Iain Bryden Percy (born 21 March 1976) is an

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and double Olympic champion for Great Britain.

Olympics

Percy competed in the

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in Sydney, where he won a gold medal in the Finn class.Profile: "Iain Percy"
– ''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved 31 December 2007) He memorably received his gold medal at a ceremony on the steps of the Sydney Opera House. He competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics in

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and finished 6th in the double-handed Star class with Steve Mitchell. The same team received a bronze medal at the 2005 World Championships and a gold medal at the 2005 European Championships."Iain Percy MBE"
– ''British Olympic Association'' (Retrieved 21 March 2008) Percy won World Bronze in the Star Class with Andrew Simpson in 2007 and European Championship Gold in 2009."Iain Percy Sailing Greats"
– ''olympics30.com'' (Retrieved 11 February 2012) The duo won Gold in the same class of boat at the 2010 World Championships which took place in Brazil. With previous partner, Steve Mitchell, Percy won the 2002 Star World Championships in Los Angeles, and medalled in the next three world championships, winning the bronze medal in each of them. At the 2008 Olympics in

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he again won a gold medal, this time in the Star class, teaming up with Andrew Simpson. At the 2012 Olympics in

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he and Andrew Simpson won the silver medal, after a tight race against Swedish duo

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and

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. Percy is a member of Hayling Island Sailing Club and sails there regularly.

America's Cup

In 2005, Percy decided to take a break from full-time Olympic Class sailing and join America's Cup challenger +39 Challenge as helmsman. Due to limited funding, +39 only managed ninth place in the Louis Vuitton Cup. Iain then joined Great Britain's TEAMORIGIN competing in the

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regattas (Nice, Auckland, La Maddalena) and on the TP52 circuit, prior to stepping onboard Artemis Racing for the Louis Vuitton Trophy – Dubai. Percy has been with Artemis Racing since then and was Sailing Team Director for the Challenger of Record for the 35th America's Cup. Since 2017 he has been CEO of Artemis Technologies.

Awards

Percy was appointed

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(MBE) in 2005, as a recognition of his Olympic gold medal. He was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2009 New Year Honours.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Percy, Iain 1976 births Living people Sportspeople from Southampton English male sailors (sport) People educated at Peter Symonds College Sailors at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Finn Sailors at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Star Sailors at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Star Sailors at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Star Olympic sailors of Great Britain English Olympic medallists Olympic gold medallists for Great Britain Officers of the Order of the British Empire Olympic medalists in sailing Artemis Racing sailors Olympic silver medallists for Great Britain Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics 2007 America's Cup sailors 2017 America's Cup sailors 2013 America's Cup sailors Star class world champions Farr 40 class world champions World champions in sailing for Great Britain