Santiago Raúl Lange (born September 22, 1961 in San Isidro,

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) is an Argentine Olympic

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and a

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Sailing career

He studied Naval Architecture at Southampton Collage of Higher Education (now known as

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) he did a degree in yacht design. He went on to work for Argentina designer

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for a couple of years before concentrating on competitive sailing.

Olympics

Representing

over 32 years period he competed seven times in the Summer Olympics winning a gold and two bronze medals. He qualified to represent Argentina at the

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. He was one of Argentina's flag bearers for the opening ceremony at the 2020 Olympic Games.

World Championships

He is a 4 time World Champion, with 3 Snipe World Championships (1985, 1993 and 1995) and 1 Tornado World Championship (2004), twice runner-up in 1987 (Snipe) and 2006 (Tornado), and 3 times third place in 1979 (Cadet), 2003 (Tornado) and 2018 (Nacra 17).

Offshore Sailing

He has twice sailed the

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; in 2001–02 on '' Team SEB'' and in 2008–09 on '' Telefónica Black''.

America Cup

He sailed for

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in the

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. For the

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was a member of Artemis Racing the Swedish Challenger.

Other Events

He also won the silver medal at the 1987 Pan American Games (Snipe) and the 1995 Pan American Games (Laser). In 1985 he won the Snipe South American Championship.

Awards

In 2016, he was named Sailor of the Year by

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Personal life

Lange's sons Yago and

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are who are also Olympic sailors. One of the most remarkable things is that in 2015 following repeatable illness he was diagnosed with cancer in this lung which required 25% removal of one of his lungs he battled back quickly to take gold despite lose of fitness and time on the water so close to the games in which he won gold.

References

External links

official website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lange, Santiago 1961 births Living people Alumni of Solent University Argentine people of German descent Argentine male sailors (sport) Artemis Racing sailors Club Náutico San Isidro Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Argentina Olympic gold medalists for Argentina Olympic medalists in sailing Olympic sailors of Argentina Sailors at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Soling Sailors at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Laser Sailors at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Tornado Sailors at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Tornado Sailors at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Tornado Sailors at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Nacra 17 Sailors at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Nacra 17 Pan American Games silver medalists for Argentina Pan American Games bronze medalists for Argentina Sportspeople from Buenos Aires Tornado class world champions Snipe class world champions World champions in sailing for Argentina ISAF World Sailor of the Year (male) Pan American Games medalists in sailing 2013 America's Cup sailors 2007 America's Cup sailors Volvo Ocean Race sailors Extreme Sailing Series sailors Sailors at the 1983 Pan American Games Sailors at the 1987 Pan American Games Sailors at the 1995 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1987 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1995 Pan American Games