Sarah Douglas (sailor)
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Born | 21 January 1994[1] Burlington, Ontario, Canada |
| 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]
Life
[edit]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]
Her older brother Greg is a two-time Olympian in sailing who represented Barbados at Beijing 2008 and Canada at London 2012.
Douglas went to school at the University of Guelph for her Bachelor of Commerce; as of 2019, she lists Toronto as her hometown.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e "Sarah Douglas profile". Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
- ^ "Canadian women's water polo team locks up Tokyo Olympic berth". CBC Sports. Canadian Press. 9 August 2019.
- ^ "Canadian sailor Sarah Douglas finishes 4th in 2nd race of women's laser radial in Tokyo". CBC Sports. 25 July 2021.
- ^ "Sailing - DOUGLAS Sarah". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 27 July 2021. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
- ^ "Sarah Douglas". Sail Canada. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
External links
[edit]- Sarah Douglas at World Sailing
- Sarah Douglas at Sail Canada
- Sarah Douglas at Olympics.com
- Sarah Douglas at Olympedia
- Sarah Douglas at Team Canada
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- 1991 births
- Living people
- Canadian female sailors (sport)
- Sportspeople from Burlington, Ontario
- Sailors at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics
- Pan American Games medalists in sailing
- Pan American Games gold medalists for Canada
- Sailors at the 2019 Pan American Games
- Sailors at the 2023 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 2023 Pan American Games
- Sailors at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Laser Radial
- Canadian yacht racing biography stubs