Randy Smyth

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameRandolph L. "Randy"•Smyth
Used nameRandy•Smyth
Born7 July 1954 in Pasadena, California (USA)
Measurements175 cm / 68 kg
AffiliationsCorinthian Yacht Club
NOC United States
Medals OG
Gold 0
Silver 2
Bronze 0
Total 2

Biography

Randy Smyth competed in the Tornado class at the 1984 and 1992 Olympics, winning a silver medal both years. He was World Champion in Tornado in 1981-82, was a nine-time US Champion, and a five-time North American Champion. In 1982 he was Rolex Yachtsman of the Year and in 1983-84 he was the Bahia Corinthian Yacht Club Yachtsman of the Year.

Smyth also did ocean racing, winning the Worrel 1000 from Fort Lauderdale to Virginia Beach five times, in 1985, 1989, and 1997-99. He won the Tahiti Mondial Cat Challenge in French Polynesia in 1990, and won the Rota Dos Estuarios e Rias from Spain to Portugal in 1993-94 and 1996. He was also crew and design team alter for Stars & Stripes, which won the 1988 America’s Cup. Smyth runs his own business, Smyth Team Sails, out of Fort Walton Beach, Florida.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1984 Summer Olympics Sailing USA Randy Smyth
Multihull, Open (Olympic) Jay Glaser 2 Silver
1992 Summer Olympics Sailing USA Randy Smyth
Multihull, Open (Olympic) Keith Notary 2 Silver