Tom Slingsby

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Tom Slingsby

Slingsby in 2014
Personal information
Nationality	Australian
Born	(1984-09-05) 5 September 1984 (age 40) Sydney, NSW
Height	186 cm (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Weight	83 kg (183 lb)
Sport
Country	Australia
Sport	Sailing
Event	laser (dinghy) F50 (catamaran) etchells moth (dinghy)
Medal record Men's sailing Representing  Australia Olympic Games 2012 London Men's Laser class SailGP Season 1 - 2019 F50 Season 2 - 2021/22 F50 Season 3 - 2022/23 F50 Season 4 - 2023/24 F50
Updated on 7 May 2020

Tom Slingsby OAM (born 5 September 1984) is an Australian competitive sailor. Slingsby's first successes came sailing Laser dinghies, where he won three consecutive world championships and the 2012 Olympic gold medal. Slingsby was the strategist for the America's Cup-winning Team Oracle USA in 2013. In 2016 he skippered the winner-of-line honours in the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race line. Following this he skippered the Australian team in the inaugural SailGP competition.