Luke Ramsay (born 31 January 1988) is a Canadian sailor, who specialized in two-person dinghy (470) and mixed multihull (Nacra 17) classes.[1][2] He represented Canada, along with his partner and Olympic veteran Mike Leigh, at the 2012 Summer Olympics, and has also been training throughout his sailing career for the Royal Vancouver Yacht Club under his personal coach Ian Andrews.[1][3] As of June 2015, Ramsay is ranked among the top 100 sailors in the world for the two-person dinghy class, and sixteenth for the mixed multihull class.
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| Nationality |  Canada | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 30 January 1988 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | |||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 68 kg (150 lb) | |||||||||||||||||
| Sailing career | ||||||||||||||||||
| Class(es) | Dinghy, multihull | |||||||||||||||||
| Club | Royal Vancouver Yacht Club[1] | |||||||||||||||||
| Coach | Ian Andrews[1] | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Ramsay qualified as a crew member for the Canadian squad in the men's 470 class at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London by having achieved a berth and finishing twenty-second from the World Championships in Barcelona, Spain.[4] Sailing with skipper Leigh in the opening series, the Canadian duo posted a grade of 179 net points to earn a twenty-fifth-place finish in a fleet of twenty-seven boats.[5][6]
Since his Olympic debut at London 2012, Ramsay has teamed up with windsurfer and three-time Olympian Nikola Girke in the mixed multihull class Nacra 17. They competed together for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, scoring 15th (of 20 competitors).[6][7]
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Luke Ramsay". London 2012 Olympics. London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 7 April 2013. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Luke Ramsay". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
- ^ "Luke Ramsay Profile". Vancouver Sun. 5 June 2012. Archived from the original on 5 December 2015. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
- ^ Bone, Oliver (30 January 2012). "Bone: Canadian sailors earn Olympic berths in Miami". The Sports Network. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
- ^ "Men's 470". London 2012. Archived from the original on 30 May 2013. Retrieved 27 November 2012.
- ^ a b "From RS:X And 470 To The Nacra 17". ISAF. 30 January 2013. Archived from the original on 10 July 2015. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
- ^ "Canada's sailing roster makes Nikola Girke a 4-time Olympian". CBC News. 4 July 2016. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
External links
edit- Nik & Luke: official website of Nikola Girke and Luke Ramsay at the Wayback Machine (archived 27 June 2013)
- Luke Ramsay at World Sailing
- Luke Ramsay at Team Canada
- Luke Ramsay at Olympics.com
- Luke Ramsay at Olympedia
- NBC 2012 Olympics profile[permanent dead link]
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