Chris Dickson (sailor)

Chris Dickson
MBE
Dickson in 2009
Personal information
Full nameChristopher Stuart Dickson
Born (1961-11-03) 3 November 1961 (age 62)
Auckland, New Zealand
Medal record
World Championship
Gold medal – first place 1988 Perth Match racing
Gold medal – first place 1989 Lymington Match racing
Gold medal – first place 1991 Hamilton Match racing

Christopher Stuart Dickson MBE (born 3 November 1961) is a sailor from New Zealand. He was world youth champion three years in succession[1] and later became world match race champion three times.[2] He also skippered several yachts in America's Cup racing, and for New Zealand at the 2000 Summer Olympics, and in numerous other sailing competitions.

As skipper of Tokio he looked set to win the W60 class in the 1993–94 Whitbread Round the World Race until the boat was dismasted in the fifth leg.[3] He also skippered Larry Ellison's 78 foot maxi yacht Sayonara to line honours in the 1998 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race[4] and in four world championship regattas.

  1. ^ "Youth World Champions". sailing.org. Archived from the original on 20 December 2008. Retrieved 12 January 2009.
  2. ^ "World match racing tour results". worldmatchracingtour.com. Archived from the original on 22 January 2009.
  3. ^ "Seahorse International Sailing". seahorsemagazine.com. Archived from the original on 25 October 2006.
  4. ^ "Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race Winners 1945–2005" (PDF). cyca.com.au. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 April 2015. Retrieved 13 January 2009.