Dan Slater (born 9 April 1976) is a New Zealand sailor. He is a member of Wakatere Boating Club in North Shore City. At the

2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 ...

he competed in the mixed skiff with

Nathan Handley Nathan Handley (born 17 May 1973) is a New Zealand sailor who competed in the Summer Olympics. He represented New Zealand at the 2000 Summer Olympics he competed in the 49er with Dan Slater, finishing in 8th place. He won the 49er nationals fo ...

, finishing in 8th place. At the 2008 Summer Olympics, he competed in the men's finn class finishing 12th. He competed at the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

in the Men's Finn class. He was successful in winning the third race which the commentator remarked was "one of the races of his life". Slater was involved as a backup Strategist/Tactician for Team New Zealand during the

2003 America's Cup The 31st America's Cup was contested between the holder, Team New Zealand, and the winner of the 2003 Louis Vuitton Cup, Alinghi. Build Up The 2002–2003 Louis Vuitton Cup, held in the Hauraki Gulf in Auckland, New Zealand saw nine teams fro ...

. In 2009 Slater competed in the Louis Vuitton Pacific Series as part of the Greek Challenge.

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New Zealand male sailors (sport) 1976 births Living people Olympic sailors of New Zealand Sailors at the 2000 Summer Olympics – 49er Sailors at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Finn Sailors at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Finn Team New Zealand sailors 2003 America's Cup sailors OK class world champions World champions in sailing for New Zealand {{NewZealand-yachtracing-bio-stub