Robbie Haines

Robbie Haines
Personal information
Full name Robert Bentley Haines, Jr.
Born March 27, 1954 (1954-03-27) (age 61)
San Diego, California, U.S.

Robert Bentley "Robbie" Haines, Jr. (born March 27, 1954) is an American sailor and Olympic champion. Born in San Diego, California, he has won seven world championships in 4 different class of boats. He was associate producer and sailing team manager for the Walt Disney film "Morning Light". He was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal for being a member of the 1980 US Olympic Sailing Team which did not compete in the Soviet Union (Estonia) due to the boycott of the Olympic Games that year by President Jimmy Carter.

Haines, skipper of the Haines-Trevelyan-Davis team, received a gold medal in the Soling class at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.[1]

References

  1. "Robbie Haines". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 16, 2008.


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