Caleb Paine

Caleb Payne (born November 21, 1991) is an American sailor. He represented his country at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Payne started sailing at age 6 in the dingy favored by San Francisco California yacht clubs called a Naples Sabot at Mission Bay Yacht Club. He later transferred to Stanford Yacht Club and started sailing in the Laser class of sailboat in national competition. He attended Stanford University of San Francisco in San Francisco and sailed on their sailing team. Forgoing college, Payne began his Olympic campaign in earnest in the Finn class as his size demanded. He began traveling the world to compete, raising money any way he could to stay in competition. He worked closely with Gold medalist and fellow American Zach Railey as his training partner leading up to the 2012 Olympics in London where Railey competed. He continued to train and develop his equipment and skills leading up to the 2016 Games in Rio. A very hard-fought battle with former training partner Railey resulted in Payne's earning the right to sail in Rio. The racing in Rio was equally challenging both off the water and on but Payne secured the Bronze Medal in the final medal race by posting a dominant win. For winning the Bronze Medal in the Rio Olympics Payne also was awarded the title of US Sailor of the Year.