Personal information | |
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Nationality | Canadian |
Born | [1] Burlington, Ontario, Canada | 21 January 1994
Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) [1] |
Weight | 68 kg (150 lb) |
Sailing career | |
Club | Ashbridge's Bay Yacht Club |
College team | University of Guelph |
Sarah Douglas (born 21 January 1994 in Burlington) is a Canadian competitive sailor. She won gold in the Laser Radial at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru, [2] and took silver in the 2023 competition in Santiago, Chile.
She finished 6th at the 2018 Sailing World Championships. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Japan, finishing 6th in the Laser Radial class. [1] [3] [4]
She was born in Burlington, Ontario. She started sailing at the age of 7 in Barbados and competed at her first world championship at age 10 in the optimist class. [1] She was Optimist Canadian national champion. [5]
Douglas went to school at the University of Guelph for her Bachelor of Commerce; as of 2019, she lists Toronto as her hometown. [1]
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