Tom Slingsby

Tom Slingsby
Slingsby in 2014
Personal information
NationalityAustralian
Born (1984-09-05) 5 September 1984 (age 40)
Sydney, NSW
Height186 cm (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Weight83 kg (183 lb)
Sport
CountryAustralia
SportSailing
Eventlaser (dinghy) F50 (catamaran) etchells moth (dinghy)
Medal record
Men's sailing
Representing  Australia
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2012 London Men's Laser class
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.

  1. ^ "Tom Slingsby". Official Site of the 2012 Australian Olympic Team. Australian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 9 February 2014.