Santiago Lange
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| Full name | Santiago Raúl Lange | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 22 September 1961 San Isidro, Argentina | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Club |  Club Náutico San Isidro | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | Solent University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Santiago Raúl Lange (born September 22, 1961 in San Isidro, Argentina) is an Argentine Olympic sailor and a naval architect.
Sailing career
[edit]He studied Naval Architecture at Southampton College of Higher Education (now known as Solent University) he did a degree in yacht design. He went on to work for Argentina designer German Frers for a couple of years before concentrating on competitive sailing.[1]
Olympics
[edit]Representing Argentina over a 32-year 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 | ||
| 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
[edit]He is a four-time World Champion, with 3 Snipe World Championships (1985, 1993 and 1995) and 1 Tornado World Championship (2004), twice runner-up in 1987 (Snipe) and 2006 (Tornado), and three times third place in 1979 (Cadet), 2003 (Tornado) and 2018 (Nacra 17).[4]
Offshore Sailing
[edit]He has twice sailed the Volvo Ocean Race; in 2001–02 on Team SEB and in 2008–09 on Telefónica Black.[5][6]
America Cup
[edit]He sailed for Victory Challenge in the 2007 Louis Vuitton Cup.
For the 34th America's Cup was a member of Artemis Racing the Swedish Challenger.[7]
Other Events
[edit]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
[edit]In 2016, he was named Sailor of the Year by World Sailing.
Personal life
[edit]Lange's sons Yago and Klaus are who are also Olympic sailors.[8]
One of the most remarkable things is that in 2015 following a 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 the loss of fitness and time on the water so close to the games in which he won gold.
References
[edit]- ^ Lange, Santiago (22 April 2021). "Chapter 3". Wind: The Journey of My Life Hardcover. PANTAURO. 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
[edit]- 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)
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