Mitch Booth

Mitch Booth
Personal information
Full nameMitchell Jay Booth
Nickname'The Legend'
NationalityAustralian /Dutch
Born (1963-01-04) 4 January 1963 (age 61)
Sydney, Australia
Height1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Sailing career
ClassTornado
ClubPittwater,Palm Beach, Sydney, Australia ; Rotterdamsche Zeilvereeniging; CV Palamós
Medal record
Sailing
Representing  Australia
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1996 Atlanta Tornado
Bronze medal – third place 1992 Barcelona Tornado
Representing  Netherlands
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2003 Tornado
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2004 Tornado
Silver medal – second place 2002 Tornado
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Tornado
Updated on 12 February 2014

Mitchell Jay "Mitch" Booth (born 4 January 1963, in Sydney) is a sailor from Australia,[1] who represented his native country for the first time at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. Booth as helmsman in the Australian Tornado with John Forbes as crew took Bronze. In 1996, Booth made a second appearance this time with crew member Andrew Landenberger the team took the Silver in the Tornado. In 2004, Athens Booth represented the Netherlands as helmsman of the Dutch Tornado.[2][3] With crew member Herbert Dercksen Booth took 5th place.[4] His final Olympic appearance came during the 2008 Summer Olympics[5] in Qingdao. Now with crew member Pim Nieuwenhuis in the Dutch Tornado, Booth finished 5th.[6]

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