Morgan Irwin Reeser (born November 14, 1962) is a

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 the United States, who competed in two Summer Olympics: 1992 and 1996. He won the silver medal in 1992 with Kevin Burnham in the Men's

470 class The 470 (Four-Seventy) is a double-handed monohull planing dinghy with a centreboard, Bermuda rig, and centre sheeting. Equipped with a spinnaker, trapeze and a large sail-area-to-weight ratio, it is designed to plane easily, and good teamwork i ...

and lost out on a second medal after being scored OCS during the final race of the

1996 Olympic Games The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

. He won the

ICSA Coed Dinghy National Championship ICSA Coed Dinghy National Championship or ICSA Open Fleet Race Nationalsis is the oldest and most prestigious of the American Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association National Championships. Winners are awarded the Henry A. Morss Memorial Trophy. Sec ...

and was named College Sailor of the Year twice, in 1983 and 1984. Reeser coached

Sofia Bekatorou Sofia Bekatorou (; born 26 December 1977) is a Greek sailing champion. Career She has participated in over hundreds of main class events including 2004 Summer Olympics sailing competition, where she won the gold medal in the women's double- ...

and

Emilia Tsoulfa Emilia Tsoulfa (; born 15 May 1973 in Athens) is a Greek sailor. She has been sailing in Piraeus Sailing Club since she was 12 years old. She participated in over 470 main classes events and won Gold medals in: 2000, 2001, 2002 World and Europea ...

of Greece to an Olympic gold medal in the women's 470 class in 1992. He also coached

Luke Patience Luke Patience (born 4 August 1986) is a British Olympic sailor. He competed with Stuart Bithell at the 2012 Summer Olympics, and the team won a silver medal. Personal life Patience was born on 4 August 1986, in Aberdeen, Scotland. Sailing Pat ...

and

Stuart Bithell Stuart Bithell (born 28 August 1986 in Rochdale) is a British sailor and Olympic champion. He competed with Luke Patience in the 470 class at the 2012 Summer Olympics where he won a silver medal and in the 2020 Summer Olympics where he won a go ...

of Great Britain to an Olympic silver medal in men's 470 class in 2012. He has won 23 world championships in classes such as the

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Melges 32 The Melges 32 is an American sailboat that was designed by Reichel/Pugh as a one-design Sailing (sport), racer and first built in 2004. The design is an accepted World Sailing international class. Production The design has been built by Melge ...

Etchells The International Etchells Class is one-design sailboat racing class, designed by American Skip Etchells. Production The first 36 boats were built by Skip Etchells and the Old Greenwich Boat Company between 1967 and 1969. In the early 1970s ...

, and J70. He was born in

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and is married to Irish Olympian Louise Cole-Reeser.

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* * * 1962 births Living people American male sailors (sport) Merchant Marine Mariners sailors ICSA College Sailor of the Year Olympic silver medalists for the United States in sailing Sailors at the 1992 Summer Olympics – 470 Sailors at the 1996 Summer Olympics – 470 Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Fort Lauderdale, Florida 20th-century American sportsmen {{US-yachtracing-bio-stub