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Chris Draper
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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
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