Tyler Paige

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]

Tyler Paige
Paige at 2020 Olympics Opening Ceremony
Personal information
Full nameTyler Justus Paige
NationalityAmerican Samoan
Born (1995-09-01) 1 September 1995

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]

References
  1. "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. "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.


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