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Nathan Outteridge

Nathan Outteridge

Australian sailor


Nathan James Outteridge OAM (born 28 January 1986) is an Australian sailor, a resident of Lake Macquarie.

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Career highlights

Olympics

2008 – Beijing Olympics 5th, 49er (with Ben Austin)
2012 – London Olympics 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st, 49er (with Iain Jensen )
2016 – Rio Olympics 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2nd, 49er (with Iain Jensen )

He is most famous for winning a gold medal at the London Olympics in the 49er class, along with Iain Jensen. At the Rio Olympics he won silver, again with Jensen in the 49er. He campaigned for the 2020 Olympics and qualified his country for the Nacra 17 class sailing with his sister Haylee gaining a 2nd place at the World Championships.

World Championships

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Together with teammate Ben Austin Outteridge 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 is an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder.

America's Cup

In September 2012, he joined Artemis Racing for the final ACWS event in San Francisco and has since joined for the America's Cup in 2013. Nathan is one of the helmsmen for Artemis Racing the Challenger of Record for the 2013 America's Cup. He also skippered Artemis in the Louis Vuitton challenger series for the 2017 America's Cup, losing to Emirates Team New Zealand's.[2]

Other events

2005 – Sydney, Sydney International Regatta, 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st, 49er
2007 – Medemblik, Breitling Regatta, 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2nd, 49er
2007 – Sydney, Sydney International Regatta, 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st, 49er (with Ben Austin)
2010 – Silvaplana, International Moth Class Euro Championship, 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st, Moth
2012 – Wangi Wangi, New South Wales, 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2nd, International A-Class Catamaran
2019 – SailGP Runner up skippering Team Japan, F50

In 2019 Outteridge skippered the Japanese team in the inaugural SailGP sailing in F50 foiling catamarans.


References

  1. "Nathan Outteridge". london2012.olympics.com.au. Australian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 9 February 2014.



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