Stephen DeLancey "Steve" Benjamin (born September 29, 1955 in

Glen Cove, New York Glen Cove is a Political subdivisions of New York State#City, city in Nassau County, New York, United States, on the North Shore (Long Island), North Shore of Long Island. At the 2020 United States Census, the city population was 28,365 as of th ...

) is an American competitive sailor and Olympic silver medalist.

Career

He was College Sailor of the Year in 1978. 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 ...

, Benjamin 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 Chris Steinfeld. Steve was named US Sailing’s 2015 Yachtsman of the Year

References

* 1955 births American male sailors (sport) ICSA College Sailor of the Year Living people Olympic silver medalists for the United States in sailing Sailors at the 1984 Summer Olympics – 470 Yale Bulldogs sailors Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics Fireball class world champions World champions in sailing for the United States {{US-yachtracing-Olympic-medalist-stub