Joseph Morris (born August 17, 1989) is a sailor who lives in the United States and attended Yale University, where he earned the New England College Sailor of the Year Award in 2012. [1] He was named captain twice (2011, 2012) and was a four-time ICSA All-American skipper. Prior to Yale, he was a five-time national champion.
He and teammate Thomas Barrows competed on behalf of the United States in the 2016 Rio Olympics, participating in the men's two-person high-performance 49er class event. [2]
Morris and Barrows – who were also teammates at Yale – won the US Olympic Trials and qualified for Olympic selection from combined results of the Sailing World Cup in Miami, Fla. and the 49er World Championships in Clearwater.