LEWIS Andrew

Trinidad and Tobago
Sailing
30 Nov 1989
31
Male
PORT OF SPAIN
 
Trinidad and Tobago
PORT OF SPAIN
 
Trinidad and Tobago

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
SAL Sailing Men's One Person Dinghy - Laser 29

Schedule

Change
Start Time Location Event Status
Kamakura
Men's One Person Dinghy - Laser - Race 01
#1
Finished
Enoshima
Men's One Person Dinghy - Laser - Race 02
#2
Finished
Followed by 		Enoshima
Men's One Person Dinghy - Laser - Race 03
#3
Finished
Fujisawa
Men's One Person Dinghy - Laser - Race 04
#4
Finished
Followed by 		Fujisawa
Men's One Person Dinghy - Laser - Race 05
#5
Finished
Followed by 		Fujisawa
Men's One Person Dinghy - Laser - Race 06
#6
Finished
Fujisawa
Men's One Person Dinghy - Laser - Race 07
#7
Finished
Followed by 		Fujisawa
Men's One Person Dinghy - Laser - Race 08
#8
Finished
Enoshima
Men's One Person Dinghy - Laser - Race 09
#9
Finished
Followed by 		Enoshima
Men's One Person Dinghy - Laser - Race 10
#10
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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Olympic Games
RankEventYearLocation
37Laser2012London, GBR
39Laser2016Rio de Janeiro, BRA

World Championships
RankEventYearLocation
62Laser2003Cadiz, ESP
77Laser2014Santander, ESP
94Laser2011Fremantle, WA, AUS
95Laser2018Aarhus, DEN

Class World Championships
RankEventYearLocation
69Laser2019Sakaiminato, JPN

Pan American Games
RankEventYearLocation
7Laser2019Lima, PER

Class North American Championships
RankEventYearLocation
7Laser2018Long Beach, CA, USA

World Cup
RankEventYearLocation
3Laser2019Genoa, ITA
4Laser2020Miami, FL, USA
18Laser2019Miami, FL, USA
24Laser2021Medemblik, NED
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Andy, Drew (andrewlewissailing.com, 01 Nov 2011)
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Athlete
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Sport Studies - University of Trinidad and Tobago, Trinidad and Tobago
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Wife Olivia Devenish
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English
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Javier Hernandez Cebrian [personal], ESP, from 2019
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He played volleyball at national junior level as a child. (SportsMax TV YouTube channel, 15 Jul 2016)
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In December 2015 he broke the tibia and fibula in his left leg, two ribs and suffered fractured facial bones in nine places as well as a punctured a lung after an accident returning to his accommodation during a competition in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He had locked his keys inside his apartment and climbed over a wall, which collapsed on top of him. He required surgery for his facial injuries, and also had an operation to insert a pin into his left leg. He was able to begin sailing again in March 2016. (telegraph.co.uk, 03 Aug 2016; sailingscuttlebutt.com, 05 Mar 2016)
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He was born into a sailing family. "When I was seven years old my dad sent me to a sailing camp where I was first introduced to the sport. However, coming from a family that loves to sail, I have been on sailboats since the day I was born. Back then my mum nicknamed me 'Water Baby'. We would spend many weekends on the yacht which started my love affair. While growing up, my dad would ask me to help with different things on the yacht, like tie a knot, so from early I started to learn what the sport was about." (laserinternational.org, 20 Feb 2020; guardian.co.tt, 28 Mar 2011)
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He initially sailed in Optimist dinghies before switching to the Laser class after witnessing their speed on the water. "While the younger sailors would be out on the Optis, I would see the older ones in the Lasers flying past me every weekend when they came out to race. One day I tried out the boat in light wind and then that was it. I was converted. I said from that day on, the Laser would be my next move." (laserinternational.org, 20 Feb 2020)
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To win gold at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (trinidadexpress.com, 01 Jul 2020)
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He does most of his training in the Canary Islands. Despite being affected by the COVID-19 lockdown in 2020, he said he was able to make significant progression in his sailing through virtual and theoretical training exercises. "We did a lot of fitness training and sailing simulators indoors, virtual racing and rules training and reviewing of footage. We made a lot of gains through theoretical training and fitness training. Mega growth has taken place." He rarely trains in Trinidad and Tobago due to a lack of training partners. "I don't do much sailing when at home in Trinidad and Tobago, but most of the time, when I do sail at home, it's mostly by myself. I have only actively trained once in Trinidad and Tobago with Enrique Arathoon. Enrique represents El Salvador, is my training partner, and a remarkable human being." (trinidadexpress.com, 01 Jul 2020; laserinternational.org, 20 Feb 2020)
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Competing at the 2012 Olympic Games in London, where he was the first sailor to represent Trinidad and Tobago at an Olympic Games since 1984. (laserinternational.org, 20 Feb 2020)
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Brazilian sailors Robert Scheidt and Bruno Fontes. (laserinternational.org, 20 Feb 2020)
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"Sailing has given me life and sailing is not my profession. Sailing is my pathway to giving back to this universe. Everything that has happened to me on my journey and every experience I have gone through is thanks to God. Sailing has allowed me to create a life that I still don't know how most of it has fallen into place. But what I do know is I am taking responsibility for creating all of it. Because that's what we do, our thoughts and our actions are our manifestations." (Instagram profile, 20 Jan 2021)
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He won the 2012 Spirit of Sport award in the community coach category for his work with young sailors in Trinidad and Tobago. (guardian.co.tt, 26 Jan 2013)

General Interest

General
THIRD TIME LUCKY IN TOKYO
At the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo he will become the first Trinidad and Tobago sailor to compete at three Olympic Games. He believes Tokyo will be his first opportunity to compete at his full potential. "In London, I was very inexperienced. In Rio, I competed with half my body working [due to his December 2015 injury]. I knew I had to qualify for Tokyo to really see my true Olympic potential. I had to achieve it. I am on a journey to self-mastery and that requires me to be the best I can be in life every day. I am taking this approach on a daily basis to be ready for the regatta in Tokyo." (laserinternational.org, 20 Feb 2020)

DUAL CITIZENSHIP
He is a dual citizen of Trinidad and Tobago and France, and has not ruled out competing at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. "I am the holder of both a Trinidad and Tobago passport and a French passport. Let's just say it would be nice to experience racing in a country I could have represented." (laserinternational.org, 20 Feb 2020)

FOUNDATION
He was diagnosed with dyslexia and attention deficit disorder [ADD] at age nine. As a result he launched The Andrew Lewis Foundation to help young people with dyslexia and promote sailing and swimming. "I tell people the foundation is like my first 'child'. The foundation holds a very special place in my heart as I want to use it as a vehicle to impact change in Trinidad and Tobago. The foundation has engaged in a mentorship program through sailing where we have taught over 3500 students to sail, fully funded by the programme. The foundation has also taught over 600 people to swim, as we needed to teach them these skills before teaching them to sail." (laserinternational.org, 20 Feb 2020; newsday.co.tt, 03 Feb 2020; newsday.co.tt, 08 Jul 2013)

Legend
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