David Mendelblatt
Personal information | |
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Full name | David J. Mendelblatt |
Nationality | American |
Sport | |
Sport | Sailing |
Event | Sunfish |
College team | Tufts University |
Club | St. Petersburg Yacht Club |
Achievements and titles | |
World finals |
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National finals |
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David J. Mendelblatt is an American yachtsman and ophthalmologist.
He is a former Optimist Pram National Champion. He came in second in the Sunfish World Championship in 2006, third in 2009, and second again in 2010.
Personal life[edit]
Mendelblatt is the older brother of Olympic sailor Mark Mendelblatt.[1] He attended Tufts University,[1] where he was an All-American in 1992.[2]
He received his medical degree from the University of South Florida College of Medicine, performed his residency at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, and is an ophthalmologist.[3][4][5] His father, Frank, is also an ophthalmologist, and his mother, Kathy, supervises their practice.[6] He lives in St. Petersburg, Florida.[4][dead link]
Sailing career[edit]
1985–1991: early career[edit]
In 1985, at the age of 15, Mendelblatt was part of a five-person U.S. Optimist dinghy team, along with his brother Mark, that took third place in the 25th International Optimist World Championships in team racing in Finland.[7][8][9] It was the best U.S. finish ever in dinghy racing.[10] He also won the Optimist Pram National Championship, over his brother Mark who came in second.[2]
In 1987, Mendelblatt and Caj Flynn won the Bemis Cup, the most prestigious junior sailing race in the US, in Massachusetts.[2][11] In 1988, Mendelbatt was part of a four-person team from St. Petersburg High School that won the 1988 National Interscholastic High School Sailing Championships, in Annapolis, Maryland.[12] He was a winner of the ISSA's Mallory Trophy, school sailing's oldest trophy.[2][13]
In 1989, at the age of 19, he teamed with his 16-year-old brother Mark to outrace 21 other entries and win the Laser II North American Championships in Maryland.[14] In 1990, he was honored as first-place skipper in the Laser II North American Championships.[15] In 1991, he was part of the team that won the US Sailing Team Racing Championship, the "George R. Hinman Trophy".[16][17]
1995–present: Sunfish[edit]
In 1995, Mendelblatt won the United States Sunfish Midwinters with a near-perfect score, against 88 other boats.[18][19][20]
In 2006, he came in second in the Sunfish World Championship.[21] He also won the Florida Southeast Regional title for the third time.[22][23] In 2006 and 2007, he won the Florida State Sunfish Championship.[24][25]
In 2009, he came in third in the Sunfish World Championship, in the Bahamas.[26][27][28] In 2010, he came in second in the Sunfish World Championship in Italy to Jonathan Martinetti, of Ecuador.[29][30]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Mark Mendelblatt". US Sailing. Archived from the original on March 23, 2012. Retrieved July 21, 2011.
- ^ a b c d "Centennial; 1909–2009; Major Awards" (PDF). St. Petersburg Yacht Club. Retrieved July 9, 2011.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Sarah Whitman (September 17, 2010). "Genesis School has fundraiser to help 3-year-old with Stevens Johnson syndrome". St. Petersburg Times. Archived from the original on September 21, 2010. Retrieved July 9, 2011.
- ^ a b Will Haynie (October 5, 2006). "Local Sailor in Control; Sunfish Worlds". The Post and Courier. Retrieved July 9, 2011.
- ^ "Dr. David Mendelblatt, MD – St. Petersburg, FL – Ophthalmology – Physician Detail". Edward White Hospital. Archived from the original on March 26, 2012. Retrieved July 9, 2011.
- ^ Dave Scheiber (August 11, 2004). "St. Petersburg sailor plots course for gold". The St. Petersburg Times. Retrieved July 8, 2011.
- ^ "Sportsalute XIV". The Evening Independent. March 1, 1986. Retrieved July 9, 2011.
- ^ Jane Meinhardt (August 13, 1985). "Local Trio Paces American Dinghy Racers". The Evening Independent. Retrieved July 9, 2011.
- ^ Michael M. Walton (January 28, 1985). "St. Petersburg Yacht Club Honors Boaters for 1984". The Evening Independent. Retrieved July 9, 2011.
- ^ "11 Teams Nominated for Year's Best". The Evening Independent. February 17, 1986. Retrieved July 9, 2011.
- ^ Gary Lentz (August 30, 1987). "Two St. Petersburg sailors win prestigious Bemis Cup Series". St. Petersburg Times. Retrieved July 9, 2011.
- ^ Tim Looney (May 13, 1988). "St. Petersburg takes first in national high school sailing event Series". St. Petersburg Times. Retrieved July 9, 2011.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Inter-Scholastic Sailing Association (ISSA); National Results". Highschoolsailingusa.org. Archived from the original on July 19, 2011. Retrieved July 9, 2011.
- ^ Kim Lennon, Tim, Looney (July 26, 1989). "Brothers team for continental sailing title Series". St. Petersburg Times. Retrieved July 7, 2011.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Jon Wilson (February 4, 1990). "Baird honored at St. Petersburg Yacht Club ceremonies Series". St. Petersburg Times. Retrieved July 9, 2011.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Previous Winners". Championships.ussailing.org. March 23, 2011. Archived from the original on March 21, 2012. Retrieved July 9, 2011.
- ^ Ralph Hickok (October 5, 2010). "History – U.S. Team Sailing Championship". Hickok Sports. Archived from the original on October 2, 2011. Retrieved July 9, 2011.
- ^ "Mendelblatt stays ahead for easy win". Herald Tribune. March 13, 2005. Retrieved July 9, 2011.
- ^ Morgan Stinemetz (March 12, 2005). "Sunfish Midwinter Regatta; Mendelbatt has Sizable Lead". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. Retrieved July 9, 2011.
- ^ Dave Ellis (June 1, 2005). "Sunfish waits for wind to pick up Series: On the Water". St. Petersburg Times. Retrieved July 9, 2011.
- ^ "Sunfish World Championship 2006; Loring Clinches Title In Light Wind Finale". Sailing.org. October 6, 2006. Retrieved July 9, 2011.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Dave Ellis (September 20, 2006). "Northpinellas: Young sailors take to the seas". St. Petersburg Times. Retrieved July 9, 2011.
- ^ Will Haynie (September 8, 2006). "Sneak Peak for Sunfish Elite Sailors". The Post and Courier. Retrieved July 9, 2011.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Dave Ellis (April 18, 2007). "Top two finishers advance at regatta". St. Petersburg Times. Retrieved July 9, 2011.
- ^ Dave Ellis (November 29, 2006). "Local waters see tons of action this month". St. Petersburg Times. Retrieved July 9, 2011.
- ^ "Martinborough still heads Bahamian field". The Tribune. October 23, 2009. Archived from the original on March 15, 2012. Retrieved July 9, 2011.
- ^ "Award Ceremony". Sunfish World. October 24, 2009. Retrieved July 9, 2011.
- ^ "Sunfish World Championship – US clean sweep". Sail-World.com. October 27, 2009. Retrieved July 9, 2011.
- ^ Will Haynie (August 6, 2010). "Sunfish memories from Italy". The Post and Courier. Retrieved July 9, 2011.
- ^ "Risultati Sunfish; 2010 Sunfish Worlds" (PDF). sunfishclass.org. 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 4, 2011. Retrieved July 9, 2011.
- American male sailors (sport)
- Living people
- Sportspeople from St. Petersburg, Florida
- Tufts Jumbos sailors
- University of South Florida alumni
- University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center alumni
- American ophthalmologists
- Jewish American sportspeople
- St. Petersburg High School alumni
- 21st-century American Jews