Sarah Mergenthaler Explained

Sarah Mergenthaler (born April 21, 1979) is an American sports sailor.

She was born in Red Bank, New Jersey, United States,^[1] and started sailing at the age of seven at a club in Red Bank.^[2]

Raised in Colts Neck Township, Mergenthaler graduated from Marlboro High School, where she played basketball and soccer and was placekicker on the football team, the first woman to play for the school's team.^{[3] [4]}

At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, she competed in the women's 470 alongside Amanda Clark, finishing in 12th position.^[1]

Notes and References

1. Sarah Mergenthaler. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418111406/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/me/sarah-mergenthaler-1.html. dead. 18 April 2020. 23 August 2012.
2. Bergeron, Tom. "Red Bank's Mergenthaler sets sail for Olympic glory", The Star-Ledger, August 3, 2008. Accessed October 5, 2023. "Mergenthaler, who began sailing at the Monmouth Boat Club in Red Bank when she was 7, spotted Clark's twin Optimist amid the 100 or so boats and rushed over."
3. Bloom, Marc. "Football: A Show-Stopper Puts Her Best Foot Forward; Sarah Mergenthaler, 16, Attracts Crowds as First Female Kicker at Marlboro High", The New York Times, September 27, 1995. Accessed October 5, 2023. "Football practice at Marlboro High School is a performance.... The show-stopper is the place-kicker, the newest name on the roster of 75 players. When Sarah Mergenthaler, who kicked Marlboro's extra point in last Saturday's 20-9 opening-game loss to Middletown North, measures her stance for field-goal practice, all coaches halt their drills to watch."
4. Wentworth, Bridget. "Marlboro's Mergenthaler, teammate protest after disappointing sailing result", The Star-Ledger, August 11, 2008. Accessed January 15, 2020. "Marlboro High graduate Sarah Mergenthaler and her teammate, Amanda Clark, finished 12th in both races of the women's 470 two-person dinghy event this morning, leaving them in 13th place, according to the Associated Press."