Paul J. Foerster (born November 19, 1963 in Rangely, Colorado) is an American sailor.
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Born | November 19, 1963 (1963-11-19) (age 58) Rangely, Colorado, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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He received All-American honors three times from the Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association sailing for the University of Texas at Austin and competed at four Olympics Games in sailing: 1988, 1992, 2000, and 2004, winning total of three Olympic medals during his career. In the Flying Dutchman (FD) class he was successful with Stephen Bourdow (Silver 1992), and then in the 470 Class with Bob Merrick (silver, 2000) and Kevin Burnham (gold, 2004).
He now sails from Rush Creek Yacht Club in Heath, Texas on Lake Ray Hubbard east of Dallas, Texas. Foerster was inducted into the National Sailing Hall of Fame in 2015.[1]
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