Sailing Olympian and Olympic Hopeful Panel

1250 Rosecrans,San Diego CA 92106

18 June, 2022

Description

Join us as Paul Cayard discusses his Olympic journey with athletes competing in the West Marine US Open of Sailing and discusses the plan to return the US Sailing Team to Olympic dominance. The US Open Sailing Series is the new domestic training and competition platform for athletes preparing for the Paris 2024 and LA 2028 Olympic Games, and beyond. Pathway to the Podium: 2004 Olympian, and current Executive Director of US Olympic Sailing, Paul Cayard, shares insights with Olympic hopefuls competing at the local San Diego West Marine US Open Sailing Series event and discuss the US Sailing Team’s plans to return to Olympic Sailing dominance for the Paris 2024 and hometown LA 2028 Olympic Games. No stranger to dominance at the highest level of the sport, Cayard is a World Champion with multiple America’s Cup campaigns winning the 1992 Louis Vuitton Cup, was the first American to win the Whitbread Round the World Race and earned the Rolex Yachtsman of the Year Award in 1998, was an alternate for the ‘84 LA Olympics and competed at the 2004 Athens Games, and was elected to the National Sailing Hall of Fame in 2011.