Sarah Douglas has called time on her Olympic sailing career. But new challenges await, on and off the water.

The 31-year-old from Toronto, who now makes her home in New York, competed at the Tokyo and Paris Olympics in the ILCA 6 (Laser Radial) class. Her sixth-place finish in 2021 in Tokyo remains the best finish by a Canadian woman in an individual Olympic sailing event.

She was eighth at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Her trophy case includes a gold medal from the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru, and silver from the 2023 Pan Ams in Santiago, Chile.

Douglas was twice named Sail Canada’s Rolex Sailor of the Year (2019 and 2020-2021). She is a six-time recipient of Sail Canada Gallagher Skipper’s Plan Athlete of the Year Award (2018 to 2024), which rewards athletes who have enjoyed “ou

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