Steve Erickson (sailor)

Steve Erickson

Personal information
Full name	Steven Richard Erickson
Born	August 14, 1961 (1961-08-14) (age 64) Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.
Sport
Sailing career
Class	Star
Medal record Men's sailing Representing the United States Olympic Games Error creating thumbnail: 1984 Los Angeles Star World Championships Error creating thumbnail: 1985 Nassau Star class Error creating thumbnail: 1988 Buenos Aires Star class Error creating thumbnail: 1988 San Francisco Maxi class Error creating thumbnail: 1995 Klintholm ILC 40 Error creating thumbnail: 1996 Athens ILC 40 Bronze medal – third place 1982 Medemblik Star class Bronze medal – third place 1987 Chicago Star class Bronze medal – third place 1992 San Francisco Star class North American Championship Error creating thumbnail: 2009 Westport Star class

Steven Richard Erickson (born August 14, 1961) is an American sailor and Olympic champion in the Star class. He competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles and won a gold medal in the Star together with William Earl Buchan.

Career

Olympic sailing in the Star class

Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and just finished with studies at University of Washington, Erickson won the gold medal in the Star event at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Steve Erickson continued in the Star class and won the Star World Championship two times: in 1985 with William Earl Buchan; and, in 1988 with Paul Cayard.

America's Cup and Whitbread Round the World Race

Erickson's first America's Cup was with Tom Blackaller, on the 12 Metre US 61 USA R-1 from San Francisco. He served as the mainsail trimmer during the 1987 America's Cup in Perth, Western Australia.

At the 1992 America's Cup, Erickson was one of the coaches for the Il Moro Challenge.

At the 1995 America's Cup, Erickson was a trimmer on board Dennis Conner Stars & Stripes.

Erickson won the 1997–98 Whitbread Round the World Race as part of the EF Language crew, before joining Luna Rossa as their coach for the 2000 Louis Vuitton Cup, which they won. He was a member of the boat's afterguard during the 2003 Louis Vuitton Cup, before working as their operations manager at the 2007 and 2013 Louis Vuitton Cups. Erickson also spent time with the 2007 Ben Ainslie Team Origin.

Star class again

Erickson, together Mark Reynolds, tried to qualify for the 2004 Summer Olympics.

In 2009, Erickson won the Star North American Championship in Westport crewing for Andy Horton.