Thomas Barrows III (born November 2, 1987) is a sailor who lives in the
United States Virgin Islands
The United States Virgin Islands,. Also called the ''American Virgin Islands'' and the ''U.S. Virgin Islands''. officially the Virgin Islands of the United States, are a group of Caribbean islands and an unincorporated and organized territory ...
and attended
Yale University
Yale University is a private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Established in 1701 as the Collegiate School, it is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and among the most prestigious in the wo ...
, where he won the
ICSA Men's Singlehanded National Championship ICSA Men's Singlehanded National Championship is one of the seven Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association National Championships.
Since 1963, the winner is awarded the ''Glen S. Foster Trophy'', named after Glen Foster for his interest in collegiate ...
in 2008 and earned the
ICSA College Sailor of the Year ICSA College Sailor of the Year, also known as Marlow Ropes College Sailor of the Year because of the sponsorship by Marlow Ropes, is an award annually presented, since 1968, by the United States Naval Academy
The United States Naval Acade ...
Award in 2010.
He competed
on behalf of the Virgin Islands at the
2008 Beijing Olympics
The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Nat ...
, where he participated in the one-person
Laser-class dinghy event.
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1987 births
Living people
American male sailors (sport)
United States Virgin Islands male sailors (sport)
Olympic sailors for the United States
Olympic sailors for the United States Virgin Islands
Sailors at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Laser
Sailors at the 2016 Summer Olympics – 49er
Yale Bulldogs sailors
ICSA College Sailor of the Year
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