Peter J. Coleman is an American
competitive
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sailor
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. Peter and his brothers
Paul Coleman and Gerard grew up in
Larchmont, New York
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close to
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and entered into sailing as Team Coleman.
Early life
Peter and Paul were both students at
New York Maritime College, and after competing in the 1976 Olympic trials for
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, teamed up with Gerard in the
Soling
The Soling is an Keelboat, open keelboat that holds the World Sailing "International class" status. The class was used from the Sailing at the 1972 Summer Olympics, 1972 Olympics until the Sailing at the 2000 Summer Olympics, 2000 Olympics as "Sa ...
.
Coleman has competed in the
J/24
The J/24 is an international One-Design trailerable keelboat class built by J/Boats and defined by World Sailing. The J/24 was created to fulfill the diverse needs of recreational sailors such as cruising, one design racing, day sailing, and ...
, Soling and
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 ...
classes.
Sailing career
Peter is named in the Inter-collegiate Sailing Association Hall of Fame. He is a North American Champion, and, with his brothers Paul and Gerard, has missed qualifying for the Olympics five separate times. He competed with Paul in the United States Sailing Championship at the 1983
Mallory Cup, and won the gold medal.
See also
US Sailing
The United States Sailing Association (US Sailing) is the national governing body for sailing in the United States. Founded in 1897 and headquartered in Bristol, Rhode Island, US Sailing is a 501(c) (3) non-profit organization. US Sailing offe ...
References
External links
The Baltimore Sun
American male sailors (sport)
Living people
Soling class sailors
Year of birth missing (living people)
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