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Nikki Barnes
Personal information
Full nameNikole Barnes
NationalityAmerican
Born (1993-09-20) September 20, 1993 (age 31)
Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
Height5 ft 2 in (157 cm)
Sport
Country United States
SportSailing

Nikole "Nikki" Barnes (born September 20, 1993) is an American sailor. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, held July–August 2021 in Tokyo, in the Women's Two Person Dinghy - 470 event.

Personal life

Barnes was born in Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands and started sailing when she was six years old. She is a 2017 graduate of the United States Coast Guard Academy and is now an active-duty member, currently a lieutenant attached to Sector Miami. She is the first member of the Coast Guard to ever compete in the Olympic games.

Career highlights

  • 3rd at the 2011 ISAF Youth Sailing World Championships in the i420
  • Quantum Women's Sailor of the Year award
  • 2017 Sportsman of the Year award
  • 3 All-American honors three times

References

  1. "Sailing - BARNES Nikole". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on August 3, 2021. Retrieved August 3, 2021.
  2. ^ "Nikki Barnes". ussailing.org. US Sailing. Retrieved August 5, 2021.
  3. "Olympic sailing: Time to cheer for our very own LT Nikki Barnes!". mycg.uscg.mil. United States Coast Guard. July 27, 2021. Retrieved August 3, 2021.
  4. "LT Nikki Barnes at Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games". uscgasports.com. United States Coast Guard Academy. July 29, 2021.

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