Tyler Paige
 Tyler Paige at the 2020 Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | American Samoan |
| Born | 1 September 1995 |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Sailing |
Tyler Justus Paige (born 4 September 1995)[1] is an American competitive sailor. He competed in the 2020 Summer Olympics in the Men's Two Person Dinghy - 470 for American Samoa, placing 18th.[2][3]
Paige is from New York City[1] and attended high school at the Packer Collegiate Institute in Brooklyn.[4] He was educated at Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts, graduating with a degree in mechanical engineering.[4] He works as an engineer with Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s NASCAR Xfinity team JR Motorsports. [4][5][6][7]
Paige sailed as a child, initially in the 420-class, before moving to 470-class sailing in 2016.[4] He represented the United States at the 2018 Junior 470 World Championships in Bracciano, Italy.[1] He switched nationalities to American Samoa in 2019.[1] In 2020 he and Adrian Hoesch qualified for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics for American Samoa at Sail Melbourne.[8]
References[]
- ^ a b c d "PAIGE Tyler Justus". Tokyo 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
- ^ "Sailing - Men's Two Person Dinghy - 470 - Group Results | Tokyo 2020". .. Retrieved 2021-08-20.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Tokyo 2020 - Our Pacific Islands athletes Round Up Day 7". The Coconet. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
- ^ a b c d "Alumnus Tyler Paige Begins Olympic Sailing Competition on Wednesday". Tufts University. 26 July 2021. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
- ^ "NASCAR's Olympian looks ahead to sailing competition - NBC Sports". NASCAR Talk | NBC Sports. 2021-07-23. Retrieved 2021-08-20.
- ^ Ron Lemasters (28 July 2021). "Tyler Paige: From JR Motorsports to the Olympic Games". JR Motorsports. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
- ^ "JR Motorsports engineer, sailor competing in 2021 Olympics". NASCAR. 28 July 201. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
- ^ "470sailing". 470sailing. Retrieved 2021-08-20.
External links[]
- Tyler Paige at World Sailing
- Tyler Paige at World Sailing
- Tyler Paige at Olympics.com
- Tyler Paige at Olympedia
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