12 Facts About Mark Mendelblatt

Mark Mendelblatt was born on February 19,1973 and is an American yachtsman.

Mark Mendelblatt, who is Jewish, was born in St Petersburg, Florida.

Mark Mendelblatt attended St Petersburg High School, helping its sailing team win four consecutive national titles, and graduated in 1991.

Mark Mendelblatt resides in St Petersburg, and is a securities broker.

Mark Mendelblatt began taking classes at the St Petersburg Sailing Center at age 6, and started sailing competitively at age 10.

Mark Mendelblatt came in second in the Optimist Pram National Championship, behind his brother David.

Mark Mendelblatt graduated Tufts in 1995, with a degree in psychology.

Mark Mendelblatt earned a silver medal in the Laser at the 1999 Pan American Games on Lake Winnipeg, behind Brazil's Robert Scheidt and ahead of Diego Romero of Argentina.

Mark Mendelblatt won the 2003 Rolex Miami Olympic Class Regatta, the Laser Pacific Coast Championships in Oregon on the Columbia River, and the Laser Gulf Coast Championships in Texas, and was named US Sailing's 2003 United States Olympic Committee Male Athlete of the Year.

In 2003, Mark Mendelblatt finished 6th in the Laser World Championships in Spain, out of 171 boats.

Mark Mendelblatt competed in the 2004 Olympics in Laser in Athens, and placed eighth.

Mark Mendelblatt accepted a position in the fall of 2006 with Emirates Team New Zealand, and in April 2007 replaced injured veteran Adam Beashel.