VanTol, Chris
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Nationality: American
Residence: Detroit, Michigan
Date of Birth: March 18, 1982
Website: VanTol Match Racing

Chris is currently 31st on the ISAF World Match Racing Ranking. He and his team, which regularly include brother John VanTol and Michael Hoey, have a goal of regularly competing at the highest level and earning bids on the World Match Racing Tour.

Accomplishments
1st – Knickerbocker Cup 2007
1st – Great Lakes International Challenge Cup 2007
1st – Bayview Spring Invitational Cup 2007
2nd – Great Lakes Match Racing Championship 2007
2nd – U.S. Match Racing Championship 2005

Match Racing Results
2007:
1st Great Lakes International Challenge Cup
1st Knickerbocker Cup
2nd Bayview Spring Invitational
4th U.S. Match Racing Championship
2nd Great Lakes Match Racing Championship
17th Bermuda Gold Cup
10th RYA Winter Challenge
1st Zawisza Cup
1st Area E/KUSMRC

2006:
1st Bayview Spring Invitational
4th Ficker Cup
10th Knickerbocker Cup
6th U.S. Match Racing Championship
Great Lakes Match Racing Championship
1st Area E/K USMRC

Additional Information

Chris began his sailing career at the age of 13 at the junior sailing program at Bayview Yacht Club in Detroit, Michigan. Through the program he raced everything from Optimists and Flying Juniors to Club 420s.

His love of match racing was born when he was 15 years of age and was asked to crew on a boat competing for the Great Lakes Match Racing Championship. He began helming in 1998 while competing alongside his brother John and a group of young Detroit area sailors in various junior match racing venues. Chris took a short break from sailing while attending Purdue University from 2000-2004. A career in the marine industry has allowed his team to put together an aggressive racing schedule that has allowed the team ranking to steadily increase since 2006.



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