Luke Patience (born 4 August 1986) is a British Olympic

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. He competed with

Stuart Bithell Stuart Bithell (born 28 August 1986 in Rochdale) is a British sailor and Olympic champion. He competed with Luke Patience in the 470 class at the 2012 Summer Olympics where he won a silver medal and in the 2020 Summer Olympics where he won a g ...

at the

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, and the team won a silver medal.

Personal life

Patience was born on 4 August 1986, in

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, Scotland.

Sailing

Patience and

were selected to compete for

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in London, United Kingdom in the men's 470 class ahead of Chris Grube and Nick Rogers. heading into the final race of the event the pair were guaranteed at least a silver medal but had to beat the leading Australian crew of

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and Malcolm Page with a boat between them in order to take gold. Patience and Bithell finished fourth in the race with the Australian's second, meaning they took the silver medal. Luke Patience, Hannah Mills, Saskia Clark & Paul Goodison - Olympic Parade - Weymouth & Portland

Luke Patience, Hannah Mills, Saskia Clark & Paul Goodison - Olympic Parade - Weymouth & Portland

In December 2012 Patience and Bithell ended their partnership, with Bithell moving to partner Grube in the 49er skiff class. Patience remained in the 470 class and joined up with

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who had previously won silver medals at the

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and

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before choosing to retire. They won a silver medal at the 2013

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behind

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and

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of France. However, in February 2014, Glanfield again chose to retire. Following Glanfield's retirement Patience joined up with crewman Elliot Willis. In July 2014 they won a gold medal at the 470 European Championship event held in Athens. They also won a silver medal at the test event for the

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in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and finished in fourth place at the

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. Based on these results the pair were selected to represent

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in the men's 470 class. In March 2016 Patience was forced to find a new partner after Willis was diagnosed with

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and had to withdraw from the Olympics; he teamed up with Chris Grube and had to requalify for the Olympics. They took part in a World Cup event at

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in France, despite suffering a black flag disqualification in one race they finished tenth overall. In May 2016 Patience and Grube were confirmed as the Great Britain team's entry for the men's 470 in Rio. Patience and Grube have again qualified to represent

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in the 470 class.

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Patience, Luke 1986 births Living people Scottish sportsmen Sportspeople from Aberdeen British male sailors (sport) Scottish male sailors (sport) Olympic sailors of Great Britain Olympic silver medallists for Great Britain Olympic medalists in sailing Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Sailors at the 2012 Summer Olympics – 470 Sailors at the 2016 Summer Olympics – 470 Scottish Olympic medallists Sailors at the 2020 Summer Olympics – 470 People educated at Hermitage Academy