William Carl Buchan (born December 23, 1956) is an American sailor and Olympic Champion. He won the ICSA Men's Singlehanded National Championship and was named College Sailor of the Year in 1977. He competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles and won a gold medal in the Flying Dutchman class.[1]
Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Born | December 23, 1956 (1956-12-23) (age 65) Seattle, Washington, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||
Sport | ||||||||||||||||||||
College team | ![]() | |||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
|
He sailed for Stars & Stripes when they defended the 1988 America's Cup.[2]
His father William E. Buchan won a gold medal in the Star class at the 1984 Olympics and 11 medals at the Star World Championships. Carl attended Mercer Island High School in Mercer Island, Washington.
![]() ![]() | |
---|---|
Fleet racing |
|
Match racing |
|
Olympic Champions in Flying Dutchman | |
---|---|
World Champions in Flying Dutchman | |
---|---|
|
World Champions in Star | |
---|---|
|
![]() ![]() | This article about a yacht racing Olympic medalist of the United States is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |