Matias Collins

American sailor
Matias Collins[1]
Matias Collins during the 2019 Soling European Championship at Lake Garda, ITA
Personal information
NicknameLijas
NationalityAmerican, Argentinian, Italian
Born (1970-05-25) 25 May 1970 (age 53)
Hartford, Connecticut
Height180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight107 kg (236 lb)
Sailing career
Class(es)Soling, Star
ClubUIC , CNSI, SIC
CoachVladimir 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.[2]

Sailing career

Together with Gustavo Warburg (helmsman) and Maximo Smith he took the 1999 South American Championship in the Soling while sailing for Argentina.[3] This team won as well the 1998 Argentinian Championship[4] and 1998 Uruguayan Championship[5] 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.

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Soling German Championship Winners
Fleet racing
  • 1991 Schümann, Flach, Jäkel
  • 1992  Netherlands Heiner
  • 1993 J. Hermann
  • 1994 Batzill, Lang
  • 1995 Schümann, Flach, Jäkel
  • 1996  Ukraine Pichuhin, Khaindrava, Korotkov
  • 2002 Winkler, S. Wenzel, Niemann
  • 2003 Winkler, S. Wenzel, H.Wenzel
  • 2004 Winkler, S. Wenzel, Niemann
  • 2005 Weigert, Scheel, Feller
  • 2006 Koch, Koch, Bornemann
  • 2007 R. Koch, M. Koch, Bornemann
  • 2008 R. Koch, M. Koch, Bornemann
  • 2009 Weigert, Scheel, Setzkorn
  • 2010 K. Haist, I. Haist, Lindner
  • 2011 K. Haist, I.Haist, Zeileis
  • 2012 Weigert, Scheel, Setzkorn
  • 2013 Steingroß, Eller, Giesecke
  • 2014 K. Haist, I. Haist, Zeileis
  • 2015 K. Haist, I. Haist, Zeileis
  • 2016 Dietzel, Zeileis, Ramoser
  • 2017 K. Haist, I. Haist, Zeileis
  • 2018 K. Haist, I. Haist, Zeileis
  • 2019  United States Collins, Baumüller  Germany, Strauch  Germany
  • 2020 COVID-19
  • 2021 COVID-19
  • 2022 K. Haist, I. Haist, Zeileis
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South American Champions in Soling
Fleet racing
Match racing
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Other offices
Preceded by
Fleur Ainsley
Secretary International Soling Association
2004 - present
Succeeded by
Incumbent

References

  1. ^ "SAILOR BIOGRAPHY Matias Collins". World Sailing. Retrieved 8 Nov 2019.
  2. ^ "ISA COMMITTEE MEMBERS". International Soling Association. Retrieved 8 Nov 2019.
  3. ^ "South American Championship". Soling Sailing. Vol. 32, no. 2. International Soling Association. p. 4.
  4. ^ "Argentinian Championships". Soling Sailing. Vol. 32, no. 1. International Soling Association. p. 7.
  5. ^ "Uruguayan Championships". Soling Sailing. Vol. 32, no. 1. International Soling Association. p. 7.


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