Mark Reynolds (sailor)

Mark Jeffrey Reynolds (born November 2, 1955) is an American Star class sailor and Olympic champion. He has sailed Stars since age four, training with his father James Reynolds who was the 1971 World Champion (as crew for Dennis Conner).^[1]

Mark Reynolds

Personal information
Full name	Mark Jeffrey Reynolds
Nationality	American
Born	(1955-11-02) November 2, 1955 (age 69) San Diego, California, U.S.
Sailing career
Class(es)	Snipe, Star
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals	Gold Medalist
Medal record Sailing Representing  United States Olympic Games 1992 Barcelona Star class 2000 Sydney Star class 1988 Seoul Star class World Championships 1995 Laredo Star class 2000 Annapolis Star class 1988 Buenos Aires Star class 1996 Rio de Janeiro Star class 1997 Laredo Star class 1991 Cannes Star class 1999 Punta Ala Star class 2013 San Diego Star class Pan American Games 1979 San Juan Snipe class Goodwill Games 1986 Moscow Star class

Reynolds competed at multiple Olympics, medaling in 1988 and 1992. In 1996 he came in eighth.^[2] Afterwards he formed a new partnership with crewman Magnus Liljedahl, and they went on to win a string of championships, culminating with a gold medal at the 2000 Olympics.^[3]

Reynolds sailed for San Diego State University, where he received a BS.^[4] As a sophomore, Mark was All American on the San Diego State University sailing team in 1974. Mark led the team to a 2nd place finish both in 1974 and 1975 in the North American Dinghy Championships.^{[citation needed]} He also holds an honorary doctorate from Piedmont College. During the 2001–02 Volvo Ocean Race, he sailed with Team SEB.

He owns a sail making company. He made the sails for almost all of his Star class competitors.^[1]

Non-Olympic achievements:^[1]

• Snipe
  • 1978 US National Champion
  • 1979 Worlds runner up
  • 1979 Pan American games gold medal
  • 1980,1982 & 1991 North American Champion
• Star
  • 1995 & 2000 World Champion
  • 10 times Continental Champion
  • 1998 & 2002 North American Champion
  • 1984, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1997, 1998 & 2002 Bacardi Cup Champion
  • 2001 & 2002 Commodores Cup Champion
  • 2004 Rolex Miami OCR Champion
• Farr 40
  • 2002 World Champion (tactician)

Awards

• 1975 Intercollegiate Yacht Racing Association (ICYRA) All-American
• 1989 & 1992 U.S. Olympic Committee Athlete of the Year for Sailing
• 2000 ISAF World Sailor of the Year
• 2000 US Sailor of the Year
• 2002 Sailing World's Hall of Fame
• 2012 National Sailing Hall of Fame^[5]

References

1. "Mark Reynolds: Sailing – Inducted into the Breitbard Hall of Fame in 2003". San Diego Hall of Champions Sports Museum. June 8, 2004. Archived from the original on August 10, 2007. Retrieved April 26, 2008.
2. "10 Questions: American boat sailor Mark Reynolds". CNN/Sports Illustrated. September 20, 2000. Archived from the original on May 1, 2001. Retrieved April 26, 2008.
3. "Mark Reynolds". DatabaseOlympics.com. Archived from the original on August 21, 2007. Retrieved April 25, 2008.
4. SAN DIEGO COASTKEEPER
5. "Mark Reynolds 2012 Inductee". Nshof.org. Retrieved April 12, 2020.

External links

• Mark Reynolds at World Sailing
• Mark Jeffrey Reynolds at Olympics.com
• Mark Reynolds at Olympic.org (archived)
• Mark Reynolds at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)