2.4 Metre Competitors in the 2004 US Paralympic Sailing Trials

NAME:

Tom Brown

US DISABLED SAILING TEAM:

1999-2003

US SAILING TEAM:

1999

MEMBER OF:

Seal Harbor Yacht Club

HIGH SCHOOL:

Mount Desert Island High School, graduated 1979

AGE:

43

BIRTHPLACE:

Bar Harbor, Maine

HOMETOWN:

Northeast Harbor, Maine

LEVEL OF ABILITY:

Single below the knee amputee as a result of bone cancer.

OCCUPATION:

Hardware store owner

SIGNIFICANT ACHIEVEMENTS:

2002 IFDS World Disabled Sailing 2.4 Metre Silver Medallist
2001 IFDS 2.4 Metre World Silver Medallist
2001 US SAILING’s Male Athlete of the Year
2000 Paralympic 2.4 Metre Bronze Medallist
1998 Soling Atlantic Coast Champion

SAILING RESUME:

2003
Rolex Miami OCR (5th/20 2.4 Metres)
2002
Rolex Miami OCR (1st/14 2.4 Metres)
Disabled Sailing World Championship, Holland (3rd/40 2.4 Metres)
2001
IFDS World Disabled Sailing Championship (2nd/14 2.4 Metres)

NAME:

Lee Buratti

MEMBER OF:

Dana West and American Legion Yacht Clubs

HIGH SCHOOL:

x

COLLEGE:

x

AGE:

54

BIRTHPLACE:

x

HOMETOWN:

Costa Mesa, Calif.

LEVEL OF ABILITY:

x

OCCUPATION:

x

SAILING RESUME:

2003
Rolex Miami OCR (14th/20 2.4 Metres)

NAME:

Thomas Franklin

US DISABLED SAILING TEAM:

2003

MEMBER OF:

Coconut Grove Sailing Club

HIGH SCHOOL:

Palatka High School, 1983

COLLEGE:

University of Miami, 1998, BS Mechanical Engineering

AGE:

38

BIRTHPLACE:

Parma, Ohio

HOMETOWN:

Miami, Fla.

LEVEL OF ABILITY:

x

OCCUPATION:

Self employed mechanical engineer

SAILING SINCE AGE:

34

SAILING RESUME:

2002
Rolex Miami OCR (10th/14 2.4 Metres)

NAME:

Stew Stewart

MEMBER OF:

West Bay Yacht Club

HIGH SCHOOL:

x

COLLEGE:

x

AGE:

53

BIRTHPLACE:

HOMETOWN:

E. Greenwich, R.I.

LEVEL OF ABILITY:

x

OCCUPATION:

Groundskeeper