Paige Railey
Medal record | ||
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Sailing | ||
Representing United States | ||
World Championships | ||
2005 Fortaleza | Women's Laser Radial | |
2010 Largs | Women's Laser Radial | |
2011 Perth | Women's Laser Radial | |
2013 Rizhao | Women's Laser Radial | |
Pan American Games | ||
2007 Rio | Women's Laser Radial | |
2015 Toronto | Women's Laser Radial | |
2011 Guadalajara | Women's Laser Radial |
Paige Railey (born May 15, 1987 in Clearwater, Florida) is an American sailor who races in the Laser Radial division.[1] She has been a member of U.S. Sailing Team since 2005 and is also a member of the Harken and McLube Speedteam. She was awarded in 2006 the ISAF World Sailor of the Year Award and the U.S. Sailing's Rolex Yachtswoman of the Year.[2]
She nearly qualified for the 2008 Beijing Olympics but was edged out by eventual gold-medal winner Anna Tunnicliffe at the U.S. Olympic Trials. Paige competed in the 2012 Olympic Games in London, the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, and the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo.[1][3][4]
Life
[edit]Railey was raised in Clearwater, Florida and is an alumna of the University of South Florida in Tampa. Her older brother Zack Railey is an American sailor and silver medalist.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Paige Railey". Team USA. Archived from the original on September 15, 2015. Retrieved June 17, 2021.
- ^ "Jud Smith, Paige Railey Named Yachtsman, Yachtswoman of the Year". Sailing World. January 12, 2007. Retrieved July 28, 2021.
- ^ "U.S. Olympic team roster: Athletes qualified for Tokyo Games". NBC Olympics. June 17, 2021. Retrieved June 17, 2021.
- ^ "Sailing: RAILEY Paige". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on July 28, 2021. Retrieved July 28, 2021.
- ^ "Paige Railey". United States Sailing Association. Archived from the original on October 26, 2020. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
External links
[edit]- Paige Railey at World Sailing
- Paige Railey at World Sailing (archived)
- Paige Railey at Olympics.com
- Paige Railey at Olympedia
- Paige Railey at Team USA (archived)
- Paige's 2008 U.S. Olympic hopeful bio at the Wayback Machine (archived November 23, 2006)
- 1987 births
- Living people
- American female sailors (sport)
- Sailors at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Laser Radial
- Sailors at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Laser Radial
- Olympic sailors for the United States
- US Sailor of the Year
- ISAF World Sailor of the Year (female)
- Sailors at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Laser Radial
- University of South Florida alumni
- Sailors at the 2007 Pan American Games
- Sailors at the 2011 Pan American Games
- Sailors at the 2015 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in sailing
- World champions in sailing for the United States
- Laser Radial class world champions
- 21st-century American sportswomen
- Pan American Games bronze medalists for the United States in sailing
- American yacht racing biography stubs