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| Full name | Paul Jeffrey Foerster |
| Born | November 19, 1963 (age 61) Rangely, Colorado, U.S. |
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| College team | University of Texas at Austin |
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Paul Jeffrey Foerster (born November 19, 1963) is an American sailor.
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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]
