He studied Naval Architecture at Southampton College of Higher Education (now known as Solent University) he did a degree in yacht design. He went on to work for Argentina designer German Frers for a couple of years before concentrating on competitive sailing.[1]
Olympics
Representing Argentina over 32 years period he competed seven times in the Summer Olympics winning a gold and two bronze medals.
He qualified to represent Argentina at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[2] He was one of Argentina's flag bearers for the opening ceremony at the 2020 Olympic Games.[3]
World Championships
He is a 4 time World Champion, with 3 Snipe World Championships (1985, 1993 and 1995) and 1 Tornado World Championship (2004), twice runner-up in 1987 (Snipe) and 2006 (Tornado), and 3 times third place in 1979 (Cadet), 2003 (Tornado) and 2018 (Nacra 17).[4]
Lange's sons Yago and Klaus are who are also Olympic sailors.[8]
One of the most remarkable things is that in 2015 following repeatable illness he was diagnosed with cancer in his lung which required 25% removal of one of his lungs[9][10] he battled back quickly to take gold despite loss of fitness and time on the water so close to the games in which he won gold.