. He is of English ancestry being a direct descendant of Deacon

Samuel Chapin Samuel Chapin (baptized October 8, 1598 – November 11, 1675) was a prominent early settler of Springfield, Massachusetts. He served the town as selectman, magistrate and deacon (in the Massachusetts Bay Colony there was little separation b ...

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American male sailors (sport) Living people Pan American Games medalists in sailing Sailors at the 1987 Pan American Games Snipe class world champions Sunfish class world champions World champions in sailing for the United States Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States Year of birth missing (living people) Texas Longhorns sailors Medalists at the 1987 Pan American Games {{US-yachtracing-bio-stub