David Ullman (born 1946) is an international

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racer, and sailmaker. Ullman founded Ullman Sails in Newport Beach, California in 1967.Dave Ullman - yachting's elder Statesman (Pt.I)
John Curnow, September 12, 2010 He won the 470 World Championships in 1977, 1978 and 1980, and the Melges 24 World Championships in 2007. He also won the National Championships in Lido 14 (eight times),

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(1973),

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, Sabot and Coronado 15. Besides, Ullman won the gold medal in Snipe at the

1975 Pan American Games The 1975 Pan American Games were held in Mexico City, Mexico, from October 12 to October 26, 1975, exactly twenty years after the second Pan American Games were held there. It was the third major sporting event held in the Mexican capital in seve ...

and in 1980, the Championship of champions (Jack Brown Trophy) and the U.S. Men’s National Championship (Mallory Cup)IOD Celebrity Invitational Program
/ref> He is also a five times (1992-1996) winner of the Sir Thomas Lipton Challenge Cup. Ullman has also won races in the S.O.R.C. class, and is a U.S. Team Racing champion. He formerly coached the U.S. Olympic Sailing Team. Ullman continues to race and coach, and is active in running his international sailmaking business.

Awards

Ullman was named US Sailor of the Year in 1996, and was nominated again in 2007. He was inducted into the

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in 2016.

Publications

*''Championship Dinghy Sailing'' (1978), with Christopher Caswell

References

External links

Sailing : Multihull Issue Causes Multitude of Problems, Ruch Roberts, June 6, 1988

* [https://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/09/sports/boating-report-notebook-despite-flooding-illbruck-comes-back.html Boating report notebook: Despite Flooding, Illbruck Comes Back, Herb McCormick, December 9, 2001]
Ullman Scores Huge Victory for Future of Brand, June 26, 2013

Dave Ullman, Melges 24 Worlds, Dave Reed, July 5, 2007 - July/August 2007 issue

Team Brickhouse Interview with Dave Ullman, December 3, 2009

Ullman Sails Website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ullman, David 1946 births 470 class world champions American male sailors (sport) Living people Sailmakers Snipe class sailors US Sailor of the Year World champions in sailing for the United States Sailors at the 1975 Pan American Games Pan American Games competitors for the United States