Nathan Outteridge

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Nathan Outteridge
Personal information
Nationality Australia
Born (1986-01-28) 28 January 1986 (age 38)
Newcastle NSW
Height179 cm (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Weight75 kg (165 lb)
Sailing career
Class(es)49er, Moth, F50
Medal record
Sailing
Representing  Australia
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2012 London 49er
Silver medal – second place 2016 Rio de Janeiro 49er
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2002 ISAF Youth 29er
Gold medal – first place 2003 Youth Madeira 420
Gold medal – first place 2004 Youth Gdynia 420
Gold medal – first place 2008 Melbourne 49er
Gold medal – first place 2009 Riva del Garda 49er
Gold medal – first place 2011 Belmont Moth
Gold medal – first place 2011 Perth 49er
Gold medal – first place 2012 Zadar 49er
Gold medal – first place 2014 Hampshire Moth
Silver medal – second place 2009 Cascade Locks Moth
Silver medal – second place 2013 Hawaii Moth
Silver medal – second place 2015 Sorrento Moth
Silver medal – second place 2018 Geelong Nacra 17
Silver medal – second place 2020 Aarhus Nacra 17
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Cascais 49er
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Santander 49er
Updated on 9 February 2014.

Nathan James Outteridge OAM (born 28 January 1986) is an Australian sailor, a resident of Lake Macquarie.

Career highlights[edit]

Olympics[edit]

2008 – Beijing Olympics 5th, 49er (with Ben Austin)
2012 – London Olympics 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st, 49er (with Iain Jensen )
2016 – Rio Olympics 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 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[edit]

Year Location Pos Class Category Other Ref
2001-01 Kingston, Ontario, CAN 8th 29er Open with Grant Rose
2001-12 Sydney, AUS 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2nd 29er Open 2012 Title
with Grant Rose
2002-08 Lunenburg, CAN 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st 29er Male Youth 32nd ISAF Youth Sailing World Championships
 Ayden Menzies (AUS)
2003-08 Neusiedlersee, AUT 7th 470 Open Juniors with  Ayden Menzies (AUS)
2003-09 Neusiedlersee, AUT 48th 470 Male with  Ayden Menzies (AUS)
2003-01 Madeira, POR 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st 420 Male Youth 33rd ISAF Youth Sailing World Championships
with  Ayden Menzies (AUS)
2004-01 Melbourne, VIC, AUS 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd 420 Male and Mixed with  Ayden Menzies (AUS)
2004-04 , AUS 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2nd Laser Radial Youth
2004-05 Zadar 36th 470 Male with  Ayden Menzies (AUS)
2004-08 Lake Garda, ITA 4th 470 Open Juniors with  Ayden Menzies (AUS)
2004-07 Gdynia, POL 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st 420 Male Youth 34th ISAF Youth Sailing World Championships
with  Iain Jensen (AUS)
2006-06 Aix Les Bains, FRA 6th 49er Open with  Ben Austin (AUS)
2007-06 Cascais 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd 49er Open with  Ben Austin (AUS)
2008-01 Melbourne, Australia 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st 49er Open with  Ben Austin (AUS)
2009-01 Belmont, NSW, AUS 11th A Class Open
2009-06 Sardinia, ITA 9th Farr 40 Open
2009-07 Riva del Garda, ITA 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2nd 29er Open with  Lauren Jeffries (AUS)
2009-07 Riva del Garda, ITA 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st 49er Male with  Iain Jensen (AUS)
2009-08 Cascade Locks, Oregon 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2nd Moth Open
2010-01 Freeport, BAH 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2nd 49er Open with  Iain Jensen (AUS)
2010-04 Casa de Campo, DOM 4th Farr 40 Open + Crew
2010-09 San Francisco, USA 9th Melges 32 Open + Crew
2011-02 Sydney, AUS 5th Farr 40 Open + Crew
2011-03 Hamilton, AUS 9th 505 (dinghy) Open with
2011-05 Torbay, GBR 12th SB20 Open with
2011-11 Belmont, Australia 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st Moth Open
2011-12 Perth, Australia 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st 49er Male with  Iain Jensen (AUS)
2012-05 Zadar, Croatia 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st 49er Male with  Iain Jensen (AUS)
2012-09 Chicago, USA 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd Farr 40 Open + Crew
2013-09 Marseille, FRA 5th 49er Male with  Iain Jensen (AUS)
2013-10 Hawaii, USA 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2nd Moth Open
2014-02 Auckland, NZL 6th A-Class Open
2014-07 Hampshire, GBR 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st Moth Open
2014-08 Marstrand Island, SWE 10th RC-44 Open + Crew
2014-09 Santander, ESP 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd 49er Male with  Iain Jensen (AUS)
2015-00 Sorrento, AUS 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2nd Moth Open
2015-11 ARG 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2nd 49er Male with  Iain Jensen (AUS)
2016-02 Clearwater, Florida, USA 6th 49er Male with  Iain Jensen (AUS)
2018-18 Geelong, AUS 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2nd Nacra 17 Mixed with  Haylee Outteridge (AUS)
2019-11 Auckland, NZL 13th Nacra 17 Mixed with  Haylee Outteridge (AUS)
2020-02 Aarhus, DEN 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2nd Nacra 17 Mixed with  Haylee Outteridge (AUS)

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[edit]

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 is 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]

Other events[edit]

2005 – Sydney, Sydney International Regatta, 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st, 49er
2007 – Medemblik, Breitling Regatta, 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2nd, 49er
2007 – Sydney, Sydney International Regatta, 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st, 49er (with Ben Austin)
2010 – Silvaplana, International Moth Class Euro Championship, 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st, Moth
2012 – Wangi Wangi, New South Wales, 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 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.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Nathan Outteridge". london2012.olympics.com.au. Australian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
  2. ^ Zealand, Emirates Team New. "EMIRATES TEAM NEW ZEALAND WILL CHALLENGE FOR THE AMERICA'S CUP – Emirates Team New Zealand". etnzblog.com. Retrieved 10 July 2017.[permanent dead link]

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