{{Short description|American sailor (born 1986)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2022}} {{Infobox sailor | name = Graham Biehl | image = | imagesize = | caption = | full_name = Graham Porter Biehl | nickname = | nationality = {{USA}} | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1986|8|31}} | birth_place = San Diego, California, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | height = {{height|m=1.78|abbr=on}} | weight = {{convert|73|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}} | website = | country = | classes = Dinghy | club = {{yachtclub|San Diego Yacht Club}}<ref name=london2012/> | coach = Romain Bonnaud<ref name=london2012/> | show-medals = yes | medaltemplates= {{MedalSport|Sailing}} {{Medal|Country | {{USA}}}} {{MedalCompetition|Junior World Championship}} {{MedalGold| 2003 Moscow, RUS | Snipe class}} {{MedalSilver| 2001 Mentor, USA | Snipe class}} }}
'''Graham Porter Biehl''' (born August 31, 1986, in San Diego, California) is an American sailor.
In 2003, in Moscow, Russia, he won the Junior World Championship of the Snipe class as a crew of Mikee Anderson-Mitterling,<ref>[http://snipe.org/images/stories/JrWorldResults/2003%20Jr%20Worlds.pdf 2003 Jr. Worlds]</ref> who was elected ICSA College Sailor of the Year in 2005. They were the second American team in history to do so, after Steve Bloemeke and Gregg Morton in 1982.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://snipe.org/72-the-class/history/230-jr-world-championships |title=Jr. World Championships |access-date=2015-04-25 |archive-date=2015-10-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151001092021/http://www.snipe.org/72-the-class/history/230-jr-world-championships |url-status=dead}}</ref> Afterwards, he specialized in the 470 class, with teammate Stuart McNay.<ref name=london2012>{{cite web |title=Graham Biehl |url=http://www.london2012.com/athlete/biehl-graham-1133284/ |work=London 2012 |accessdate=September 21, 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130501193657/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/biehl-graham-1133284/ |archivedate=May 1, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite sports-reference|title = Graham Biehl|url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bi/graham-biehl-1.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200418073531/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bi/graham-biehl-1.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = April 18, 2020|access-date = September 21, 2014}}</ref> Biehl was ranked among the top 10 in the world for two-person dinghy class by the International Sailing Federation, following his successes at the North American Championships and ISAF Sailing World Cup Series in Miami, Florida, United States, in 2012.<ref name=isaf-london>{{cite news |title=USA and Australia Dominate at Sail Melbourne |url=http://www.470.org/content.asp?id=4858 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140921081939/http://www.470.org/content.asp?id=4858 |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 21, 2014 |publisher=470 World Championships |date=November 14, 2011 |accessdate=September 21, 2014}}</ref>
Graham is the nephew of Mark Reynolds, a three-time Olympic medalist and four-time Olympian in sailing who won gold in the mixed two-person keelboat at the Barcelona 1992 Olympic Games and Sydney 2000 Olympic Games.<ref>{{cite news |last=Bowker |first=Paul |title=Team USA's Second-Generation Olympians |url=http://www.teamusa.org/olympic-games/2012/headlines/2012/july/26/second-generation-olympians-26-july-2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140301045700/http://www.teamusa.org/Olympic-Games/2012/Headlines/2012/July/26/Second-Generation-Olympians-26-July-2012 |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 1, 2014 |publisher=Team USA |date=July 26, 2012 |accessdate=September 21, 2014}}</ref>
He has been training for San Diego Yacht Club throughout most of his sporting career. During his Olympic campaigns, he and McNay were coached by Nigel Cochrane and Romain Bonnaud.<ref name=london2012/><ref>{{cite news |title=Meet the Team – Stuart McNay and Graham Biehl, Men’s 470 |url=http://olympics.ussailing.org/meet-the-team-stuart-mcnay-and-graham-biehl-mens-470/ |publisher=US Sailing |date=August 1, 2012 |accessdate=September 21, 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150616143536/http://olympics.ussailing.org/meet-the-team-stuart-mcnay-and-graham-biehl-mens-470/ |archivedate=June 16, 2015}}</ref>
==Olympics== He represented the United States, along with his partner Stuart McNay in two editions of the Olympic Games (2008 and 2012).
===Beijing 2008=== Biehl made his official debut at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he paired up with skipper Stuart McNay in the men's 470 class. The American duo finished thirteenth in a ten-round opening series with a net score of 105, edging out Israel's Gideon Kliger and Udi Gal by a tight, three-point gap from the final standings.<ref>{{cite web |title=Men's 470 Class |url=http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/sailing/resultsandschedules/rsc=SAM005000/standings.html |work=Beijing 2008 |publisher=NBC Olympics |accessdate=September 13, 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140105145909/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/sailing/resultsandschedules/rsc%3DSAM005000/standings.html |archivedate=January 5, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Australia scores double gold in 470 sailing |url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/beijing/boat/2008-08-18-470s_N.htm |publisher=USA Today |date=August 18, 2008 |accessdate=September 21, 2014}}</ref>
===London 2012=== At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Biehl competed for the second time after qualifying the men's 470 class by finishing thirteenth and receiving a berth from the ISAF World Championships in Perth, Western Australia.<ref name=isaf-london/><ref>{{cite news |title=U.S. Olympic sailing team adds 8 |url=https://www.espn.com/olympics/sailing/story/_/id/7380459/us-olympic-sailing-team-adds-eight-2012-london-games |work=Associated Press |publisher=ESPN |date=December 22, 2011 |access-date=September 21, 2014}}</ref> Teaming again with McNay in the opening series, the American duo sailed from behind to post a net score of 108 points and establish a satisfying fourteenth-place finish in fleet of twenty-seven boats.<ref>{{cite web |title=Men's 470 |url=http://www.london2012.com/sailing/event/470-men/phase=sam005910/doc=summary.html |publisher=London 2012 |accessdate=November 27, 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130530111345/http://www.london2012.com/sailing/event/470-men/phase%3Dsam005910/doc%3Dsummary.html |archivedate=May 30, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Olympics 'Heck of a Wake-up Call' for U.S. Sailing |url=http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/sports/-Sailing-Molly-OBryan-Vandemoer-Olympics-San-Diego-Coronado-165470096.html |publisher=KNSD |date=August 8, 2012 |accessdate=September 21, 2014}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{World Sailing|id=USAGB6|www=graham-biehl}} * {{Olympics.com profile|graham-biehl}} * {{Olympedia}} * {{Team USA|new_id=graham-biehl|old_id=BI/Graham-Biehl|archive=20200406141316}} * {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20140921085514/http://www.2012.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=graham-biehl/index.html |date=September 21, 2014 |title=NBC 2012 Olympics Profile}} * {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141010024106/http://olympics.ussailing.org/team/athletes/graham-biehl-470m/ |date=October 10, 2014 |title=U.S. Sailing Team Profile}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Biehl, Graham}} Category:1986 births Category:American male sailors (sport) Category:Living people Category:Olympic sailors for the United States Category:Sailors at the 2008 Summer Olympics – 470 Category:Sailors at the 2012 Summer Olympics – 470 Category:San Diego Yacht Club sailors Category:Snipe class sailors Category:Snipe class junior world champions Category:Sailors (sport) from San Diego Category:21st-century American sportsmen Category:Point Loma High School alumni