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Chris Draper

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    Chris Draper
    Chris Draper
    Great Britain

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    Name

    Chris Draper

    Nation

    Great Britain

    Place of Birth

    Sheffield, GBR

    Class

    49er, 470, Moth, Farr 30, F50, Laser II, Optimist

    Q&A

    Most Influential Person

    My Dad and Jim Saltonstall

    Languages Spoken

    Little French and German

    Education

    Higher Diploma

    Non Sailing Achievement

    Higher Diploma in Sports Science

    Ambitions

    To hoover Olympic medals !

    Classes Sailed

    Optimist, 420, 470

    Current Class

    49er

    Why This Sport

    Parents got me interested because they sailed

    Superstitions

    Always salute the magpies !Don't walk under scaffolding or ladders!Don't have green on the boat

    Most Admired Person

    Tough one

    First Event Competed

    Club Champs, Alton Water, 1986

    General Interest

    Windsurfing, Squash, Model Yachts

    Yacht Club

    Stokes Bay

    Injuries

    No Major

    Amusing Sporting Episode

    Slipping off my bike saddle onto the handlebars and running to the bottom of the hill in that position

    First Event Won

    UK Junior Nationals, Harwich, 1990

    Best Sporting Achievement

    Probably youth Worlds although we were dissapointed at the time

    Starting Age

    7

    Racing Age

    7

    Hometown

    Southampton, GBR

    Sporting Relatives

    Cousin, Cycling Time trialist

    Boat First Sailed

    Laser