Paul Foerster

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Paul Foerster
Personal information
Full namePaul Jeffrey Foerster
BornNovember 19, 1963 (1963-11-19) (age 60)
Rangely, Colorado, U.S.
Sailing career
Club
  • Burgee of Austin YC.svg Austin Yacht Club
  • Flag placeholder.svg Rush Creek Yacht Club
College team Burgee of University of Texas at Austin.SVG   University of Texas at Austin
Medal record
Sailing
Representing the Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2004 Athens 470 class
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1992 Barcelona Flying Dutchman
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2000 Sydney 470 class
Pan American Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2007 Rio Sunfish class
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2011 Guadalajara Sunfish class

Paul Jeffrey Foerster (born November 19, 1963, in Rangely, Colorado) is an American sailor.

He received All-American honors three times from the Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association sailing for the University of Texas at Austin and competed at four Olympic Games in sailing: 1988, 1992, 2000, and 2004, winning total of three Olympic medals during his career. In the Flying Dutchman (FD) class he was successful with Stephen Bourdow (Silver 1992), and then in the 470 class with Bob Merrick (silver, 2000) and Kevin Burnham (gold, 2004).

He now sails from Rush Creek Yacht Club in Heath, Texas, on Lake Ray Hubbard east of Dallas, Texas. Foerster was inducted into the National Sailing Hall of Fame in 2015. [1]

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References

  1. "Paul Jeffrey Foerster 2015 Inductee". Nshof.org. Retrieved April 11, 2020.