Andrew Campbell (yachtsman)

<!-- Unsourced image removed: -->Andrew Campbell (born October 23, 1985 in Toms River, New Jersey) is an American yachtsman best known for his outstanding performances at the national collegiate level.

Sailing career

Campbell is the former Commodore of the Georgetown University Hoyas Sailing Team (GUST). At Georgetown, he led the #1 ranked Hoyas to the three singlehanded national championships and a second place finish in the Inter-Collegiate Sailing Associaion (ICSA) championships in Hood River, Oregon. He was named an ICSA All-American four consecutive years and male Sailing Athlete of the Year in 2002 and 2005.

Sports Illustrated placed him 10th on their list of Georgetown's Top 10 All-Time Athletes.

In September 2007 he won the men's Laser Olympic qualifiers in Newport, Rhode Island.

Personal life

Campbell is the latest in a long lineage of sailing greats. In his early days, he was known as the "king of the leeboard," at San Diego Yacht Club, in reference to the unusual design of the Naples Sabot, commonly used for junior programs on the West Coast. He attended The Bishop's School in San Diego, CA suburb La Jolla.

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