UC Irvine Olympians

Nick Adamson

  • Country USA
  • Sport / Event Yachting
  • Olympic Years 1996

Biography

OLYMPIC EXPERIENCE
• Member of the U.S. Sailing Team at the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games
• Finished 21st in the Laser class
• Beat out 47 other competitors in a 15-race, three-drop series at the Olympic yachting trials to win the lone spot on the U.S. Team in the Laser class
 
AT UC IRVINE
• Competed on the UC Irvine sailing team from 1988-92
• Helped the Anteaters to four-straight Pacific Coast championships
• Four-time All-American
• Named one of UCI’s 1992 Senior Athletes of the Year