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470 Sailor Amanda Clark (USA) Recognized for Commercial Savvy

08 Feb 2012

470 helm and USA representative to the 2012 Olympics has been recognized by the US Sailing Olympic Committee for excellence in commercial and sponsorship activities with the presentation of the Commercial Award. At the 2011 US Sailing Team AlphaGraphics Awards Dinner, the U.S. Olympic Sailing Committee presented the “Charlie Awards” to the 2011 USSTAG athletes who achieved excellence in the following categories:

Breakthrough Performance, Most Improved Fitness, Best Teammate, Best Individual Performance, Best Team Performance, Commercial Award, and Outstanding Service to the Team. The awards were presented on 28 January 2012 in Miami, Florida.

Amanda Clark © Amory Ross/US Sailing

The Commercial Award was presented to Amanda Clark in recognition of her outstanding effort in support of the commercial and sponsorship activities of the US Sailing Team AlphaGraphics.

“Whenever we have a speaking engagement or appearance, Amanda is 100% reliable to knock the socks off of any corporate executive,” said Katie Smith, (Newport, R.I.), USSTAG’s commercial manager. “She completely represents the ideals of USSTAG, the Olympic values and the qualities that we all strive toward.”

Upon receiving the award, Clark said, “I am so proud to represent our sponsors, our team and the USA at the Olympic Games. It is a dream come true.”

The award was presented by Smith and US Sailing’s Associate Executive Director/ Director of Development Dan Cooney.

“The US Sailing Team AlphaGraphics ‘Charlie Awards’ are named in honor of our dear friend Charlie Leighton, who is the driving force behind our Team’s Medalist Donor Program,” said Dean Brenner (Wallingford, Conn.), the Chairman of the U.S. Olympic Sailing Program. “We have a terrific team of athletes of which the OSC and staff are extremely proud. There were many great moments in 2011, with the highlight of naming our Olympic and Paralympic Teams.”