{{short description|American sailor}} {{Other people|Edward Adams}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2022}} {{Infobox sailor | name = Ed Adams | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | birth_name = | fullname = Edward K. Adams | nickname = | nationality = | citizenship = | birth_date = | birth_place = | death_date = <!-- {{death date and age|death year|death month|death day|birth year|birth month|birth day}} --> | death_place = | collegeteam = {{collegesailingteam|University of Rhode Island}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Edward K. Adams ('78) |url=http://www.gorhody.com/information/hall_of_fame/bios/adams_(-78)_edward_k.00.html?view=bio |website=Rhode Island Athletics |publisher=University of Rhode Island Department of Athletics |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130424182125/http://www.gorhody.com/information/hall_of_fame/bios/adams_(-78)_edward_k.00.html?view=bio |archive-date=April 24, 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref> | height = | weight = | spouse = Meredith Adams | club = | coach = | worlds = | regionals = | nationals = | olympics = | paralympics = | medaltemplates = | show-medals = | updated = }} '''Edward K. Adams''', known as '''Ed Adams''', is an American [[Sailing (sport)|sailor]] in the [[Star (keelboat)|Star]], [[Snipe (dinghy)|Snipe]], and [[Laser (dinghy)|Laser]] classes. He was named [[US Sailor of the Year Awards|US Sailor of the Year]] in 1987 and 1991.
In the [[Laser (dinghy)|Laser class]], 1975 US national champion, and 1976 bronze medal at the [[Laser World Championship]].
At college, he won in 1977 the [[ICSA Coed Dinghy National Championship]] with the [[University of Rhode Island]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Henry A. Morss Memorial Trophy |url=http://collegesailing.org/hall-of-fame/regattas/henry-a.-morss-memorial-trophy |publisher=Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association}}</ref> and was named All-American.<ref>{{cite web |title=1977 All-American Sailing Team |url=http://collegesailing.org/hall-of-fame/all-american/1977-all-american-sailing-team |publisher=Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association}}</ref>
Adams won the [[Snipe North American Championship|North American Championship]] five times (1981, 1983, 1985, 1987 and 1993) and the [[United States Snipe National Championship|United States National Championship]] twice (1986 and 1991) in the [[Snipe (dinghy)|Snipe]] class.
He became world champion of the [[Star (keelboat)|Star]] class at the [[1987 Star World Championships]] in Chicago,<ref>{{cite web |title=Star Class World Championship Results 1978-1989 |url=http://www.starclass.org/history/worlds2.shtml |publisher=ISCYRA}}</ref> and won the bronze medal at the [[1986 Star World Championships|1986 Worlds]]. He also won the [[Star European Championships]] in 1988 and the [[Bacardi Cup]] in 1988 and 1991.
After leaving the Star, he was appointed coach of the US Olympic Sailing team of 2000 and 2004, while also participating at the [[2000 Louis Vuitton Cup]] as navigator onboard of [[Young America (USA-53)|Young America]] with [[Ed Baird]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Ed Adams joins Delta Lloyd's coaching team |url=http://www.sail-world.com/NZ/Ed-Adams-joins-Delta-Lloyds-coaching-team/56493?source=google.es |publisher=Sail-World New Zealand}}</ref> Two years later, in 2002, he won the Laser Master Worlds.<ref>{{cite web |title=LASER MASTERS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS ARCHIVES |url=http://www.laserinternational.org/OLD%20WEBSITE/archives/arcwmas.htm |publisher=ILCA|access-date=January 2, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111230184416/http://www.laserinternational.org/OLD%20WEBSITE/archives/arcwmas.htm|archive-date=December 30, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>
He joined the Delta Lloyd's coaching team for the Boston in-port race of the [[2008–09 Volvo Ocean Race]]. Previously, he sailed the final two legs of [[Illbruck Challenge]]'s victorious campaign in the [[2001–02 Volvo Ocean Race|2001-02 event]].
He was inducted into the [[National Sailing Hall of Fame]] in 2022.<ref>{{cite web |title=Player and Coach |url=https://nshof.org/inductees/adams-ed/ |publisher=National Sailing Hall of Fame & Museum}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}} {{Footer World Champions Star}} {{Footer European Champions Star}}
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