Santiago Lange
Template:Short description Template:Infobox sailor Santiago Raúl Lange Roberti[1] (born September 22, 1961 in San Isidro, Argentina) is an Argentine Olympic sailor and a naval architect.
Sailing career
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.[2]
Olympics
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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze | 2004 – Athens (GRE) | Tornado | Carlos Espínola | ||
| File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze | 2008 – Qingdao (CHN) | Tornado | Carlos Espínola | ||
| File:Gold medal icon.svg 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.[3] He was one of Argentina's flag bearers for the opening ceremony at the 2020 Olympic Games.[4]
World Championships
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).[5]
Offshore Sailing
He has twice sailed the Volvo Ocean Race; in 2001–02 on Team SEB and in 2008–09 on Telefónica Black.[6][7]
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.[8]
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 Sailor of the Year by World Sailing.
Personal life
Lange's sons Yago and Klaus who are also Olympic sailors.[9]
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[10][11] 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.
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External links
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- 1961 births
- Living people
- Alumni of Southampton Solent University
- Argentine people of German descent
- Argentine male sailors (sport)
- Artemis Racing sailors
- Club Náutico San Isidro
- Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists for Argentina
- Olympic gold medalists for Argentina
- Olympic medalists in sailing
- Olympic sailors for Argentina
- Sailors at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Soling
- Sailors at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Laser
- Sailors at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Tornado
- Sailors at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Tornado
- Sailors at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Tornado
- Sailors at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Nacra 17
- Sailors at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Nacra 17
- Pan American Games silver medalists for Argentina
- Pan American Games bronze medalists for Argentina
- Sailors (sport) from Buenos Aires
- Tornado class world champions
- Open Snipe class world champions
- World champions in sailing for Argentina
- ISAF World Sailor of the Year (male)
- Pan American Games silver medalists in sailing
- Pan American Games bronze medalists in sailing
- 2013 America's Cup sailors
- 2007 America's Cup sailors
- Volvo Ocean Race sailors
- Extreme Sailing Series sailors
- Sailors at the 1983 Pan American Games
- Sailors at the 1987 Pan American Games
- Sailors at the 1995 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 1987 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 1995 Pan American Games
- Sportspeople from San Isidro, Buenos Aires
- 20th-century Argentine sportsmen
- 21st-century Argentine sportsmen