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}} Nicholas Salvatore "Nick" Scandone (March 4, 1966 – January 2, 2009) was an American yachtsman who narrowly missed participating on the U.S. team at the 1992 Summer Olympics and won a gold medal as a paralympian at the 2008 Summer Games. ==Biography== Scandone was born on March 4, 1966, in Santa Ana, California and learned to sail in an eight-foot Sabot dinghy at the Balboa Yacht Club in California.〔 He started sailing when he was eight-years old, after being given the choice by his mother to learn to sail or attend summer school.〔 He attended the University of California, Irvine, where he was an All-American and won a national championship in 1988 and graduated in 1990.〔Museler, Chris. ("Nick Scandone, Winner of Paralympics Sailing Gold, Is Dead at 42" ), ''The New York Times'', January 4, 2009. Accessed January 5, 2009.〕 In 1991, he won the National American title in the double-handed 470 class.〔 Described by ''The New York Times'' as "a rising star in the sailing world in the 1980s and '90s", Scandone entered the 1992 Olympic trials as the favorite in 470 class but just missed earning a berth on the United States Olympic squad.〔 Following the disappointment in 1992, Scandone began working in the advertising profession and later became a restaurant equipment salesman.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Nick Scandone」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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