Paul J. Foerster (born November 19, 1963 in Rangely, Colorado) is an American sailor.

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Paul Foerster

Personal information
Born	November 19, 1963 (1963-11-19) (age 58) Rangely, Colorado, U.S.
Sailing career
Club	Austin Yacht Club  Rush Creek Yacht Club
College team	University of Texas at Austin
Medal record Sailing Representing the  United States Olympic Games 2004 Athens 470 class 1992 Barcelona Flying Dutchman 2000 Sydney 470 class Pan American Games 2007 Rio Sunfish class 2011 Guadalajara Sunfish class

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]

References

• "Olympics/Paralympics 2004: Paul Foerster". ussailing.org. Archived from the original on July 9, 2011.
• "Americans edge Brits for first 470 sailing gold medal". USA Today. August 21, 2004.
• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Paul Foerster". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.

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