William Carl Buchan

William Carl Buchan medal table
sailing
United States United States
Olympic games
gold	Los Angeles 1984	Flying Dutchman
World championships
bronze	Manzanillo 1978	Finn
gold	Cagliari 1983	Flying Dutchman
bronze	Cagliari 1983	star
gold	San Francisco 1992	star

William Carl Buchan (born December 23, 1956 in Seattle ) is a former American sailor .

successes

William Carl Buchan took part in the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles in the Flying Dutchman boat class . Together with Jonathan McKee he was Olympic champion ahead of Evert Bastet and Terry McLaughlin as well as Peter Allam and Jonathan Richards . Thanks to a total score of 19.7 points, they received the gold medal. The year before they had become world champions together in Cagliari . In 1978 Buchan also won the bronze medal in Manzanillo in the Finn boat class . Buchan also sailed with his father William Earl Buchan , with whom he first secured bronze in the star boat at the 1983 World Championships . In 1992 they won the title in San Francisco . He won the America's Cup in 1988 with Stars & Stripes .

Buchan graduated from the University of Washington .

William Carl Buchan in the database of World Sailing (English)
William Carl Buchan in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )