Mark Jeffrey Reynolds (born November 2, 1955) is an American Star classsailor and Olympic champion. He has sailed Stars since age four, training with his father James Reynolds who was the 1971 World Champion (as crew for Dennis Conner).[1]
Reynolds competed at multiple Olympics, medaling in 1988 and 1992. In 1996 he came in eighth.[2] Afterwards he formed a new partnership with crewman Magnus Liljedahl, and they went on to win a string of championships, culminating with a gold medal at the 2000 Olympics.[3]
Reynolds sailed for San Diego State University, where he received a BS.[4] As a sophomore, Mark was All American on the San Diego State University sailing team in 1974. Mark led the team to a 2nd place finish both in 1974 and 1975 in the North American Dinghy Championships.[citation needed] He also holds an honorary doctorate from Piedmont College. During the 2001–02 Volvo Ocean Race, he sailed with Team SEB.
He owns a sail making company. He made the sails for almost all of his Star class competitors.[1]
mark, reynolds, sailor, mark, jeffrey, reynolds, born, november, 1955, american, star, class, sailor, olympic, champion, sailed, stars, since, four, training, with, father, james, reynolds, 1971, world, champion, crew, dennis, conner, mark, reynoldspersonal, i. Mark Jeffrey Reynolds born November 2 1955 is an American Star class sailor and Olympic champion He has sailed Stars since age four training with his father James Reynolds who was the 1971 World Champion as crew for Dennis Conner 1 Mark ReynoldsPersonal informationFull nameMark Jeffrey ReynoldsNationalityAmericanBorn 1955 11 02 November 2 1955 age 67 San Diego California U S Sailing careerClass es Snipe StarAchievements and titlesOlympic finalsGold MedalistMedal record SailingRepresenting United StatesOlympic Games1992 Barcelona Star class2000 Sydney Star class1988 Seoul Star classWorld Championships1995 Laredo Star class2000 Annapolis Star class1988 Buenos Aires Star class1996 Rio de Janeiro Star class1997 Laredo Star class1991 Cannes Star class1999 Punta Ala Star class2013 San Diego Star classPan American Games1979 San Juan Snipe classGoodwill Games1986 Moscow Star classReynolds competed at multiple Olympics medaling in 1988 and 1992 In 1996 he came in eighth 2 Afterwards he formed a new partnership with crewman Magnus Liljedahl and they went on to win a string of championships culminating with a gold medal at the 2000 Olympics 3 Reynolds sailed for San Diego State University where he received a BS 4 As a sophomore Mark was All American on the San Diego State University sailing team in 1974 Mark led the team to a 2nd place finish both in 1974 and 1975 in the North American Dinghy Championships citation needed He also holds an honorary doctorate from Piedmont College During the 2001 02 Volvo Ocean Race he sailed with Team SEB He owns a sail making company He made the sails for almost all of his Star class competitors 1 Non Olympic achievements 1 Snipe 1978 US National Champion 1979 Worlds runner up 1979 Pan American games gold medal 1980 1982 amp 1991 North American Champion Star 1995 amp 2000 World Champion 10 times Continental Champion 1998 amp 2002 North American Champion 1984 1989 1990 1993 1997 1998 amp 2002 Bacardi Cup Champion 2001 amp 2002 Commodores Cup Champion 2004 Rolex Miami OCR Champion Farr 40 2002 World Champion tactician Awards Edit1975 Intercollegiate Yacht Racing Association ICYRA All American 1989 amp 1992 U S Olympic Committee Athlete of the Year for Sailing 2000 ISAF World Sailor of the Year 2000 US Sailor of the Year 2002 Sailing World s Hall of Fame 2012 National Sailing Hall of Fame 5 References Edit a b c Mark Reynolds Sailing Inducted into the Breitbard Hall of Fame in 2003 San Diego Hall of Champions Sports Museum June 8 2004 Archived from the original on August 10 2007 Retrieved April 26 2008 10 Questions American boat sailor Mark Reynolds CNN Sports Illustrated September 20 2000 Retrieved April 26 2008 Mark Reynolds DatabaseOlympics com Archived from the original on August 21 2007 Retrieved April 25 2008 SAN DIEGO COASTKEEPER Mark Reynolds 2012 Inductee Nshof org Retrieved April 12 2020 External links EditMark Reynolds at World Sailing Mark Jeffrey Reynolds at Olympics comMark Reynolds at Olympic org archived Mark Reynolds at Olympics at Sports Reference com archived Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Mark Reynolds sailor amp oldid 1117783008, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
