Athletes

Jacob Chaplin-Saunders

Discipline/event: 470 men, skipper

Hometown: Chester, NS

Residence: Halifax, NS

Club: Royal Nova Scotia Yacht Squadron, Chester Yacht Club

Coach: Agustin Ferrario, Erik Stibbe, Craig Guthrie

Sponsors: Clearwater, Highliner Fine Foods, New England Ropes, CIBC Wood Gundy

Education: 2nd Year Engineering at Dalhousie University

Goals: Medal contenders at the 2016 Olympics

Interests: Music, soccer

Significant Results:

International:

2011 Junior 470 World Championships (21 & Under) – 43rd Place

2009 International 420 Youth World Championships (19 & Under) – 19th Place

National Championships

2010 Canadian 470 National Championships – 3rd Place

2009 Canadian 470 National Championships – 3rd Place

2008 Canadian 420 (18 & Under) – National Champion

2007 Canadian Optimist (15 & Under) – National Champion

Awards:

2009 Nova Scotia Yachting Association Youth Sailor of the Year

Media/Websites:

www.saunders470.com

Latest News

Clayton bound for London Olympics

May 14, 2012

The fate of Nova Scotia boxers Custio Clayton and Brody Blair came down to luck on Saturday, but only Clayton had the rabbit’s foot. Dartmouth’s Clayton, a six-time Canadian amateur champion, will compete at this summer’s London Olympics after grabbing the fifth and final position available at the AIBA American zone qualifying event in Rio… [read more]

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Unofficial: Dartmouth boxer, Custio Clayton earns spot in 2012 Games! http://t.co/5UP4EeI2
3 days ago

Featured Athlete

David Sharpe

Discipline/event: Butterfly/Backstroke Hometown: Halifax Residence: Halifax Club: Halifax Trojans/Dalhousie Tigers Coach: Aaron Maszko/David Fry Education: Currently enrolled at Dalhousie University – Physics Goals: Make the Canadian Olympic team Interests: Surfing, Nintendo 64 Significant results: 2010 Nations Cup (Victoria, Canada) – 200m Butterfly – 5th 2009 World University Games (Belgrade, Serbia) – 100m Backstroke – 20th