Mark David Turnbull (born 11 October 1973) 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 ...

and Olympic champion. He won a gold medal in the 470 Class with Tom King 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 ...

in Sydney. He and King were inducted into the Australian Sailing Hall of Fame in 2022. Turnbull was educated at St. Leonard's College in Brighton East, Victoria, Australia.

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* * * * 1973 births Living people Australian male sailors (sport) Olympic sailors for Australia Olympic gold medalists for Australia Olympic medalists in sailing Sailors at the 2000 Summer Olympics – 470 Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia 470 class world champions World champions in sailing for Australia Place of birth missing (living people) {{Australia-yachtracing-bio-stub