Nick Adamson

FULL NAME:   James Nicholas Adamson
NAME FOR PUBLICATION:    Nick Adamson
CLASS:   Laser
POSITION: Skipper
COACH:  Ron Rosenberg
US SAILING TEAM:   1993-1996
1996 Team Ranking: #1
YACHT CLUB:  Balboa Yacht Club, Newport Beach, CA
HIGH SCHOOL:  Rockwall (Texas) High School, graduated 1987.
COLLEGE:  U.C. Irvine, graduated 1992, Mechanical Engineering.
BIRTHDATE:  4/11/69                MARITAL STATUS:  Single
BIRTHPLACE:  Freeport, Bahamas    HOMETOWN:  Newport Beach, CA
HEIGHT:  6'0"  WEIGHT:  155        SAILING SINCE AGE:  11
OCCUPATION:  Sailing Coach.

SAILING RESUME:
1996

• Olympic Trials, Savannah (1st/48 boats)
• Midwinters West, Long Beach, CA (11th/82 boats)
• Midwinters East, Stuart, FL (19th/100 boats)
• Miami OCR (9th/60 boats--gold fleet)
• SPORT, St. Petersburg, FL (2nd/101 boats)

1995

• Laser US Champs, Annapolis, MD (4th/124 boats)
• SPA Regatta, Medemblik, Holland (2nd/157 boats)]
• CORK, Kingston, Canada (3rd/105 boats)
• US SAILING'S Pre- Olympic Trials, Savannah, GA (1st/27 boats)
• Pre-Olympic Regatta, Savannah, GA (7th/57 boats)
• Laser North Americans, San Francisco, CA (10th/89 boats)
• Kiel Week, Germany (12th/160 boats)
• Laser Miwinters East, Sarasota, FL (1st/140 boats)
• Laser Worlds, Tenerife, Spain (33rd/140 boats)
• ABYC OCR, Long Beach, CA (2nd/40 boats)
• SPORT, St. Petersburg, FL (8th/59 boats)
• Miami OCR (20th/41 boats)

1994

• Laser Nationals, Marina del Rey, CA (1st/130 boats)
• SPORT, St. Petersburg, FL (1st/39 boats)
• Miami OCR (4th/40 boats)
• Alamitos Bay OCR, CA (6th/73 boats)
• Gulf Coast Champs, Tallahassee, FL (1st/62 boats)
• Laser Worlds, Japan (31st/118 boats)

SIGNIFICANT ACHIEVEMENTS:
1996

• Olympic Representative

1992

• Collegiate All- American
• Scholar Athlete at U.C. Irvine

	"Work through the lows and try to even them out with the highs,"
says Adamson about his personal performance.  "If there is any class
where it's sailor against sailor, it's the Laser class.  You don't have
to throw a lot of money at boats and equipment; you just have to work at sailing
well."

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