Briana Provancha
Provancha in 2015
Personal information
Nationality United States
Born (1989-04-24) April 24, 1989
San Diego, California, U.S.
Height5 ft 7 in (170 cm)
Weight148 lb (67 kg)
Sailing career
Class(es)470, Melges 20, 420, 29er
Club Southwestern Yacht Club (California)
College team Boston College

Briana Provancha (born April 25, 1989) is an American sailor who competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Life

Provancha was born in San Diego in 1989. At the age of eight she had begun sailing. She attended Point Loma High School and by the age of 16 she had been in several international competitions.[1] She won the ICSA Coed Dinghy National Championship in 2010 with the Boston College sailing team, where she also sailed with Annie Haeger and they both graduated in 2012.[2] Provancha's degree was in marketing.[3]

She and Haeger won their place at the United States at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Palma de Mallorca which continued their dominance over the previous three years.[2]

She and Haeger appeared in the Women's 470 event in the 2016 Summer Olympics.[4]

In 2019 she was elected and became the Sailor Athlete Director on the board of US Sailing.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Fraser, Lainie. "Point Loma High grad sailing to Rio as an Olympian". SDNews. Retrieved August 6, 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Haeger and Provancha headed to Olympics". bceagles.com. April 10, 2016. Retrieved August 6, 2016.
  3. 1 2 Fish, Jake (November 14, 2019). "Briana Provancha Elected to US Sailing's Board as Sailor Athlete Director". US Sailing. Retrieved November 18, 2020.
  4. ↑ "Briana Provancha: Meet Team USA Rio 2016 Olympics". SI.com. Archived from the original on July 31, 2016. Retrieved August 6, 2016.
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