Santiago Lange

Santiago Raúl Lange (born September 22, 1961 in San Isidro, Argentina) is an Argentine Olympic sailor and a naval architect.

Santiago Lange

Personal information
Full name	Santiago Raúl Lange
Nationality	Argentina
Born	(1961-09-22) 22 September 1961 San Isidro, Argentina
Sailing career
Club	Club Náutico San Isidro
Competition record Sailing Representing  Argentina Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro Nacra 17 2004 Athens Tornado 2008 Beijing Tornado World Championships 1985 Buenos Aires Snipe 1993 Porto Alegre Snipe 1995 Rimini Snipe 2004 Palma de Mallorca Tornado 1987 La Rochelle Snipe 2006 San Isidro Tornado 2014 Santander Nacra 17 1979 Torquay Cadet 2003 Cádiz Tornado 2018 Aarhus Nacra 17 Pan American Games 1987 Indianapolis Snipe 1995 Mar del Plata Laser

Lange competed in six editions of the Summer Olympics representing Argentina in: 1988, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008 and 2016. He obtained two bronze medals in the category Tornado along with teammate Carlos Espínola (2004 and 2008) and the gold medal in the category Nacra 17 alongside Cecilia Carranza Saroli in 2016.

He is 4 times World Champion, with 3 Snipe World Championships (1985, 1993 and 1995) and 1 Tornado World Championship (2004), twice runner-up in 1987 (Snipe) and 2006 (Tornado), and 3 times third place in 1979 (Cadet), 2003 (Tornado) and 2018 (Nacra 17).

He also won the silver medal at the 1987 Pan American Games (Snipe) and the 1995 Pan American Games (Laser).

In 1985 he won the Snipe South American Championship.

He has twice sailed the Volvo Ocean Race; in 2001–02 on Team SEB and in 2008–09 on Telefónica Black.[1]

He sailed for Victory Challenge in the 2007 Louis Vuitton Cup. Santiago Lange was a member of Artemis Racing, the Swedish Challenger for the 34th America's Cup.[2]

Lange's sons Yago and Klaus are also Olympic sailors.[3]

In 2016, he was named Sailor of the Year by World Sailing.