Sarah Douglas (sailor)
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| weight = 68 kg
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| collegeteam = University of Guelph
| club = Ashbridge's Bay Yacht Club
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{{MedalGold| 2019 Lima | Women's laser radial }}
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Sarah Douglas (born 21 January 1994 in Burlington) is a Canadian competitive sailor. She won gold in the Laser Radial at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru,{{cite news |title=Canadian women's water polo team locks up Tokyo Olympic berth |url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/pan-am-roundup-friday-1.5242030 |website=CBC Sports |publisher=Canadian Press |date=9 August 2019}} and took silver in the 2023 competition in Santiago, Chile.
She finished 6th at the 2018 Sailing World Championships. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Japan, finishing 6th in the Laser Radial class.{{Cite web |title=Canadian sailor Sarah Douglas finishes 4th in 2nd race of women's laser radial in Tokyo |url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/summer/sailing/canadian-sailor-sarah-douglas-finishes-fourth-second-race-womens-laser-radial-1.6116377 |website=CBC Sports |date=25 July 2021}}{{Cite web |title=Sailing - DOUGLAS Sarah |url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/sailing/athlete-profile-n1418907-douglas-sarah.htm |url-status=dead |access-date=2021-07-27 |work=Tokyo 2020 Olympics |publisher=Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games |language=en-us |archive-date=27 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210727222909/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/sailing/athlete-profile-n1418907-douglas-sarah.htm}}
Life
She was born in Burlington, Ontario. She started sailing at the age of 7 in Barbados and competed at her first world championship at age 10 in the optimist class. She was Optimist Canadian national champion.{{Cite web |title=Sarah Douglas |url=https://www.sailing.ca/athletes/sarah-douglas/ |access-date=2021-07-27 |website=Sail Canada |language=en}}
Her older brother Greg is a two-time Olympian in sailing who represented Barbados at Beijing 2008 and Canada at London 2012.
Douglas went to school at the University of Guelph for her Bachelor of Commerce; as of 2019, she lists Toronto as her hometown.
References
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External links
- {{World Sailing|id=CANSD7|www=sarah-douglas}}
- [https://www.sailing.ca/sc_athlete/sarah-douglas/ Sarah Douglas] at Sail Canada
- {{Olympics.com profile}}
- {{Olympedia}}
- {{Team Canada}}
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Category:Canadian female sailors (sport)
Category:Sportspeople from Burlington, Ontario
Category:Sailors at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics
Category:Pan American Games medalists in sailing
Category:Pan American Games gold medalists for Canada
Category:Sailors at the 2019 Pan American Games
Category:Sailors at the 2023 Pan American Games
Category:Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games
Category:Medalists at the 2023 Pan American Games
Category:Sailors at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Laser Radial
Category:21st-century Canadian sportswomen
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