Tyler Paige

Tyler Paige
Personal information
Full nameTyler Justus Paige
NationalityAmerican Samoan
Born (1995-09-01) 1 September 1995 (age 29)

Tyler Justus Paige (born 1 September 1995)[1] is an American competitive sailor. He competed in the 2020 Summer Olympics in the Men's Two Person Dinghy - 470 for American Samoa, placing 18th.[2][3]

Paige is from New York City[1] and attended high school at the Packer Collegiate Institute in Brooklyn.[4] He was educated at Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts, graduating with a degree in mechanical engineering.[4] He worked as an engineer with Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s NASCAR Xfinity team JR Motorsports while he was in the Olympics. He is currently an Engineer at Honeywell.[4][5][6][7]

Paige sailed as a child, initially in the 420-class, before moving to 470-class sailing in 2016.[4] He represented the United States at the 2018 Junior 470 World Championships in Bracciano, Italy.[1] He switched nationalities to American Samoa in 2019.[1] In 2020 he and Adrian Hoesch qualified for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics for American Samoa at Sail Melbourne.[8]

  1. ^ a b c d "Sailing - PAIGE Tyler Justus". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 7 August 2021. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Sailing - Men's Two Person Dinghy - 470 - Group Results". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 4 August 2021. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
  3. ^ "Tokyo 2020 - Our Pacific Islands athletes Round Up Day 7". The Coconet. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  4. ^ a b c d "Alumnus Tyler Paige Begins Olympic Sailing Competition on Wednesday". Tufts University. 26 July 2021. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  5. ^ "NASCAR's Olympian looks ahead to sailing competition - NBC Sports". NASCAR Talk | NBC Sports. 23 July 2021. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
  6. ^ Ron Lemasters (28 July 2021). "Tyler Paige: From JR Motorsports to the Olympic Games". JR Motorsports. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  7. ^ "JR Motorsports engineer, sailor competing in 2021 Olympics". NASCAR. 28 July 201. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  8. ^ "470sailing". 470sailing. Retrieved 20 August 2021.