Tyler Paige

{{Short description|American Samoan sailor}}

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| full_name = Tyler Justus Paige

| nationality = American Samoan

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1995|09|01|df=yes}}

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Tyler Justus Paige (born 1 September 1995){{cite web |url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/sailing/athlete-profile-n1476334-paige-tyler-justus.htm |title=Sailing - PAIGE Tyler Justus |work=Tokyo 2020 Olympics |publisher=Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games |access-date=11 August 2021 |archive-date=7 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210807082556/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/sailing/athlete-profile-n1476334-paige-tyler-justus.htm |url-status=dead}} is an American competitive sailor. He competed in the 2020 Summer Olympics in the Men's Two Person Dinghy - 470 for American Samoa, placing 18th.{{Cite web |title=Sailing - Men's Two Person Dinghy - 470 - Group Results |url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/sailing/overall-results-470-men.htm |url-status=dead |access-date=2021-08-20 |work=Tokyo 2020 Olympics |publisher=Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games |language=en-us |archive-date=2021-08-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210804173042/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/sailing/overall-results-470-men.htm}}{{cite web |url=https://www.thecoconet.tv/coco-talanoa/sports/tokyo-2020-our-pasifika-athletes-round-up/ |title=Tokyo 2020 - Our Pacific Islands athletes Round Up Day 7 |publisher=The Coconet |date= |access-date=10 August 2021}}

Paige is from New York City and attended high school at the Packer Collegiate Institute in Brooklyn.{{cite web |url=https://www.gotuftsjumbos.com/sports/sailing/2020-21/releases/20210726lcynjv |title=Alumnus Tyler Paige Begins Olympic Sailing Competition on Wednesday |publisher=Tufts University |date=26 July 2021 |access-date=11 August 2021}} He was educated at Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts, graduating with a degree in mechanical engineering. He worked as an engineer with Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s NASCAR Xfinity team JR Motorsports while he was in the Olympics. He is currently an Engineer at Honeywell.{{Cite web |date=2021-07-23 |title=NASCAR's Olympian looks ahead to sailing competition - NBC Sports |url=https://nascar.nbcsports.com/2021/07/23/denny-hamlin-kyle-larson-chase-elliott-brad-keselowski-tyler-paige-friday-5-nascars-olympian-looks-ahead-to-competition/ |access-date=2021-08-20 |website=NASCAR Talk | NBC Sports |language=en-US}}{{cite web |url=https://www.jrmracing.com/media/2021/07/28/tyler-paige-from-jr-motorsports-to-the-olympic-games |title=Tyler Paige: From JR Motorsports to the Olympic Games |publisher=JR Motorsports |author=Ron Lemasters |date=28 July 2021 |access-date=11 August 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://www.nascar.com/news-media/2021/07/28/jr-motorsports-engineer-sailor-competing-in-2021-olympics/ |title=JR Motorsports engineer, sailor competing in 2021 Olympics |publisher=NASCAR |date=28 July 201 |access-date=11 August 2021}}

Paige sailed as a child, initially in the 420-class, before moving to 470-class sailing in 2016. He represented the United States at the 2018 Junior 470 World Championships in Bracciano, Italy. He switched nationalities to American Samoa in 2019. In 2020 he and Adrian Hoesch qualified for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics for American Samoa at Sail Melbourne.{{Cite web |title=470sailing |url=http://www.470.org/ |access-date=2021-08-20 |website=470sailing |language=en}}