Émile Henri Lachapelle was a Swiss rowing coxswain and sailor who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics and in the 1948 Summer Olympics.
Mark Jeffrey Reynolds is an American Star class sailor and Olympic champion. He has sailed Stars since age four, training with his father James Reynolds who was the 1971 World Champion.
Portugal competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, People's Republic of China. It was the nation's twenty-second consecutive appearance at the Olympics. The Olympic Committee of Portugal was represented by a delegation of 129 people, of which 77 were competitors participating in 16 sports. Nelson Évora, the 2007 triple jump world champion, was chosen as the flag bearer during the opening ceremony; he won the triple jump event, giving Portugal its fourth ever Olympic gold medal.
Edgar Pardee Earle White was an American sailor and Olympic champion. He competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, where he won a gold medal in the 5.5 metre class with the boat Complex II, together with Britton Chance and Sumner White.
José Luis Doreste Blanco is a Spanish sailor and Olympic champion. He was born in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas. He competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, where he won a gold medal in the Finn class. In 1998–99, he was a crewmember on Fortuna Extra Lights in the Whitbread Round the World Yacht Race.
William Carl Buchan is an American sailor and Olympic Champion. He won the ICSA Men's Singlehanded National Championship and was named College Sailor of the Year in 1977. He competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles and won a gold medal in the Flying Dutchman class.
Jonathan Dunn McKee is an American sailor and Olympic Champion.
Michael Beaver Schoettle is an American sailor and Olympic Champion. He competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki and earned a gold medal as crew in the 5.5 metre class on the boat Complex II.
Anastasios "Tasos" Bountouris is a Greek sailor who competed at six Olympics between 1976 and 1996. He is the first Greek to compete at six Olympic Games, an achievement so far matched only by shooter Agathi Kassoumi.
Reinaldo Conrad is a Brazilian sailor. He won a bronze medal in the Flying Dutchman Class at the 1968 Summer Olympics and the 1976 Summer Olympics.
Xavier Charles René Rohart is a French sailor. A member of the YC La Pelle in Marseille, he is now competing in the Star class. He won a bronze medal in the Star class with Pascal Rambeau at the 2004 Summer Olympics, and has also competed at four other Olympics. Born in Thionville, he is a two-time world champion and is a founder of the Star Sailors League. He now sails with Pierre-Alexis Ponsot.
Marcos André Sousa da Silva Freitas is a Portuguese table tennis player who has won European Championships in singles, doubles, and team events.
Deniz Çınar is a Turkish yacht racer competing in the 470 class. The 1.73 m tall athlete at 65 kg (143 lb) is a member of Galatasaray Sport Club, where he is coached by Edo Fantela. His brother Ateş is also a national sailor. He studied at Dokuz Eylül University.
Ateş Çınar is a Turkish yacht racer competing in the 470 class. The 1.73 m tall athlete at 72 kg (159 lb) is a member of Galatasaray Sport Club], where he is coached by Edo Fantela. He studied at Dokuz Eylül University. His brother Deniz is also a national sailor.
Walter Pirinoli is an Italian former yacht racer. After few French national titles in Moth Europe and 470, he started with his brother Marco Pirinoli a new carrier on the Olympic catamaran (Tornado) for Italy. In 1991, they finished 3rd at the European championship and 2nd at the World championship. They were part of the Italian team at the Olympics in 1992. In 1995, they will get the ticket for the Olympics just in front of their best enemy, Zuccoli-Glisoni. The same year they won the pre-olympic regatta in Savannah and 15 days after the World Championship in Kingston. In 1996, they received a prestigious honorific medal from the hands of the Italian president.
Juan Manuel Alonso-Allende Allende was a Spanish Olympic sailor that competed in three Olympic Games between 1948 and 1968. Alonso-Allende also was a world-class competitor in the Snipe, Star, Firefly and Flying Dutchman classes.
Hadi Ahmed Basheer is an Iraqi football coach and former player. He played as a midfielder and spent the majority of his career with Al-Minaa club.
Ran Shantal is an Israeli Olympic competitive sailor.
Selim Kakış is an dinghy sailor from Turkey. He has competed in the Laser Radial and 470 (dinghy) class.
Christopher John "Chris" Nicholson is an Australian sailor who has competed in multiple Summer Olympics and Volvo Ocean Races and has won six World championships.
