Tyler Paige

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Tyler Paige
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Full nameTyler Justus Paige
NationalityAmerican Samoan
Born (1995-09-01) 1 September 1995 (age 28)

Tyler Justus Paige (born 1 September 1995) [1] is an American competitive sailor. He competed in the 2020 Summer Olympics in the Men's Two Person Dinghy - 470 for American Samoa, placing 18th. [2] [3]

Paige is from New York City [1] and attended high school at the Packer Collegiate Institute in Brooklyn. [4] He was educated at Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts, graduating with a degree in mechanical engineering. [4] He worked as an engineer with Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s NASCAR Xfinity team JR Motorsports while he was in the Olympics. He is currently an Engineer at Honeywell. [4] [5] [6] [7]

Paige sailed as a child, initially in the 420-class, before moving to 470-class sailing in 2016. [4] He represented the United States at the 2018 Junior 470 World Championships in Bracciano, Italy. [1] He switched nationalities to American Samoa in 2019. [1] In 2020 he and Adrian Hoesch qualified for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics for American Samoa at Sail Melbourne. [8]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Sailing - PAIGE Tyler Justus". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 7 August 2021. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  2. ↑ "Sailing - Men's Two Person Dinghy - 470 - Group Results". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 4 August 2021. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
  3. ↑ "Tokyo 2020 - Our Pacific Islands athletes Round Up Day 7". The Coconet. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Alumnus Tyler Paige Begins Olympic Sailing Competition on Wednesday". Tufts University. 26 July 2021. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  5. ↑ "NASCAR's Olympian looks ahead to sailing competition - NBC Sports". NASCAR Talk | NBC Sports. 23 July 2021. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
  6. ↑ Ron Lemasters (28 July 2021). "Tyler Paige: From JR Motorsports to the Olympic Games". JR Motorsports. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  7. ↑ "JR Motorsports engineer, sailor competing in 2021 Olympics". NASCAR. 28 July 201. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  8. ↑ "470sailing". 470sailing. Retrieved 20 August 2021.


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