Tomas Hornos (born September 15, 1988 in

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), is a world class

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in the Star and

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classes. He was the youngest skipper to win the Snipe World Championship by winning the title on his 19th birthday in 2007, and also the youngest sailor to be nominated for the

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, in 2008. After sailing in the Optimist and

classes, he moved to the Star class and was the top junior sailor at the 2010

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(

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). He was third at the 2011 North Americans in

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, and runner-up in 2014 in

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. He won the 2012 Western Hemisphere Championship in Annapolis, Maryland.Annapolis Yacht Club
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class, he was national champion in 2019.

References

External links

Tomas Hornos page. Star Sailors League
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hornos, Tomas 1988 births Tufts Jumbos sailors Living people Snipe class sailors Snipe class world champions American male sailors (sport)