Morgan Larson (born March 4, 1971) is an American sailor.
Larson was born in Santa Cruz, California, and attended the
College of Charleston
The College of Charleston (CofC or Charleston) is a public university in Charleston, South Carolina. Founded in 1770 and chartered in 1785, it is the oldest university in South Carolina, the 13th oldest institution of higher learning in the Uni ...
where he was the
Collegiate Men's Singlehanded National Champion and three-time All-American sailor.
He has sailed in the
2000 Louis Vuitton Cup with ''AmericaOne'', the
2003 Louis Vuitton Cup with ''One World Challenge'' and the
2007 Louis Vuitton Cup
The 2007 Louis Vuitton Cup held in Valencia, Spain, from April 16 to June 6 was the event used to select the challenger for the 2007 America's Cup. Eleven potential challengers competed in the competition which consisted of two round robins, ...
with ''
Victory Challenge
Victory Challenge was a Swedish yacht racing team that competed in 2003 America's Cup and 2007 America's Cup. The team was initiated in 1999 by Swedish businessman Jan Stenbeck, and after his death in August 2002, his son Hugo Stenbeck took over. ...
''.
He sailed in the 2010
Louis Vuitton Trophy with
Mascalzone Latino
Mascalzone Latino is a yacht racing team that competes in America's Cup style sailing out of the yacht club Club Nautico di Roma.
2007
Known as Mascalzone Latino-Capitalia Team and at that time also representing Reale Yacht Club Canottieri Savoi ...
.
He has also participated in the
Extreme Sailing Series
The Extreme Sailing Series (ESS) (formerly the iShares Cup) was an annual global racing series, organised by OC Sport, which ran from 2007 to 2018.
The series started in 2007 with its main attraction being the stadium racing which puts the race ...
as Tactician/Helm on Team
Alinghi
Alinghi, or Alinghi Red Bull Racing because of the sports marketing branding by Red Bull, is the syndicate set up by Ernesto Bertarelli, racing under the colors of the Société Nautique de Genève, to challenge for the America's Cup, as well as ...
.
References
External links
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1971 births
Living people
American male sailors (sport)
College of Charleston alumni
People from Santa Cruz, California
49er class sailors
Extreme Sailing Series sailors
Alinghi sailors
2007 America's Cup sailors
2003 America's Cup sailors
2000 America's Cup sailors
College of Charleston Cougars sailors
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