Santiago Lange

Santiago Raúl Lange (born September 22, 1961 in San Isidro, Argentina) is an Argentine Olympic sailor and a naval architect.

Santiago Lange
Personal information
Full nameSantiago Raúl Lange
Nationality Argentina
Born (1961-09-22) 22 September 1961
San Isidro, Argentina
Sailing career
Club Club Náutico San Isidro
Competition record
Sailing
Representing  Argentina
Olympic Games
2016 Rio de Janeiro Nacra 17
2004 Athens Tornado
2008 Beijing Tornado
World Championships
1985 Buenos AiresSnipe
1993 Porto AlegreSnipe
1995 RiminiSnipe
2004 Palma de MallorcaTornado
1987 La RochelleSnipe
2006 San IsidroTornado
2014 SantanderNacra 17
1979 TorquayCadet
2003 CádizTornado
2018 AarhusNacra 17
Pan American Games
1987 IndianapolisSnipe
1995 Mar del PlataLaser

Sailing Career

Olympics

With a gold and two bronze and he competed seven times in the Summer Olympics representing Argentina over 32 years period.

Pos.GamesClassCrewNotesRef.
91988SolingPedro Ferrero
Raúl Lena
91996 SavannahLaserN/A
102000 SydneyTornadoMariano Parada
32004 AthensTornadoCarlos Espínola
32008 QingdoaTornadoCarlos Espínola
12016 RioNacra 17Cecilia Carranza
72020 EnoshimaNacra 17 FoilingCecilia Carranza

He qualified to represent Argentina at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[1] He was one of Argentina's flag bearers for the opening ceremony at the 2020 Olympic Games.[2]

World Championships

He is a 4 time World Champion, with 3 Snipe World Championships (1985, 1993 and 1995) and 1 Tornado World Championship (2004), twice runner-up in 1987 (Snipe) and 2006 (Tornado), and 3 times third place in 1979 (Cadet), 2003 (Tornado) and 2018 (Nacra 17).

Offshore Sailing

He has twice sailed the Volvo Ocean Race; in 2001–02 on Team SEB and in 2008–09 on Telefónica Black.[3][4]

America Cup

He sailed for Victory Challenge in the 2007 Louis Vuitton Cup.

For the 34th America's Cup was a member of Artemis Racing the Swedish Challenger.[5]

Other Events

He also won the silver medal at the 1987 Pan American Games (Snipe) and the 1995 Pan American Games (Laser).

In 1985 he won the Snipe South American Championship.

Awards

In 2016, he was named Sailor of the Year by World Sailing.

Personal Life

Lange's sons Yago and Klaus are who are also Olympic sailors.[6]

One of the most remarkable things is that in 2015 following repeatable illness he was diagnosed with cancer in this lung which required 25% removal of one of his lungs[7][8] he battled back quickly to take gold despite lose of fitness and time on the water so close to the games in which he won gold.

References
  1. "Sailing-Five to watch at the Tokyo Olympics". Reuters. 2021-06-24. Retrieved 2021-06-27.
  2. "Santiago Lange and Cecilia Carranza will be the Argentine flag bearers at the Olympic Games". Market Research Telecast. 2021-06-23. Retrieved 2021-06-27.
  3. "Crew Changes All Around".
  4. Myant-Best, Niall (14 July 2020). "Off Watch - A Conversation with Santiago Lange". YouTube. The Ocean Race. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
  5. "Artemis Racing".
  6. Sartori, Hernán (August 18, 2016). "Hijos de tigre: Yago y Klaus Lange". Clarín. Retrieved September 18, 2016.
  7. Series 2 - Ep8 - Olympic Stories Part 2.
  8. "Santiago Lange fights back after cancer battle".
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