Darren Bundock (born 21 March 1971) is an Australian

sailor A sailor, seaman, mariner, or seafarer is a person who works aboard a watercraft as part of its crew, and may work in any one of a number of different fields that are related to the operation and maintenance of a ship. The profession of the s ...

from

Gosford, New South Wales Gosford is the city and administrative centre of the Central Coast Council local government area in the heart of the Central Coast region, about north of Sydney and about south of Newcastle. The city centre is situated at the northern extr ...

. He won a silver medal in the

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class 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 ...

in Sydney. Bundock and current crewmate

Glenn Ashby Glenn Thomas Ashby (born 1 September 1977) is an Australian sailor from Strathfieldsaye, a suburb of Bendigo, Victoria. He is a multiple multihull world champion. He has been part of Team New Zealand as the wing trimmer for the 2013 America's ...

are the 2007 world champions in the Tornado class and ranked number one in the event going into the 2008 Summer Olympics. However, they were beaten by the Spanish crew and won silver. He was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder. Bundock sailed with

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in the final regatta of the

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. Moreover, he joined America's Cup World Series team Oracle in 2011, as replacement skipper and helmsman for Russell Coutts.

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* * * * * * 1971 births Living people Australian male sailors (sport) Australian Institute of Sport sailors Oracle Racing sailors Sportsmen from New South Wales Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Team New Zealand sailors Tornado class world champions World champions in sailing for Australia Olympic sailors of Australia Olympic medalists in sailing Olympic silver medalists for Australia Sailors at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Tornado Sailors at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Tornado Sailors at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Tornado Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics 21st-century Australian people {{Australia-yachtracing-bio-stub