Santiago Lange
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Full name | Santiago Raúl Lange | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Argentina | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | San Isidro, Argentina | 22 September 1961||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Club | Club Náutico San Isidro | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
College team | Solent University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Competition record
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Santiago Raúl Lange (born September 22, 1961 in
.Sailing career
He studied Naval Architecture at Southampton College of Higher Education (now known as
Olympics
Representing Argentina over 32 years period he competed seven times in the Summer Olympics winning a gold and two bronze medals.
Pos. | Games | Class | Crew | Notes | Ref. |
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9 | 1988 - Busan (KOR) | Soling | Pedro Ferrero Raúl Lena |
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9 | 1996 - Savannah (USA) | Laser | N/A | ||
10 | 2000 - Sydney (AUS) | Tornado | Mariano Parada | ||
Bronze | 2004 - Athens (GRE) | Tornado | Carlos Espínola | ||
Bronze | 2008 - Qingdao (CHN) | Tornado | Carlos Espínola | ||
Gold | 2016 - Rio (BRA) | Nacra 17 | Cecilia Carranza | ||
7 | 2020 - Enoshima (JPN) | Nacra 17 Foiling | Cecilia Carranza |
He qualified to represent Argentina at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[2] He was one of Argentina's flag bearers for the opening ceremony at the 2020 Olympic Games.[3]
World Championships
He is a 4 time World Champion, with 3
Offshore Sailing
He has twice sailed the
America Cup
He sailed for Victory Challenge in the 2007 Louis Vuitton Cup.
For the
Other Events
He also won the silver medal at the 1987 Pan American Games (Snipe) and the 1995 Pan American Games (Laser).
In 1985 he won the Snipe South American Championship.
Awards
In 2016, he was named
Personal life
Lange's sons Yago and Klaus are who are also Olympic sailors.[8]
One of the most remarkable things is that in 2015 following repeatable illness he was diagnosed with cancer in his lung which required 25% removal of one of his lungs[9][10] he battled back quickly to take gold despite loss of fitness and time on the water so close to the games in which he won gold.
References
- ISBN 9783710550096.
- ^ "Sailing-Five to watch at the Tokyo Olympics". Reuters. 2021-06-24. Retrieved 2021-06-27.
- ^ "Santiago Lange and Cecilia Carranza will be the Argentine flag bearers at the Olympic Games". Market Research Telecast. 2021-06-23. Retrieved 2021-06-27.
- ^ "Santiago Lange: Snipe World Champion to Gold Medal Winner". 17 August 2016.
- ^ "Crew Changes All Around". 8 November 2001.
- ^ Myant-Best, Niall (14 July 2020). "Off Watch - A Conversation with Santiago Lange". YouTube. The Ocean Race. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
- ^ "Artemis Racing".
- ^ Sartori, Hernán (August 18, 2016). "Hijos de tigre: Yago y Klaus Lange". Clarín. Retrieved September 18, 2016.
- ^ Series 2 - Ep8 - Olympic Stories Part 2.
- ^ "Santiago Lange fights back after cancer battle".
- "A sailor's 5th Olympics after 40 years on the sea". xinhuanet. Xinhua, July 28, 2008. Archived from the original on October 21, 2012.
External links
- official website
- Santiago Lange at World Sailing
- Santiago Lange at World Sailing (archived)
- Santiago Lange at Olympics.com
- Santiago Lange at Olympedia
- Santiago Lange at the Argentine Olympic Committee (in Spanish)
- Santiago Lange at the Argentine Olympic Committee (in Spanish)