Steve Benjamin (sailor)
Appearance
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Full name | Stephen DeLancey Benjamin | ||||||||||||||
Born | September 29, 1955 Glen Cove, New York, U.S. | (age 69)||||||||||||||
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College team | Yale University | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Stephen DeLancey Benjamin (born September 29, 1955) is an American competitive sailor and Olympic silver medalist.
Career
[edit]He was College Sailor of the Year in 1978. At the 1984 Summer Olympics, Benjamin finished in 2nd place in the 470 class Mixed Two-Person Dinghy along with his partner Chris Steinfeld.
Steve is an Etchells Class World Champion, having won the championship in 2017 and finishing in 2nd place in 2023.
Steve is an Atlantic Class National Champion, having won the National Championship 5 times.
Steve was named US Sailing’s 2015 Yachtsman of the Year
References
[edit]- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Steve Benjamin". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved June 9, 2010.
Categories:
- 1955 births
- American male sailors (sport)
- ICSA College Sailor of the Year
- Living people
- Olympic silver medalists for the United States in sailing
- Sailors at the 1984 Summer Olympics – 470
- Yale Bulldogs sailors
- Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Fireball class world champions
- World champions in sailing for the United States
- 20th-century American sportsmen
- American sailing Olympic medalist stubs