Paul Foerster

{{short description|American sailor}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2023}} {{more footnotes needed|date=July 2012}} {{Infobox sailor | name = Paul Foerster | image = | caption = | full_name = Paul Jeffrey Foerster | birth_date = {{birth-date and age|November 19, 1963}} | birth_place = [[Rangely, Colorado]], U.S. | collegeteam = {{collegesailingteam|University of Texas at Austin}} | club = {{Unbulleted list|{{yachtclub|Austin Yacht Club}}|{{yachtclub|Rush Creek Yacht Club}}}} | show-medals = yes | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | [[Sailing (sport)|Sailing]] }} {{MedalCountry | the {{USA}} }} {{MedalCompetition | [[Sailing at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]] }} {{MedalGold | [[2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Athens]] | [[Sailing at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's 470 class|470 class]] }} {{MedalSilver | [[1992 Summer Olympics|1992 Barcelona]] | [[Sailing at the 1992 Summer Olympics|Flying Dutchman]] }} {{MedalSilver | [[2000 Summer Olympics|2000 Sydney]] | [[Sailing at the 2000 Summer Olympics|470 class]] }} {{MedalCompetition | [[Pan American Games]] }} {{MedalBronze | [[2007 Pan American Games|2007 Rio]] | [[Sailing at the 2007 Pan American Games|Sunfish class]] }} {{MedalSilver | [[2011 Pan American Games|2011 Guadalajara]] | [[Sailing at the 2011 Pan American Games – Sunfish class|Sunfish class]] }} }}

'''Paul Jeffrey Foerster''' (born November 19, 1963) is an American [[Sailing (sport)|sailor]].

He received All-American honors three times from the [[Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association]] sailing for the [[University of Texas at Austin]] and competed at four Olympic Games in sailing: 1988, 1992, 2000, and 2004, winning total of three Olympic medals during his career. In the [[Flying Dutchman (dinghy)|Flying Dutchman (FD) class]] he was successful with [[Stephen Bourdow]] (Silver 1992), and then in the [[470 (dinghy)|470 class]] with [[Bob Merrick]] (silver, 2000) and [[Kevin Burnham]] (gold, 2004).

He now sails from [[Rush Creek Yacht Club]] in [[Heath, Texas]], on [[Lake Ray Hubbard]] east of [[Dallas, Texas]]. Foerster was inducted into the [[National Sailing Hall of Fame]] in 2015.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://nshof.org/inductees/foerster-paul-jeffrey/ |title=Paul Jeffrey Foerster 2015 Inductee |publisher=Nshof.org |access-date=April 11, 2020}}</ref> He has won the [[J/22 World Championship]] multiple times.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sail-world.com/news/239847/J-22-Worlds-at-Corpus-Christi-overall|title=J/22 World Championship at Corpus Christi Yacht Club - Overall|author=Julie & Christopher Howell|date=24 Jul 2021}}</ref>

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== Further reading == * {{cite web |url=http://www.ussailing.org/olympics/OlympicGames/2004/470Men/PaulFoerster.asp |title=Olympics/Paralympics 2004: Paul Foerster |website=ussailing.org |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110709103713/http://www.ussailing.org/olympics/OlympicGames/2004/470Men/PaulFoerster.asp |archive-date=July 9, 2011}} * {{cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/athens/boat/2004-08-21-sailing-men470_x.htm |title=Americans edge Brits for first 470 sailing gold medal |work=USA Today |date=August 21, 2004}} * {{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/fo/paul-foerster-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417190428/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/fo/paul-foerster-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-17 |title=Paul Foerster}}

==External links== * {{World Sailing|id=USAPF3|www=paul-foerster}} * {{Olympics.com profile|paul-foerster}} * {{Olympedia}}

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