{{short description|American sailor}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2015}} {{Infobox sailor | name = Robbie Haines | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_name = | fullname = Robert Bentley Haines, Jr. | nickname = | nationality = | birth_date = {{birth-date and age|March 27, 1954}} | birth_place = San Diego, California, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | height = | weight = | classes = | club = | collegeteam = | coach = | show-medals = yes | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport| Sailing }} {{Medal|Country| the {{USA}} }} {{MedalCompetition| Olympic Games }} {{MedalGold| 1984 Los Angeles | Soling }} }}
'''Robert Bentley Haines, Jr.''' (born March 27, 1954) is an American sailor and Olympic champion. Born in San Diego, California, he has won seven world championships in 4 different class of boats. He was associate producer and sailing team manager for the Walt Disney film "Morning Light". He was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal for being a member of the 1980 US Olympic Sailing Team, which did not compete in the Soviet Union (Estonia) due to the boycott of the Olympic Games that year by President Jimmy Carter.
Haines, skipper of the Haines-Trevelyan-Davis team, received a gold medal in the ''Soling class'' at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.<ref name=sports-ref>{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ha/robbie-haines-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418045125/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ha/robbie-haines-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 18, 2020 |title=Robbie Haines |access-date=December 16, 2008}}</ref> Haines was inducted into the San Diego Sports Hall of Fame in 2018.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.coronadonewsca.com/news/coronado_island_news/olympic-sailing-gold-medalist-robbie-haines-inducted-into-san-diego/article_723a03e6-1042-11e8-b30d-9b9d776557c6.html|newspaper=Coronado Eagle & Journal|title= Olympic Sailing Gold Medalist Robbie Haines Inducted Into San Diego Sports Hall Of Fame|first=David|last=Axelson|date=February 12, 2018|access-date=November 6, 2018}}</ref>
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