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Ainslie, Ben (1977– )| English sailor, who has won Olympic gold medals in two different events. Aged only 19, he gained a silver medal in the Laser class at the 1996 Olympic Games in Barcelona and won gold at the Sydney Olympics four years later. Two years later, he switched from the Laser to the Finn class and won the World and European Championships in his first year in the Finn class, also being named the International Sailing Federation (ISAF) World Sailor of the Year. In 2004 he won gold in the Finn class at the Athens Olympics. |
Olympic Games gold Finn 2004; gold Laser 2000; silver Laser 1996 |
World Championships gold Finn 2002, 2003, 2005, 2008; gold Laser 1998, 1999 |
European Championships gold Laser 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000; gold Finn 2002, 2003, 2005, 2008 |
ISAF World Sailor of the Year 1998, 2002 |
| In September 2007, the British America's Cup challenge appointed Ainslie as skipper of ‘Team Origin’ for the 33rd America's Cup challenge in 2009. |
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