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Nathan Outteridge
Australian sailor From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Nathan James Outteridge OAM (born 28 January 1986) is an Australian sailor, a resident of Lake Macquarie.
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Olympics
- 2008 – Beijing Olympics 5th, 49er (with Ben Austin)
- 2012 – London Olympics
1st, 49er (with Iain Jensen )
- 2016 – Rio Olympics
2nd, 49er (with Iain Jensen )
He is most famous for winning a gold medal at the London Olympics in the 49er class, along with Iain Jensen. At the Rio Olympics he won silver, again with Jensen in the 49er. He campaigned for the 2020 Olympics and qualified his country for the Nacra 17 class sailing with his sister Haylee gaining a 2nd place at the World Championships.
World Championships
Together with teammate Ben Austin Outteridge became the 2008 World Champion in the 49er boat by finishing in front of Britons Stevie Morrison and Ben Rhodes. In 2007 they won the bronze medal in the same event at the World Championships in Cascais, Portugal. He is an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder.
America's Cup
In September 2012, he joined Artemis Racing for the final ACWS event in San Francisco and has since joined for the America's Cup in 2013. Nathan was one of the helmsmen for Artemis Racing the Challenger of Record for the 2013 America's Cup. He also skippered Artemis in the Louis Vuitton challenger series for the 2017 America's Cup, losing to Emirates Team New Zealand's.[2] He became the skipper for the defending Team New Zealand in the 2024 America's Cup. Team New Zealand successfully defended the America's Cup against Ineos Britannia.[3][4] In May 2025, Emirates Team New Zealand announced Outerridge as skipper of the team's defence of the 38th America's Cup, scheduled to be held in 2027. [5]
Other events
- 2005 – Sydney, Sydney International Regatta,
1st, 49er
- 2007 – Medemblik, Breitling Regatta,
2nd, 49er
- 2007 – Sydney, Sydney International Regatta,
1st, 49er (with Ben Austin)
- 2010 – Silvaplana, International Moth Class Euro Championship,
1st, Moth
- 2012 – Wangi Wangi, New South Wales,
2nd, International A-Class Catamaran
- 2019 – SailGP Runner up skippering Team Japan, F50
In 2019 Outteridge skippered the Japanese team in the inaugural SailGP sailing in F50 foiling catamarans.
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