Santiago Lange

Santiago Lange

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Personal information
Full name	Santiago Raúl Lange
Nationality	Argentina
Born	(1961-09-22)22 September 1961 San Isidro
Sailing career
Club	Club Náutico San Isidro
Competition record Sailing Representing Argentina Olympic Games 2004 Athens Tornado 2008 Beijing Tornado Pan American Games Caracas 1983 Snipe Indianapolis 1987 Snipe Mar del Plata 1995 Laser Snipe World Championships Buenos Aires 1985 Snipe La Rochelle 1987 Snipe Porto Alegre 1993 Snipe Rimini 1995 Snipe Tornado World Championships Cádiz 2003 Tornado Palma de Mallorca 2004 Tornado San Isidro 2006 Tornado

Santiago Raúl Lange (born September 22, 1961 in San Isidro, Buenos Aires, Argentina) is an Argentine Olympic sailor and a naval engineer.

Lange has competed in five editions of the Olympic Games, in 1988, 1996, 2000 and 2004. He won bronze in the latter in the Tornado class, along with teammate Carlos Espínola. He also represented represent Argentina again at the 2008 Summer Olympics, winning a bronze medal. Lange has also won the World Championships on four occasions, in 1985, 1993, 1995 and 2004.

He is also a 4-times 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 third place in 2003 (Tornado).

He also won silver medals at the 1987 Pan American Games and the 1983 Pan American Games and bronze at the 1995 Pan American Games.

His father had competed at the 1952 Olympics, finishing fourth in his event.

Santiago Lange is a member of Artemis Racing, the Swedish Challenger for the 34th America's Cup.

References

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