Tom Burton (sailor)

Tom Burton OAM (born 27 June 1990) is an Australian competitive sailor. He won the gold medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro in the men's Laser class.^[1] He was awarded an Order of Australia Medal in 2017.^[2]

Tom Burton

Personal information
Nationality	Australian
Born	(1990-06-27) 27 June 1990 (age 34) Baulkham Hills, New South Wales
Height	180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	81 kg (179 lb)
Sailing career
Class(es)	ILCA 7, 49er, ILCA 6
Club	Middle Harbour Yacht Club
Coach	Michael Blackburn
Medal record Sailing Representing  Australia Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro Laser World Championships 2011 Santander Laser 2017 Split Laser 2019 Sakaiminato Laser

In 2016 Burton was named as the Australian Sailing Male Sailor of the Year Award in Sydney.^[3]

Burton won the 2019 Laser Standard Men's World Championship in Sakaiminoto, Japan.^[4]

References

1. "Tom Burton". Rio2016.com. Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 25 November 2016. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
2. Lulham, Amanda (26 January 2017). "Rio Olympic women dominate Australia Day honours list". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
3. "Male Sailor of the Year - Australian Sailing". sailing.org.au. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
4. "2019 Laser Standard Men's World Championship – Final Results". sailing.laserinternational.org. Retrieved 2 July 2020.

External links

• Tom Burton at World Sailing
• Tom Burton at Olympics.com
• Tom Burton at the Australian Olympic Committee
• Tom Burton at Olympedia