Lee Parkhill

Lee Parkhill (born November 22, 1988) in Oakville, Ontario is a Canadian sailor in the Laser class.[1][2] His highest ranking is 11th in July 2014.[2]

Lee Parkhill
Medal record
Sailing
Representing  Canada
Pan American Games
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Toronto Men's Laser

Career

By 2007, he started sailing full rig Lasers, placing 4th in the Laser North American Championships in June 2007, 2nd at the Laser US Championships in August 2008, and finally winning the annual CORK regatta in August 2008. He finished 16th at the 2009 Laser Worlds, 15th at the 2010 Laser Europeans, 7th at the 2009 Miami OCR, 6th at the 2010 Miami OCR and 11th at the 2011 Princess Sofia. At the 2015 Pan American Games he won the bronze medal.[2] He finished 43rd at the 2014 ISAF Sailing World Championships and 21st at the Olympic qualification ranking to earn a quota at the 2016 Summer Olympics for Canada.

In July 2016, he was officially named to Canada's Olympic team.[3]

References
  1. "Ontario Sailing reports". ontariosailing.ca. Archived from the original on May 15, 2015.
  2. "Lee Parkhill". Team Canada - Official Olympic Team Website. Retrieved June 21, 2021.
  3. "Canada's sailing roster makes Nikola Girke a 4-time Olympian". CBC News. July 4, 2016. Retrieved July 4, 2016.


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