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Erin Maxwell grew up sailing in Stonington,CT, representing Ram Island Yacht Club, The Mystic River Mudheads, and the Wadawanuck Club. Today she also sails for Stonington Harbor YC. In high school she competed on the Williams School sailing team where she led her team to placing well at several national championships. Erin went on to Dartmouth College where she finished her college sailing career as a four-time Women’s All-American skipper. She was also named a Co-ed All-American skipper in 2001, an honor rarely awarded to women.

After college sailing she transitioned into sailing 470s. She placed a remarkable 14th in her first world championship 2001. This was followed by winning the 470 Nationals in 2002. In the winter of 2003 Erin began sailing full time in 470’s training towards the 2004 Athens Olympic Games. She placed 3rd at the Olympic Trials and did not qualify for the Olympics, but Erin immediately refocused on her Olympic goals for Beijing in 2008. Jumping right back into competition, Erin dominated the 2004 US 470 Nationals with all first place finishes. This was followed by finishing as the top US Women’s Team at the US Nationals in 2005, making it the 4th time Erin finished as the top US women’s team at the 470 US Nationals.

In July 2006, Erin joined forces with Isabelle Kinsolving, 2004 470 Olympian. Their chemistry as a team was obvious. In 2007 they medaled at their first European grade one event, receiving bronze medals at the Princess Sofia Trophy in Palma de Mallorca, Spain. After just one year together, the end of their 2007 European season culminated with a tenth place finish at the World Championships in Cascais, Portugal, qualifying the US for a spot in the Olympic Games. Unfortunately, only a few months later in the fall of 2007, they fell short at the US Olympic Trials, placing 2nd, and missing out on their dream of going to the Beijing Summer Olympic Games.

In January of 2008 the team headed to Melbourne Australia where they bounced back from their Trials loss with style. They won the Sail Melbourne Asia Pacific Regatta and followed it up by winning the World Championships two weeks later. All the top teams in the world were in attendance at the two events, only seven months prior to the start of the Olympic Games. Erin and Isabelle returned home to the US high on their achievements, only to watch the Games on TV in the coming months. Now they are more determined than ever to not only be at the Games in 2012 but be on the podium with Gold around their necks.

In her free time outside of work and sailing she competed in the New York Marathon in 2002. She also has hobbies of skiing and snowboarding, gardening, cooking, painting and drawing. Erin holds a BS in Economics and a BA in Studio Art from Dartmouth College. After graduating from Dartmouth in 2001 she worked at Lehman Brothers, Inc. in their Prime Brokerage Group until the Fall of 2002. Between the 2003 Olympic Trials and 2007 Olympic Trials, Erin worked as an investment banker for 3 years in the Asset-backed Finance division of RBS Greenwich Capital in Greenwich, Connecticut. After finishing the 2007 Trials and 2008 Worlds in January of 2008, Erin began working as a commodities trader for Louis Dreyfus Commodities in Wilton, CT, where she still works full-time today. Erin fits in sailing as often as she can!

Erin’s Top Sailing Accomplishments:

• US Sailing Team Member, 2000, 2001, 2003-2010, ranked 1st 2009-10
• 10th, 2009 Women’s 470 World Championship
• 1st, 2009 US 470 Atlantic Coast Championship
• 3rd, 2009 Delta Lloyd Olympic Classes Regatta, Women’s 470
• 2nd, 2009 US Sailing’s Rolex Miami Olympic Classes Regatta
• 2008, Shortlisted for the US Rolex Yachtswoman of the Year Award
• 1st, 2008 Women’s 470 World Championship
• 1st, 2008 Sail Melbourne Asia Pacific Regatta, Women’s 470
• 2nd, 2007 US Women’s 470 Olympic Trials
• 10th, 2007 Women’s 470 World Championship
• 3rd, 2007 Princess Sofia Trophy, Women’s 470
• 1st, Silver Fleet 2006 Women’s 470 World Championship
• 1st, 2005 St. Francis Olympic Classes Regatta (Coed 470)
• 2nd, 2005 US 470 Women’s Nationals (Top American)
• 2nd, 2005 Rolex Miami OCR, Women’s 470
• 1st, 2004 US 470 Nationals (Coed)
• 3rd, 2003 US Women’s 470 Olympic Trials
• 1st, 2003 US Women’s 470 Nationals
• 1st, 2003 Travemunde Race Week (Coed 470)
• 1st, 2002 US 470 Nationals (Coed)
• 14th, 2001 Women’s 470 World Championship
• 1st, 2000 Intercollegiate Women’s Championships
• 5th, 1999 US Women’s 470 Olympic Trials
• 2nd, 1998, 1999, and 2001 Intercollegiate Women’s Championship
• Intercollegiate All-American, 2001
• Intercollegiate Women’s All-American 1998-2001
• 1st, 1998 and 1999 Club 420 North American Championships
• 1st, 1996 and 1997 Ida Lewis Trophy (US Jr. Women’s Doublehanded Championship, Club 420’s)