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| Full name | Douglas James Kern | ||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Doug | ||||||||||||||
| Born | July 10, 1963 (age 61) Fort Riley, Kansas, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
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| Club |  Austin Yacht Club | ||||||||||||||
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Douglas James Kern (born July 10, 1963) is an American former competitive sailor who won a silver medal at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona.[ citation needed ]
Kern lives in Austin, Texas. [1]
At the 1992 Summer Olympics, Kern finished in 2nd place in the soling class along with his partners Jim Brady and Kevin Mahaney. Kern currently creates marketing platforms. [2]
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