Santiago Lange
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| Full name | Santiago Raúl Lange Roberti | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 22 September 1961 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Sailing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | Solent University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club |  Club Náutico San Isidro | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Competition record
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Santiago Raúl Lange Roberti[1] (born 22 September 1961 in San Isidro, Argentina) is an Argentine Olympic sailor and a naval architect.
Sailing career
He studied Naval Architecture at Southampton College of Higher Education (now known as Solent University) he did a degree in yacht design. He went on to work for Argentina designer German Frers for a couple of years before concentrating on competitive sailing.[2]
Olympics
Representing Argentina over a 32-year period, he competed seven times in the Summer Olympics, winning a gold and two bronze medals.
| Pos. | Games | Class | Crew | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 1988 – Busan (KOR) | Soling | Pedro Ferrero Raúl Lena | ||
| 9 | 1996 – Savannah (USA) | Laser | N/A | ||
| 10 | 2000 – Sydney (AUS) | Tornado | Mariano Parada | ||
 Bronze | 2004 – Athens (GRE) | Tornado | Carlos Espínola | ||
| Bronze | 2008 – Qingdao (CHN) | Tornado | Carlos Espínola | ||
 Gold | 2016 – Rio (BRA) | Nacra 17 | Cecilia Carranza | ||
| 7 | 2020 – Enoshima (JPN) | Nacra 17 Foiling | Cecilia Carranza |
He qualified to represent Argentina at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[3] He was one of Argentina's flag bearers for the opening ceremony at the 2020 Olympic Games.[4]
World Championships
He is a four-time 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 three times third place in 1979 (Cadet), 2003 (Tornado) and 2018 (Nacra 17).[5]
Offshore Sailing
He has twice sailed the Volvo Ocean Race; in 2001–02 on Team SEB and in 2008–09 on Telefónica Black.[6][7]
America Cup
He sailed for Victory Challenge in the 2007 Louis Vuitton Cup.
For the 34th America's Cup was a member of Artemis Racing the Swedish Challenger.[8]
Other Events
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.
Awards
In 2016, he was named Sailor of the Year by World Sailing.
Personal life
Lange's sons Yago and Klaus who are also Olympic sailors.[9]
One of the most remarkable things is that in 2015 following a repeatable illness, he was diagnosed with cancer in his lung, which required 25% removal of one of his lungs[10][11] he battled back quickly to take gold despite the loss of fitness and time on the water so close to the games in which he won gold.
References
- ↑ "Santiago Lange". Olympedia. OLYMadMen. Retrieved 4 April 2025.
- ↑ Lange, Santiago (22 April 2021). "Chapter 3". Wind: The Journey of My Life Hardcover. PANTAURO. ISBN 9783710550096.
- ↑ "Sailing-Five to watch at the Tokyo Olympics". Reuters. 24 June 2021. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
- ↑ "Santiago Lange and Cecilia Carranza will be the Argentine flag bearers at the Olympic Games". Market Research Telecast. 23 June 2021. Archived from the original on 27 June 2021. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
- ↑ "Santiago Lange: Snipe World Champion to Gold Medal Winner". 17 August 2016.
- ↑ "Crew Changes All Around". 8 November 2001.
- ↑ Myant-Best, Niall (14 July 2020). "Off Watch – A Conversation with Santiago Lange". YouTube. The Ocean Race. Archived from the original on 21 December 2021. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
- ↑ "Artemis Racing".
- ↑ Sartori, Hernán (18 August 2016). "Hijos de tigre: Yago y Klaus Lange". Clarín. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
- ↑ Series 2 – Ep8 – Olympic Stories Part 2.
- ↑ "Santiago Lange fights back after cancer battle".
- "A sailor's 5th Olympics after 40 years on the sea". xinhuanet. Xinhua, 28 July 2008. Archived from the original on 21 October 2012.
External links
- official website Archived 13 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine
- Santiago Lange at World Sailing
- Santiago Lange at World Sailing (archived former website)
- Santiago Lange at Olympics.com
- Santiago Lange at the Argentine Olympic Committee (in Spanish)
- Santiago Lange at the Argentine Olympic Committee (in Spanish)
- Santiago Lange at Olympedia
- 1961 births
- Living people
- Alumni of Southampton Solent University
- Argentine people of German descent
- Argentine male sailors (sport)
- Artemis Racing sailors
- Club Náutico San Isidro
- Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists for Argentina
- Olympic gold medalists for Argentina
- Olympic medalists in sailing
- Olympic sailors for Argentina
- Sailors at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Soling
- Sailors at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Laser
- Sailors at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Tornado
- Sailors at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Tornado
- Sailors at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Tornado
- Sailors at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Nacra 17
- Sailors at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Nacra 17
- Pan American Games silver medalists for Argentina
- Pan American Games bronze medalists for Argentina
- Sailors (sport) from Buenos Aires
- Tornado class world champions
- Open Snipe class world champions
- World champions in sailing for Argentina
- Pan American Games silver medalists in sailing
- Pan American Games bronze medalists in sailing
- 2013 America's Cup sailors
- 2007 America's Cup sailors
- Volvo Ocean Race sailors
- Extreme Sailing Series sailors
- Sailors at the 1983 Pan American Games
- Sailors at the 1987 Pan American Games
- Sailors at the 1995 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 1987 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 1995 Pan American Games
- Sportspeople from San Isidro, Buenos Aires
- 20th-century Argentine sportsmen
- 21st-century Argentine sportsmen
- Olympic cauldron lighters