Draft:Ian Barrows

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Declined by Utopes 8 months ago. Last edited by JJMC89 bot 59 days ago. Reviewer: Inform author.

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Comment: The subject needs to receive significant coverage from reliable, secondary sources. Other 'pedia's cannot be used as references (in Ref #1), and a passing mention in a leaderboard does not assert the subject's notability (in Ref #2). Utopes _{(talk / cont)} 02:48, 10 September 2023 (UTC)

Ian Barrows (Born 14 January 1995) is a sailor who competed and bore the flag during the opening ceremony for the US Virgin Islands at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympic Games in Singapore, winning gold in the male single-handed dinghy category in the Byte CII.^[1]. He also placed 2nd at the 2008 Optimist World Championships in Çeşme^[2]

References[edit]

^ "Olympedia – Ian Barrows". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 2023-09-04.
^ "IODA WORLD SAILING CHAMPIONSHIP 2008" (PDF). wilkessail.net. Retrieved 2023-09-04.

[1] "Olympedia – Ian Barrows". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 2023-09-04.

[2] "IODA WORLD SAILING CHAMPIONSHIP 2008" (PDF). wilkessail.net. Retrieved 2023-09-04.

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