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19 US sailing athletes head to Chile for Pan American Games

by US Sailing Team 23 Oct 2023 16:55 BST October 28 - November 5, 2023
US Sailing Team © Will Ricketson / US Sailing

Heading south to Chile as the winningest country in Pan American Games sailing history with 88 medals since 1951, 19 American athletes will take to the waters of Algarrobo for the Santiago 2023 Pan American Games.

Representing 11 states, the group will race October 28-November 5 and join the other 612 Team USA athletes for the 19th edition of the Games.

The Pan American Games will host nine of the ten Olympic sailing classes (excluding the Mixed 470) and four non-Olympic classes (Snipe, Lightning, and Men's and Women's Sunfish).

Team USA for the 2023 Pan American Games:

  • 49er – Ian Barrows (St. Thomas, USVI) & Hans Henken (Coronado, CA)
  • 49er FX – Stephanie Roble (East Troy, WI) & Maggie Shea (Wilmette, IL)
    • 2019 Pan Am Games Silver Medalists, 49er FX
  • Men's Formula Kite – Markus Edegran (Palm Beach, FL)
  • Women's Formula Kite – Daniela Moroz (Lafayette, CA)
  • ILCA 6 – Erika Reineke (Fort Lauderdale, FL)
  • ILCA 7 – Chapman Petersen (Fontana, WI)
  • Men's iQFOiL – Noah Lyons (Clearwater, FL)
  • Women's iQFOiL – Dominique Stater (Miami, FL)
  • Lightning – Allan Terhune, Jr. (Annapolis, MD), Sarah Chin (Harvey Cedars, NJ), & Madeline Baldridge (Charleston, SC)
  • Nacra 17 – Sarah Newberry Moore (Miami, FL) & David Liebenberg (Richmond, CA)
  • Snipe – Ernesto Rodriguez (Miami, FL) & Kathleen Tocke (Buffalo, NY)
    • Rodriguez – 2019 Pan Am Games Gold Medalist with partner Hallie Schiffman
  • Men's Sunfish – Conner Blouin (Charleston, SC)
    • Third consecutive Pan American Games appearance
  • Women's Sunfish – Amanda Callahan (Portsmouth, RI)

For the Olympic classes, the Santiago Games will provide the second opportunity to qualify the United States for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

Results needed at the 2023 Pan American Games to qualify the USA for Paris 2024:

  • Men's iQFOiL - must finish as top North American country
  • Women's iQFOiL - must either finish as top North American country or as the top North American finisher after Mexico
  • Men's Kite - must finish as top North American country
  • ILCA 7 - must finish as first or second North American country
  • Nacra 17 - must finish as top North American country

Women's Kite, 49er, 49er FX, and ILCA 6 already qualified the USA for Paris 2024 at the 2023 Sailing World Championships.

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