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Santiago Lange
Argentine sailor
Santiago Raúl Lange (born September 22, 1961 in San Isidro, Argentina) is an Argentine Olympic sailor and a naval architect.
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| Full name | Santiago Raúl Lange | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Argentina | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1961-09-22) 22 September 1961 (age 62) San Isidro, Argentina | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Club |  Club Náutico San Isidro | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | Solent University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Competition record
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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
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 | ||
| 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 Snipe World Championships (1985, 1993 and 1995) and 1 Tornado World Championship (2004), twice runner-up in 1987 (Snipe) and 2006 (Tornado), and 3 times third place in 1979 (Cadet), 2003 (Tornado) and 2018 (Nacra 17).[4]
Offshore Sailing
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
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
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.
In 2016, he was named Sailor of the Year by World Sailing.
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.
- 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.
- Sartori, Hernán (August 18, 2016). "Hijos de tigre: Yago y Klaus Lange". Clarín. Retrieved September 18, 2016.
- "A sailor's 5th Olympics after 40 years on the sea". xinhuanet. Xinhua, July 28, 2008. Archived from the original on October 21, 2012.
- 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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| Preceded by | Flagbearer for Argentina Tokyo 2020 with Cecilia Carranza |
Succeeded by Incumbent |