Class(es) 49er Role Olympic athlete Club Woollahra Sailing Club Height 1.85 m | Coach Emmett Lazich Weight 78 kg Name Ben Austin | |
Born 16 July 1982 (age 41) ( 1982-07-16 ) Sydney, New South Wales | ||
Ben Austin (born 16 July 1982) is an Australian sailor. He competed for Australia at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Together with team mate Nathan Outteridge Austin became the 2008 World Champion in the 49er boat by finishing in front of Britons Stevie Morrison and Ben Rhodes. In 2007 they won the bronze medal in the same event at the World Championships in Cascais, Portugal. He was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder.
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