GIBBS Riley

United States of America
Sailing
3 Nov 1996
24
Male
1.83/6'0''
LONG BEACH, CA
 
United States of America
LOS ANGELES, CA
 
United States of America

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
SAL Sailing Mixed Multihull - Nacra 17 Foiling
USA
United States
 9

Schedule

Change
Start Time Location Event Status
Kamakura
Mixed Multihull - Nacra 17 Foiling - Race 01
#1
Finished
Followed by 		Kamakura
Mixed Multihull - Nacra 17 Foiling - Race 02
#2
Finished
Followed by 		Kamakura
Mixed Multihull - Nacra 17 Foiling - Race 03
#3
Finished
Sagami
Mixed Multihull - Nacra 17 Foiling - Race 04
#4
Finished
Followed by 		Sagami
Mixed Multihull - Nacra 17 Foiling - Race 05
#5
Finished
Followed by 		Sagami
Mixed Multihull - Nacra 17 Foiling - Race 06
#6
Finished
Zushi
Mixed Multihull - Nacra 17 Foiling - Race 07
#7
Finished
Followed by 		Zushi
Mixed Multihull - Nacra 17 Foiling - Race 08
#8
Finished
Followed by 		Zushi
Mixed Multihull - Nacra 17 Foiling - Race 09
#9
Finished
Enoshima
Mixed Multihull - Nacra 17 Foiling - Race 10
#10
Finished
Followed by 		Enoshima
Mixed Multihull - Nacra 17 Foiling - Race 11
#11
Finished
Followed by 		Enoshima
Mixed Multihull - Nacra 17 Foiling - Race 12
#12
Finished
Enoshima
Mixed Multihull - Nacra 17 Foiling - Medal Race
#13
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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World Championships
RankEventYearLocation
45Nacra 172018Aarhus, DEN

Class World Championships
RankEventYearLocation
14Nacra 172019Auckland, NZL
17Nacra 172020Geelong, VIC, AUS
20Nacra 172017La Grande-Motte, FRA

Pan American Games
RankEventYearLocation
1Nacra 172019Lima, PER

Class European Championships
RankEventYearLocation
8Nacra 172018La Rochelle, FRA
55Nacra 172019Weymouth, GBR

World Cup
RankEventYearLocation
4Nacra 172018Marseille, FRA
6Nacra 172017Miami, FL, USA
11Nacra 172019Genoa, ITA
12Nacra 172019Enoshima, JPN
15Nacra 172019Miami, FL, USA
15Nacra 172018Hyeres, FRA
16Nacra 172020Enoshima, JPN
17Nacra 172018Miami, FL, USA
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Athlete
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Marine Biology, Maritime Studies - Orange Coast College, Costa Mesa, CA, USA
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English
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Alamitos Bay Yacht Club [Long Beach, CA, USA]
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Sally Barkow [national]
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His cousin Christopher Barnard has represented the United States of America in sailing, and has competed at multiple editions of the world championships. (SportsDeskOnline, 18 Sep 2020; Latitude 38 Media, 01 May 2020)
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He has competed internationally in kite foiling in the Formula Kite class, and finished fourth in the event at the 2017 World Championships. (SportsDeskOnline, 01 Jan 2020; gibbsweisracing.com, 01 Sep 2019)
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A back injury meant he had to take time out of training in the lead-up to the 2019 Pan American Games. He saw a number of doctors and physical therapists to help heal his back, and recovered in time to win gold at the Games in Lima, Peru. (gibbsweisracing.com, 01 Sep 2019)
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His parents would take him to sailing club races as a baby in Long Beach, CA, United States of America. He began learning how to sail at about age four, and started racing his own boat at age five. (ussailing.org, 01 Sep 2019; sailgp.com, 01 Sep 2016 )
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He fell in love with sailing due to the speed of the sport. (US Sailing YouTube channel, 30 Apr 2020)
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To win a medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (gibbsweisracing.com, 01 Sep 2019)
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He usually trains on the water five days a week. His sessions last for between three and four hours. (sun-sentinel.com, 09 Apr 2020)
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Winning gold in the Nacra 17 class with crewmate Anna Weis at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru. (gibbsweisracing.com, 01 Sep 2019)
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US sailors Hans Henken, Peter Kinney, and Christopher Barnard. (Latitude 38 Media, 01 May 2020)
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His mother. "She has allowed me to have the freedom to venture out and make mistakes on my own." (gazettes.com, 10 May 2019)
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"Representing your country on [the] world stage is nothing shy of spectacular, so putting on the Team USA uniform, you definitely get a different feeling than putting on your everyday clothing." (ussailing.org, 02 Aug 2019)

General Interest

General
CREWMATE
He met his Nacra 17 crewmate Anna Weis through a mutual friend during high school. At that time Weis was a solo sailor, but in 2018 he asked her if she would like to team up and sail the Nacra 17 class with him. He encouraged Weis to put her studies at Boston University on hold while they trained for the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru. After winning a gold medal at in Lima, which secured a 2020 Olympic quota spot for the United States of America, he said that he and Weis were already thinking about their 2020 Olympic campaign. "I thought it was kind of funny. Straight after the medal ceremony [in Lima], we went back to de-rigging the boat, like nothing really happened. It's another stepping stone, we're already looking ahead to [the 2020 Olympic Games]." (ussailing, 02 Aug 2019; Snow Monkey YouTube channel, 05 Jan 2020)

KITE FOILING
He attributes his comfort and enjoyment of sailing at high speeds to his kite foiling background. "I'm pretty comfortable at high speeds, coming from a kite foiling background." (Sail GP YouTube channel, 06 Jun 2019)

Legend
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Gold Medal Event
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Silver Medal Event
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Bronze Medal Event
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