Matias Collins

Matias Collins

Error creating thumbnail: Matias Collins during the 2019 Soling European Championship at Lake Garda, ITA
Personal information
Nickname	Lijas
Nationality	American, Argentinian, Italian
Born	(1970-05-25) May 25, 1970 Hartford, Connecticut
Height	180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	107 kg (236 lb)
Sport
Sailing career
Class(es)	Soling, Star
Club	UIC, CNSI, SIC
Coach	Vladimir Bolonitov
Medal record Sailing Representing Argentina South American Championships Gold medal – first place 1999 Paranaguá Soling Representing United States South American Championships Bronze medal – third place 2018 Frey Bentos Soling

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

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.

Sailing career

Together with Gustavo Warburg (helmsman) and Maximo Smith he took the 1999 South American Championship in the Soling while sailing for Argentina. This team won as well the 1998 Argentinian Championship and 1998 Uruguayan Championship 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.