Matias Collins
![]() Matias Collins during the 2019 Soling European Championship at Lake Garda, ITA | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nickname(s) | Lijas | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | USA, Argentinian, Italian | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Hartford, Connecticut | 25 May 1970||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 107 kg (236 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Class(es) | Soling, Star | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | UIC , CNSI, SIC | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Matias Collins (born May 25, 1970) is an American, Argentinian and Italian sailor. As sailor he competed in many Soling World, European, North American and South American Championships since 1997
Personal and professional life[]
Collins was born May 25, 1970 in Hartford, Connecticut. He is married. The couple has three children.
Collins holds a bachelor in food technology. He is since 2003 the secretary of the International Soling Association.[2]
Sailing career[]
Together with Gustavo Warburg (helmsman) and he took the 1999 South American Championship in the Soling while sailing for Argentina.[3] This team won as well the 1998 Argentinian Championship[4] and 1998 Uruguayan Championship[5] both in the Soling. In 2018 Matias won the bronze as helmsman in the South American Championship together with and in the Soling while sailing for the USA.
References[]
- ^ "SAILOR BIOGRAPHY Matias Collins". World Sailing. Retrieved 8 Nov 2019.
- ^ "ISA COMMITTEE MEMBERS". International Soling Association. Retrieved 8 Nov 2019.
- ^ "South American Championship". Soling Sailing. Vol. 32 no. 2. International Soling Association. p. 4.
- ^ "Argentinian Championships". Soling Sailing. Vol. 32 no. 1. International Soling Association. p. 7.
- ^ "Uruguayan Championships". Soling Sailing. Vol. 32 no. 1. International Soling Association. p. 7.
- Living people
- 1970 births
- American male sailors (sport)
- South American Champions Soling
- Sportspeople from Connecticut
- Sailing stubs