# Paige Railey

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American sailor (born 1987)

Paige Railey Medal record Sailing Representing United States World Championships 2005 Fortaleza Women's Laser Radial 2010 Largs Women's Laser Radial 2011 Perth Women's Laser Radial 2013 Rizhao Women's Laser Radial Pan American Games 2007 Rio Women's Laser Radial 2015 Toronto Women's Laser Radial 2011 Guadalajara Women's Laser Radial

**Paige Railey** (born May 15, 1987, in [Clearwater, Florida](/source/Clearwater%2C_Florida)) is an American [sailor](/source/Sailing_(sport)) who races in the [Laser Radial](/source/Laser_Radial) division.[1] She has been a member of U.S. Sailing Team since 2005 and is also a member of the Harken and McLube Speedteam. She was awarded in 2006 the [ISAF World Sailor of the Year Award](/source/ISAF_World_Sailor_of_the_Year_Awards) and the [U.S. Sailing's Rolex Yachtswoman of the Year](/source/US_Sailor_of_the_Year_Awards).[2]

She nearly qualified for the [2008 Beijing Olympics](/source/2008_Beijing_Olympics) but was edged out by eventual gold-medal winner [Anna Tunnicliffe](/source/Anna_Tunnicliffe) at the U.S. Olympic Trials. Paige competed in the [2012 Olympic Games](/source/2012_Olympic_games) in [London](/source/London), the [2016 Olympic Games](/source/2016_Summer_Olympics) in [Rio de Janeiro](/source/Rio_de_Janeiro), and the [2020 Olympic Games](/source/2020_Summer_Olympics) in [Tokyo](/source/Tokyo).[1][3][4]

## Life

Railey was raised in [Clearwater, Florida](/source/Clearwater%2C_Florida) and is an alumna of the [University of South Florida](/source/University_of_South_Florida) in [Tampa](/source/Tampa%2C_Florida). Her older brother [Zack Railey](/source/Zach_Railey) is an American sailor and silver medalist.[5]

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-teamusa_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-teamusa_1-1) ["Paige Railey"](https://web.archive.org/web/20150915034620/http://www.teamusa.org/us-sailing/athletes/Paige-Railey). *Team USA*. Archived from [the original](https://www.teamusa.org/us-sailing/athletes/Paige-Railey) on September 15, 2015. Retrieved June 17, 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Jud Smith, Paige Railey Named Yachtsman, Yachtswoman of the Year"](https://www.sailingworld.com/racing/jud-smith-paige-railey-named-yachtsman-yachtswoman-year/). *Sailing World*. January 12, 2007. Retrieved July 28, 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["U.S. Olympic team roster: Athletes qualified for Tokyo Games"](https://olympics.nbcsports.com/2021/06/17/tokyo-olympics-team-usa-athlete-roster/). *[NBC Olympics](/source/NBC_Olympics)*. June 17, 2021. Retrieved June 17, 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Sailing: RAILEY Paige"](https://web.archive.org/web/20210728000347/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/sailing/athlete-profile-n1332246-railey-paige.htm). *Tokyo 2020 Olympics*. [Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games](/source/Tokyo_Organising_Committee_of_the_Olympic_and_Paralympic_Games). Archived from [the original](https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/sailing/athlete-profile-n1332246-railey-paige.htm) on July 28, 2021. Retrieved July 28, 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Paige Railey"](https://web.archive.org/web/20201026105721/https://www.ussailing.org/athletes/paige-railey/). *United States Sailing Association*. Archived from [the original](https://www.ussailing.org/athletes/paige-railey/) on October 26, 2020. Retrieved March 13, 2019.

## External links

- [Paige Railey](https://web.archive.org/web/20241130/https://www.sailing.org/sailor?ref=USAPR8) at [World Sailing](/source/World_Sailing) (archived current website)

- [Paige Railey](https://web.archive.org/web/1/https://data-isaf.soticcloud.net/biog.php?memberid=50786) at [World Sailing](/source/World_Sailing) (archived former website)

- [Paige Railey](https://www.olympics.com/en/athletes/paige-railey) at [Olympics.com](/source/International_Olympic_Committee)

- [Paige Railey](https://www.teamusa.com/profiles/paige-railey-806043) at [TeamUSA.com](/source/United_States_Olympic_%26_Paralympic_Committee)

- [Paige Railey](https://web.archive.org/web/20220711000000/https://www.teamusa.org/athletes/RA/Paige-Railey) at [TeamUSA.org](/source/United_States_Olympic_%26_Paralympic_Committee) (archived)

- [Paige Railey](https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/126598) at [Olympedia](/source/Olympedia)

- [Paige Railey](https://intersportstats.com/athletes/5000000357) at InterSportStats

- [Paige's 2008 U.S. Olympic hopeful bio](https://web.archive.org/web/20061123161949/http://www.usolympicteam.com/26_49893.htm) at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine) (archived November 23, 2006)

v t e World champions in women's Laser Radial 1980: Marit Söderström 1982: Marion Steenhuis 1983: Betsy Gelenitis 1985: Marit Söderström 1988: Jacqueline Ellis 1989: Ardis Bollweg 1990: Ardis Bollweg 1991: Maria Vlachou 1993: Carolijn Brouwer 1994: Melanie Dennison 1995: Heidi Gordon 1996: Jacqueline Ellis 1997: Sarah Blanck 1998: Larissa Nevierov 1999: Kelly Hand 2000: Katarzyna Szotyńska 2001: Katarzyna Szotyńska 2002: Katarzyna Szotyńska 2003: Katarzyna Szotyńska 2004: Krystal Weir 2005: Paige Railey 2006: Xu Lijia 2007: Tatiana Drozdovskaya 2008: Sarah Steyaert 2009: Sari Multala 2010: Sari Multala 2011: Marit Bouwmeester 2012: Gintarė Scheidt 2013: Tina Mihelić 2014: Marit Bouwmeester 2015: Anne-Marie Rindom 2016: Alison Young 2017: Marit Bouwmeester 2018: Emma Plasschaert 2019: Anne-Marie Rindom 2020: Marit Bouwmeester 2021: Emma Plasschaert 2022: Anne-Marie Rindom 2023: Mária Érdi 2024: Anne-Marie Rindom

v t e ISAF World Sailor of the Year (female) 1994: Zabell 1995: Autissier 1996: Lee 1997: Taran & Pakholchyk 1998: Brouwer 1999: Matthijsse 2000: Robertson 2001: MacArthur 2002: Bekatorou & Tsoulfa 2003: Sundby 2004: Bekatorou & Tsoulfa 2005: MacArthur 2006: Railey 2007: Leroy 2008: Sensini 2009: Tunnicliffe 2010: Manchón 2011: Tunnicliffe 2012: Xu 2013: Aleh & Powrie 2014: Grael & Kunze 2015: Ayton 2016: Mills & Clark 2017: Bouwmeester 2018: Brouwer & Riou 2019: Rindom 2020: not awarded 2021: Mills & McIntyre 2022: Banti 2023: Neuschäfer 2024: Bouwmeester

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