Andrew Campbell is an American

United States

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 yachtsman best known for his outstanding performances at the national collegiate level.

Sailing career

Campbell is the former Commodore of the Georgetown University

Georgetown University

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 Hoyas

Georgetown Hoyas

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 Sailing Team (GUST). At Georgetown, he led the #1 ranked Hoyas to the three singlehanded national championshipshttp://guhoyas.collegesports.com/sports/c-sail/recaps/112005aaa.html and a second place finish in the Inter-Collegiate Sailing Associaion

Intercollegiate Sailing Association

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 (ICSA) championships in Hood River, Oregon

Hood River, Oregon

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. He was named an ICSA All-American four consecutive years and male Sailing Athlete of the Year in 2002 and 2005.http://guhoyas.collegesports.com/sports/c-sail/spec-rel/010406aaa.html

Sports Illustrated

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 placed him 10th on their list of Georgetown's Top 10 All-Time Athletes.

In September 2007 he won the men's Laser Olympic

Summer Olympic Games

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 qualifiers in Newport

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, Rhode Island

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.

Personal life

Campbell is the latest in a long lineage of sailing

Sailing

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 greats from the San Diego Yacht Club

San Diego Yacht Club

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, in the unusual design of the Naples Sabot, commonly used for junior programs on the West Coast

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. He attended The Bishop's School in San Diego, CA suburb La Jolla.http://guhoyas.collegesports.com/sports/c-sail/mtt/campbell_andrew00.html