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Fort Lauderdale’s

Olympian – Erika Reineke

s you tune in to the Summer Olympics in Paris this July,
keep your eyes peeled for the sailing competitions
Awhere Fort Lauderdale’s own Erika Reineke, who sails
out of the Lauderdale Yacht Club, will sail the Laser Radial, a
singlehanded dinghy, in the Olympic Games.
It’s Erika’s first U.S. Olympic Team after competing in three
prior U.S. Olympic Trials. She first started sailing at age 8 in
a youth sailing program run by Lauderdale Yacht Club and
eventually progressed through various sailing competitions
over the years to become a Youth World Champion in the week-long 2024 U.S. Olympic Trials for everything to come
2010 ILCA (Laser Radial) Youth World Championships. together for her and now the dream is a reality.

After graduating from high school in 2012, she attended “I’m 30 now and I started pursuing this path when I was 15-
Boston College, where she won the women’s collegiate it’s been a long road. I’ve been tested every Games cycle and
singlehanded national championships four times. But to finally succeed feels amazing. There’s lots of work to be
transitioning to the very different style of Olympic sailing after done for Paris and I’m honored to represent the USA on the
graduating from BC was challenging and it took until the Olympic stage.”
2023 Pan Am Games (where she won Gold) and winning the (excerpted from teamusa.com/profiles/erika-reineke / profile by Peggy Shinn)

RVCA Around the Neighborhood

“Residents asked for new landscape for two sections of median on Ponce de Leon
Drive. We worked with our dedicated board member and landscape architect Fred
“We noticed kids chasing balls into the Stresau, Urban Landscape Manager for the city, Martin Zidtowecki, and the nearby
street without paying attention to the residents to accomplish exactly what was desired. We also asked for a sprucing up
cars. We thought a barrier would help of the landscape at the entrance to the neighborhood on 7th Street and the city
and the city agreed!” delivered on that as well!”

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