Steven Mitchell (born 10 February 1970 in

Dorking Dorking () is a market town in Surrey in South East England, about south of London. It is in Mole Valley District and the council headquarters are to the east of the centre. The High Street runs roughly east–west, parallel to the Pipp Br ...

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) is a British

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 ...

. He competed at the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

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and finished 6th in the double-handed Star class with

Iain Percy Iain Bryden Percy (born 21 March 1976) is an English sailor and double Olympic champion for Great Britain. Olympics Percy competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where he won a gold medal in the Finn class.

. The same team won the 2002 Star World Championships in Los Angeles, and medalled in the next three world championships and won the gold medal at the 2005 European Championship. They were also number one in the ISAF sailing world rankings in 2003.

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1970 births Living people British male sailors (sport) People from Dorking Sailors at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Star Olympic sailors of Great Britain Etchells class world champions Star class world champions World champions in sailing for Great Britain {{UK-yachtracing-bio-stub