Edward K. Adams, known as Ed Adams, is an American

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in the

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, and

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classes. He was named

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in 1987 and 1991. In the Laser class, 1975 US national champion, and 1976 bronze medal at the

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. At college, he won in 1977 the

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with the

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, and was named All-American. Adams won the

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five times (1981, 1983, 1985, 1987 and 1993) and the United States National Championship twice (1986 and 1991) in the

class. He became world champion of the

class at the 1987 Star World Championships in Chicago, and won the bronze medal at the 1986 Worlds. He also won the Star European Championships in 1988 and the Bacardi Cup in 1988 and 1991. After leaving the Star, he was appointed coach of the US Olympic Sailing team of 2000 and 2004, while also participating at the 2000 Louis Vuitton Cup as navigator onboard of Young America with

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. Two years later, in 2002, he won the Laser Master Worlds. He joined the Delta Lloyd's coaching team for the Boston in-port race of the 2008–09 Volvo Ocean Race. Previously, he sailed the final two legs of

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's victorious campaign in the 2001-02 event. He was inducted into the

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in 2022.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Adams, Ed American male sailors (sport) Living people Rhode Island Rams sailors Snipe class sailors Star class world champions US Sailor of the Year Volvo Ocean Race sailors 2000 America's Cup sailors World champions in sailing for the United States Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people)