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American sailor

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Matias Collins during the 2019 Soling European Championship at Lake Garda, ITA
Nickname(s) Lijas
Nationality American, Argentinian, Italian
Born (1970-05-25) 25 May 1970 (age 52)
Hartford, Connecticut
Height 180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 107 kg (236 lb)
Class(es) Soling, Star
Club UIC , CNSI, SIC
Coach Vladimir Bolonitov

Matias Collins (born May 25, 1970) is an American, Argentinian and Italian sailor. As sailor he competed in many Soling World, European, North American and South American Championships since 1997

Personal and professional life[edit]

Collins was born May 25, 1970, in Hartford, Connecticut. He is married. The couple has three children.

Collins holds a bachelor in food technology. He is since 2003 the secretary of the International Soling Association.[2]

Sailing career[edit]

Together with Gustavo Warburg (helmsman) and Maximo Smith he took the 1999 South American Championship in the Soling while sailing for Argentina.[3] This team won as well the 1998 Argentinian Championship[4] and 1998 Uruguayan Championship[5] both in the Soling. In 2018 Matias won the bronze as helmsman in the South American Championship together with Tomas Morgan and Mariano Cambon in the Soling while sailing for the USA.

References[edit]

  1. ^ “SAILOR BIOGRAPHY Matias Collins”. World Sailing. Retrieved 8 Nov 2019.
  2. ^ “ISA COMMITTEE MEMBERS”. International Soling Association. Retrieved 8 Nov 2019.
  3. ^ “South American Championship”. Soling Sailing. Vol. 32, no. 2. International Soling Association. p. 4.
  4. ^ “Argentinian Championships”. Soling Sailing. Vol. 32, no. 1. International Soling Association. p. 7.
  5. ^ “Uruguayan Championships”. Soling Sailing. Vol. 32, no. 1. International Soling Association. p. 7.