Saskia Clark

Saskia Clark (born 23 August 1979 in Colchester, Essex) is a British sailor and Olympic Gold medalist. She competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics and she was selected, along with Hannah Mills, to sail in the 470 Women's class for Team GB. They went on to win silver at the 2012 Olympic games and a gold medal at the 2016 games.

Saskia Clark
MBE

Hannah Mills and Saskia Clark in 2012
Personal information
Nationality	British
Born	(1979-08-23) 23 August 1979 (age 46) Colchester, Essex, UK
Sailing career
Class(es)	Optimist, 470
Medal record Sailing Representing  Great Britain Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro Women's 470 2012 London Women's 470 World Championships 2012 Barcelona Women's 470 2005 San Francisco Women's 470 2011 Perth Women's 470 2015 Haifa Women's 470 2007 Cascais Women's 470 2014 Santander Women's 470 European Championships 2014 Greece Women's 470

Life

Saskia started sailing at Dabchicks Sailing Club in an Optimist when she was 8 years old^[1]

She came 6th in the 2008 Summer Olympics sailing in the 470 class with Christina Bassadone.^[2] She was set to sail with Sarah Ayton in the 2012 Summer Olympics, but Sarah retired to focus on her family life. Saskia was then paired with Hannah Mills.^[3]

At the 2011 Skandia Sail for Gold Regatta and the 2011 Weymouth & Portland International Regatta, Saskia won a Silver medal in the 470 Women class.^[4]

After they suffered a black flag in the first race of the championships, Saskia and her helm Hannah claimed Gold at the 2012 470 World Championships in Barcelona.^[5]

Saskia was awarded a Honorary MSc in 2013 and an Honorary Doctorate in 2017 by the University of Chichester.^[6]

Clark was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2017 New Year Honours for services to sailing.^[7]