Chris Dold (born May 26, 1987) is a Canadian
sailor
A sailor, seaman, mariner, or seafarer is a person who works aboard a watercraft as part of its crew, and may work in any one of a number of different fields that are related to the operation and maintenance of a ship. While the term ''sailor'' ...
from
Oakville, Ontario
Oakville is a town and List of municipalities in Ontario#Lower-tier municipalities, lower-tier municipality in Regional Municipality of Halton, Halton Region, Ontario, Canada. Generally seen as a commuter suburb of Toronto, it is located on Lake ...
. He is currently a five-time Canadian
Sailing National Team member campaigning for the
2016 Olympics
The 2016 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Rio 2016, were an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events i ...
in Rio. In 2008, he won the US National Championships and the North American Grand Prix in the
Laser (dinghy)
The Laser is a class of Single-handed sailing, single-handed, one-design dinghy sailing, sailing dinghies using a common hull design with three interchangeable rigs of different sail areas, appropriate to a given combination of wind strength an ...
class.
In 2009, he won the North American Championship and then the Canadian Championship in 2010.
In 2012, he won Gills North American Sailor of the Year Award. He ranks 24th in the world according to the International Sailing Federation. He competed in the ISAF World Cup for the 2010 season but suffered a major hip and knee injury which required surgery. He went back to sailing in Florida and trained for a spot on the 2016 Olympic team.
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1987 births
Living people
Canadian male sailors (sport)
Sportspeople from Oakville, Ontario
Queen's University at Kingston alumni
21st-century Canadian sportsmen
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