Phil Trinter (born January 8, 1969 in Lorain, Ohio) is an American Olympic sailor in the Star class. He competed in the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

together with Paul Cayard, where they finished 5th. Trinter has also become Star World Champion two times, in 1993 and 2013. Trinter sailed with Stars & Stripes at the

1995 America's Cup The 29th America's Cup was contested between the winner of the 1995 Citizen Cup, Team Stars & Stripes, which switched to the yacht ''Young America'' (USA 36) for the competition, and the winner of the 1995 Louis Vuitton Cup, Team New Zealand, w ...

and with AmericaOne in the

2000 Louis Vuitton Cup The 5th Louis Vuitton Cup was held in Auckland Auckland (pronounced ) ( mi, Tāmaki Makaurau) is a large metropolitan city in the North Island of New Zealand. The List of New Zealand urban areas by population, most populous urban area in t ...

. He attended Indiana University, where he played football, including the

1990 Peach Bowl The 1990 Peach Bowl, part of the 1990 bowl game season, took place on December 29, 1990, at Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia. The competing teams were the Indiana Hoosiers of the Big Ten Conference (Big Ten), and the Auburn ...

and three other bowl games.

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Olympic sailors of the United States American male sailors (sport) Star class sailors Sailors at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Star American people of German descent 1969 births Living people 1995 America's Cup sailors Indiana Hoosiers football players 2000 America's Cup sailors Star class world champions World champions in sailing for the United States {{US-yachtracing-bio-stub