Santiago Raúl Lange (born September 22, 1961 in San Isidro, Argentina) is an Argentine Olympic sailor and a naval architect.
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| Full name | Santiago Raúl Lange | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Argentina | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1961-09-22) 22 September 1961 (age 62) San Isidro, Argentina | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Club |  Club Náutico San Isidro | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | Solent University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Competition record
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He studied Naval Architecture at Southampton College of Higher Education (now known as Solent University) he did a degree in yacht design. He went on to work for Argentina designer German Frers for a couple of years before concentrating on competitive sailing.[1]
Representing Argentina over 32 years period he competed seven times in the Summer Olympics winning a gold and two bronze medals.
| Pos. | Games | Class | Crew | Notes | Ref. |
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| 9 | 1988 - Busan (KOR) | Soling | Pedro Ferrero Raúl Lena |
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| 9 | 1996 - Savannah (USA) | Laser | N/A | ||
| 10 | 2000 - Sydney (AUS) | Tornado | Mariano Parada | ||
 Bronze |
2004 - Athens (GRE) | Tornado | Carlos Espínola | ||
| Bronze |
2008 - Qingdao (CHN) | Tornado | Carlos Espínola | ||
 Gold |
2016 - Rio (BRA) | Nacra 17 | Cecilia Carranza | ||
| 7 | 2020 - Enoshima (JPN) | Nacra 17 Foiling | Cecilia Carranza |
He qualified to represent Argentina at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[2] He was one of Argentina's flag bearers for the opening ceremony at the 2020 Olympic Games.[3]
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).[4]
He has twice sailed the Volvo Ocean Race; in 2001–02onTeam SEB and in 2008–09onTelefónica Black.[5][6]
He sailed for Victory Challenge in the 2007 Louis Vuitton Cup.
For the 34th America's Cup was a member of Artemis Racing the Swedish Challenger.[7]
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.
In 2016, he was named Sailor of the YearbyWorld Sailing.
Lange's sons Yago and Klaus are who are also Olympic sailors.[8]
One of the most remarkable things is that in 2015 following repeatable illness he was diagnosed with cancer in his lung which required 25% removal of one of his lungs[9][10] he battled back quickly to take gold despite loss of fitness and time on the water so close to the games in which he won gold.
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| Preceded by | Flagbearer for Argentina Tokyo 2020 with Cecilia Carranza |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
