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1 Sailing career  



1.1  Olympics  





1.2  World Championships  





1.3  Offshore Sailing  





1.4  America Cup  





1.5  Other Events  







2 Awards  





3 Personal life  





4 References  





5 External links  














Santiago Lange






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Santiago Lange
Personal information
Full nameSantiago Raúl Lange
Nationality Argentina
Born (1961-09-22) 22 September 1961 (age 62)
San Isidro, Argentina
Sailing career
Club Club Náutico San Isidro
College teamSolent University

Competition record

Sailing
Representing  Argentina
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Nacra 17
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Athens Tornado
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Beijing Tornado
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1985 Buenos Aires Snipe
Gold medal – first place 1993 Porto Alegre Snipe
Gold medal – first place 1995 Rimini Snipe
Gold medal – first place 2004 Palma de Mallorca Tornado
Silver medal – second place 1987 La Rochelle Snipe
Silver medal – second place 2006 San Isidro Tornado
Silver medal – second place 2014 Santander Nacra 17
Bronze medal – third place 1979 Torquay Cadet
Bronze medal – third place 2003 Cádiz Tornado
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Aarhus Nacra 17
Pan American Games
Silver medal – second place 1987 Indianapolis Snipe
Silver medal – second place 1995 Mar del Plata Laser

Santiago Raúl Lange (born September 22, 1961 in San Isidro, Argentina) is an Argentine Olympic sailor and a naval architect.

Sailing career[edit]

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]

Olympics[edit]

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.
9 1988 - Busan (KOR) Soling Pedro Ferrero
Raúl Lena
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]

World Championships[edit]

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]

Offshore Sailing[edit]

He has twice sailed the Volvo Ocean Race; in 2001–02onTeam SEB and in 2008–09onTelefónica Black.[5][6]

America Cup[edit]

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]

Other Events[edit]

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[edit]

In 2016, he was named Sailor of the YearbyWorld Sailing.

Personal life[edit]

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.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Lange, Santiago (22 April 2021). "Chapter 3". Wind: The Journey of My Life Hardcover. PANTAURO. ISBN 9783710550096.
  • ^ "Sailing-Five to watch at the Tokyo Olympics". Reuters. 2021-06-24. Retrieved 2021-06-27.
  • ^ "Santiago Lange and Cecilia Carranza will be the Argentine flag bearers at the Olympic Games". Market Research Telecast. 2021-06-23. Retrieved 2021-06-27.
  • ^ "Santiago Lange: Snipe World Champion to Gold Medal Winner". 17 August 2016.
  • ^ "Crew Changes All Around". 8 November 2001.
  • ^ Myant-Best, Niall (14 July 2020). "Off Watch - A Conversation with Santiago Lange". YouTube. The Ocean Race. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
  • ^ "Artemis Racing".
  • ^ Sartori, Hernán (August 18, 2016). "Hijos de tigre: Yago y Klaus Lange". Clarín. Retrieved September 18, 2016.
  • ^ Series 2 - Ep8 - Olympic Stories Part 2.
  • ^ "Santiago Lange fights back after cancer battle".
  • External links[edit]

    Olympic Games
    Preceded by

    Sebastiano Gastaldi

    Flagbearer for  Argentina
    Tokyo 2020
    with
    Cecilia Carranza
    Succeeded by

    Incumbent


    Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Santiago_Lange&oldid=1223901458"

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