STEPHEN BAKER (USA)|
| | Nomination |
There is some ferocious
young talent emerging
right now: Baker has
been on a roll for a while
but when he won the 2017 US Optimist
Nationals in August people really
started to sit up and take notice
– including now head of US Olympic
sailing, Australian double gold medallist
Malcolm Page. Seven races, seven wins,
discarding a 1st place in a 103-boat
fleet. Impressive? In fact, the whole
US Oppi squad is humming right now
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| Why they won |
| Big vote for Stephen and Mathias Coutts and in the end it came
down to just two votes; next time. ‘Stephen is humble, focused
and a great role model for other kids’ – Tom Homberger; ‘A little
guy but a great guy… and a great sailor!’ – Fernanda San Roman;
‘Calm and confidence, awesome’ – Christina Nigro; ‘Great attitude
too’ – Claudia Visnevski; ‘Stephen has crushed this year in the Opti
and he’ll only improve!’ – Rob Simmons; ’Stephen is an amazingly
talented sailor and he’s still improving so fast…’ – Laura Tanton. |
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