Name: Charlie Buckingham

Sport: Sailing

Event(s): ILCA 7 – Standard (One-Person Dinghy)

Height: 6-2

DOB: 1/16/1989

Birthplace: Newport Beach, Calif.

Hometown: Newport Beach, Calif.

High School: Newport Harbor High School (Newport Beach, Calif.) '07

College: Georgetown University '11, Government

Team/Club: Newport Harbor Yacht Club

Olympic Experience

• Two-time Olympian (2016, 2020)
• Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, 13th (laser)
• Olympic Games Rio 2016, 11th (laser)

World Championship Experience

• Most recent: 2020 – 18th (laser)
• Years of participation: 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
• Top finish: 7th – 2014 (laser)

Other Career Highlights

• Pan American Games Lima 2019, Bronze (Laser)
• Pan American Games Toronto 2015, 4th (Laser)

Personal: Son of Mary and Jim Buckingham...Has three sisters, Mary, Sarah and Biz...Hobbies include surfing and traveling...Two-time College Sailor of the Year (2009, 2011)...Four-time ICSA All-American...Was on the Newport Harbor high school surf team and surfing remains a passion of his to this day

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