Robert Bentley Haines, Jr. (born March 27, 1954) is an American

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'' ...

and Olympic champion. Born in

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, he has won seven world championships in 4 different class of boats. He was associate producer and sailing team manager for the Walt Disney film "Morning Light". He was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal for being a member of the 1980 US Olympic Sailing Team, which did not compete in the Soviet Union (Estonia) due to the boycott of the Olympic Games that year by President

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. Haines, skipper of the Haines- Trevelyan- Davis team, received a gold medal in the ''

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class'' at the

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. Haines was inducted into the San Diego Sports Hall of Fame in 2018.

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