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Tom Slingsby
Australian sailor / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tom Slingsby OAM (born 5 September 1984) is a successful Australian competitive sailor. Slingsby's first successes came sailing Laser dinghies, where he won three consecutive world championships and the 2012 Olympic gold medal. Slingsby was the strategist for the America's Cup-winning Team Oracle USA in 2013. In 2016 he skippered the winner-of-line honours in the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race line. Following this he skippered the Australian team in the inaugural SailGP competition.
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Nationality | Australian | ||||||||||||||
Born | (1984-09-05) 5 September 1984 (age 39) Sydney, NSW | ||||||||||||||
Height | 186 cm (6 ft 1 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||
Weight | 83 kg (183 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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Country | Australia | ||||||||||||||
Sport | Sailing | ||||||||||||||
Event | laser (dinghy) F50 (catamaran) etchells moth (dinghy) | ||||||||||||||
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Updated on 7 May 2020 |
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In 2023, he married Helena Sauzier, and later the same year they welcomed their first son, Leo.