Residence Central Coast NSW Name Tom Slingsby Employer Oracle Team USA Event(s) Laser - Men Weight 83 kg | Sport Sailing Height 1.86 m Country Australia Role Olympic athlete | |
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Born 5 September 1984 (age 39) ( 1984-09-05 ) Sydney NSW Education St Edward's College, East Gosford Olympic medals Sailing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Laser | ||
Tom slingsby bio wmv
Tom Slingsby (born 5 September 1984) is an Australian sailor from the Central Coast of New South Wales. In 2012 he was both the reigning world champion and the Olympic gold medalist in the Laser (dinghy) class. He is an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder.
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2007 - Won the Laser dinghy world championships.
2008 - Ranked number one in the Laser dinghy class prior to the 2008 Summer Olympics Laser competition but finished 22nd overall.
2010 - Won the Laser dinghy world championships at Hayling Island, UK. He was also named the male ISAF World Sailor of the Year.
2011 - Won the Laser ISAF World Sailing Championships at Fremantle, Australia.
2012 - Won the Laser dinghy world championship at Boltenhagen Germany for his fifth world title
2012 - Won the Men's Laser Gold Medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.
2012 - Won the Australian Institute of Sport Athlete of the Year Award with swimmer Alicia Coutts.
2013 - Won the 34th America's Cup as the strategist in Oracle Team USA. Re-signed with Oracle for their defence of the cup.
In December 2013 Slingsby was a crew member aboard racing supermaxi yacht Perpetual Loyal in the 2013 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race, with his other celebrity crew members, Karl Stefanovic, Larry Emdur, Phil Waugh, Jude Bolton and Guillaume Brahimi.