Steven Erickson

Steven Erickson medal table
sailing
United States
Olympic games
gold	Los Angeles 1984	star
Sailing world championships
bronze	Medemblik 1982	star
gold	Nassau 1985	star
bronze	Chicago 1987	star
gold	Buenos Aires 1988	star
bronze	San Francisco 1992	star

Steven Richard "Steve" Erickson (born August 14, 1961 in Minneapolis ) is a former American sailor .

successes

Steven Erickson took part in the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles in the Star boat class . Together with William Earl Buchan he was Olympic champion ahead of Joachim Griese and Michael Marcour from Germany and the Italians Giorgio Gorla and Alfio Peraboni . Thanks to, among other things, three wins in a total of seven races and a total of 29.7 points, they received the gold medal. Erickson won five medals at world championships : with Buchan he first secured the bronze medal in Medemblik in 1982 , before the two succeeded in winning the title in Nassau in 1985 . Erickson won bronze with Paul Cayard in Chicago in 1987 and in San Francisco in 1992 and became world champion with him in Buenos Aires in 1988 . He took part in the America's Cup five times , as well as several times in the Sydney-Hobart Regatta and the Whitbread Round the World Race .

Erickson graduated from the University of Washington .

Web links

• Steven Erickson in the database of World Sailing (English)
• Steven Erickson in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Stuart Streuli: Steve Erickson Stars in Supporting Roles. In: sailingworld.com. Sailing World, March 1, 2004, accessed April 10, 2020 .