Nathan James Outteridge (born 28 January 1986) is an Australian

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, a resident of Lake Macquarie.

Career highlights

Olympics

:2008 – Beijing Olympics 5th, 49er (with

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) :2012 – London Olympics 1st, 49er (with

Iain Jensen Iain Valjean Jensen (born 23 May 1988 in Belmont, New South Wales) is an Australian sailor. He started sailing in his hometown of Wangi Wangi when he was five years old, with his Olympic and Artemis Racing teammate Nathan Outteridge. With ...

) :2016 –

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2nd, 49er (with

) He is most famous for winning a gold medal at the London Olympics in the 49er class, along with

. At the

he won silver, again with Jensen in the 49er. He campaigned for the 2020 Olympics and qualified his country for the Nacra 17 class sailing with his sister Haylee gaining a 2nd place at the World Championships.

World Championships

Together with teammate

Outteridge became the 2008 World Champion in the 49er boat by finishing in front of

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and Ben Rhodes. In 2007 they won the bronze medal in the same event at the World Championships in

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. He is an

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scholarship holder.

America's Cup

In September 2012, he joined Artemis Racing for the final ACWS event in San Francisco and has since joined for the America's Cup in 2013. Nathan is one of the helmsmen for

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the Challenger of Record for the

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. He also skippered ''Artemis'' in the Louis Vuitton challenger series for the 2017 America's Cup, losing to Emirates Team New Zealand's.

Other events

:2005 –

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, Sydney International Regatta, 1st, 49er :2007 –

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, Breitling Regatta, 2nd, 49er :2007 –

, Sydney International Regatta, 1st, 49er (with

) :2010 –

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, International Moth Class Euro Championship, 1st,

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:2012 –

Wangi Wangi, New South Wales Wangi Wangi () is a suburb of the City of Lake Macquarie in New South Wales, Australia, which forms a peninsula jutting eastwards into Lake Macquarie. Wangi Wangi is a well known holiday spot, that was frequented in the early days by families ...

, 2nd, International A-Class Catamaran :2019 –

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Runner up skippering Team Japan, F50 In 2019 Outteridge skippered the Japanese team in the inaugural

sailing in F50 foiling catamarans.

References

External links

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49er World Championships

OUTTERIDGE And AUSTIN Win 49er World Title

Australians Outteridge & Jensen secure 49er sailing gold
1986 births Living people Australian Institute of Sport sailors Australian male sailors (sport) Sailors at the 2008 Summer Olympics – 49er Sailors at the 2012 Summer Olympics – 49er Sailors at the 2016 Summer Olympics – 49er Olympic sailors of Australia Team Korea sailors Olympic gold medalists for Australia Olympic silver medalists for Australia Olympic medalists in sailing Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics 420 class world champions 29er class sailors 49er class world champions Moth class world champions World champions in sailing for Australia Artemis Racing sailors 2017 America's Cup sailors 2013 America's Cup sailors Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia 21st-century Australian people {{Australia-yachtracing-bio-stub