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Santiago Lange

Santiago Lange
Personal information
Full nameSantiago Raúl Lange
Born (1961-09-22) 22 September 1961 (age 63)
San Isidro, Argentina
Sailing career
Club Club Náutico San Isidro
College teamSolent University
Competition record
Sailing
Representing  Argentina
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Nacra 17
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Athens Tornado
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Beijing Tornado
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1985 Buenos Aires Snipe
Gold medal – first place 1993 Porto Alegre Snipe
Gold medal – first place 1995 Rimini Snipe
Gold medal – first place 2004 Palma de Mallorca Tornado
Silver medal – second place 1987 La Rochelle Snipe
Silver medal – second place 2006 San Isidro Tornado
Silver medal – second place 2014 Santander Nacra 17
Bronze medal – third place 1979 Torquay Cadet
Bronze medal – third place 2003 Cádiz Tornado
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Aarhus Nacra 17
Pan American Games
Silver medal – second place 1987 Indianapolis Snipe
Silver medal – second place 1995 Mar del Plata Laser

Santiago Raúl Lange (born September 22, 1961 in San Isidro, Argentina) is an Argentine Olympic sailor and a naval architect.

Sailing career

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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.[1]

Olympics

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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
9 1996 - Savannah (USA) Laser N/A
10 2000 - Sydney (AUS) Tornado Mariano Parada
 Bronze 2004 - Athens (GRE) Tornado Carlos Espínola
 Bronze 2008 - Qingdao (CHN) Tornado Carlos Espínola
 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.[2] He was one of Argentina's flag bearers for the opening ceremony at the 2020 Olympic Games.[3]

World Championships

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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).[4]

Offshore Sailing

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He has twice sailed the Volvo Ocean Race; in 2001–02 on Team SEB and in 2008–09 on Telefónica Black.[5][6]

America Cup

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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.[7]

Other Events

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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

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In 2016, he was named Sailor of the Year by World Sailing.

Personal life

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Lange's sons Yago and Klaus are who are also Olympic sailors.[8]

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[9][10] 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.

References

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  1. ^ Lange, Santiago (22 April 2021). "Chapter 3". Wind: The Journey of My Life Hardcover. PANTAURO. ISBN 9783710550096.
  2. ^ "Sailing-Five to watch at the Tokyo Olympics". Reuters. 2021-06-24. Retrieved 2021-06-27.
  3. ^ "Santiago Lange and Cecilia Carranza will be the Argentine flag bearers at the Olympic Games". Market Research Telecast. 2021-06-23. Archived from the original on 2021-06-27. Retrieved 2021-06-27.
  4. ^ "Santiago Lange: Snipe World Champion to Gold Medal Winner". 17 August 2016.
  5. ^ "Crew Changes All Around". 8 November 2001.
  6. ^ Myant-Best, Niall (14 July 2020). "Off Watch - A Conversation with Santiago Lange". YouTube. The Ocean Race. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
  7. ^ "Artemis Racing".
  8. ^ Sartori, Hernán (August 18, 2016). "Hijos de tigre: Yago y Klaus Lange". Clarín. Retrieved September 18, 2016.
  9. ^ Series 2 - Ep8 - Olympic Stories Part 2.
  10. ^ "Santiago Lange fights back after cancer battle".
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Olympic Games
Preceded by Flagbearer for  Argentina
Tokyo 2020
with
Cecilia Carranza 		Succeeded by