# Elliot Hanson

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{{Short description|British sailor}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2021}}
{{Infobox sailor
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| full_name = Elliot James Hanson
| nationality = British
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age |1994|2|12|df=y}}
| birth_place = [Macclesfield](/source/Macclesfield), England
| classes = [ILCA 7](/source/ILCA_7), [ILCA 6](/source/ILCA_6), [Topper](/source/Topper_(dinghy))
| club = Redesmere Sailing Club
| medaltemplates = 
{{MedalCountry|{{GBR}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[World Championships](/source/World_Championships_in_Sailing)}}
{{MedalGold|2022 Hankø|5.5 Metre}}
{{MedalGold|2008 Tralee|Topper}}
{{MedalCompetition|[European Championships](/source/Laser_European_Championships)}}
{{MedalGold|2020 Gdańsk|Laser}}
}}

'''Elliot James Hanson''' (born 12 February 1994) is a British professional sailor and Olympian.<ref name=olympedia>{{cite web |title=Elliot Hanson |website=[Olympedia](/source/Olympedia) |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/143186 |access-date=28 July 2021}}</ref><ref name=sailingorg>{{cite web |url=https://members.sailing.org/sailors/biog.php?memberid=134499&js=1 |website=members.sailing.org |title=Elliot Hanson |access-date=28 July 2021 |archive-date=28 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210728040558/https://members.sailing.org/sailors/biog.php?memberid=134499&js=1 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

He qualified [Great Britain](/source/Sailing_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Qualification) to compete in the Laser class at the [2020 Summer Olympics](/source/2020_Summer_Olympics) in [Tokyo](/source/Tokyo). He went on to represent Great Britain finishing 12th competing in the [Laser class](/source/Sailing_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Laser).  In 2020 he won the [Laser European Championships](/source/Laser_European_Championships)<ref name=sailingorg/>

In 2008 he Won the [Topper World Championships](/source/Topper_World_Championships) and in 2022<ref name=sailingorg/> he has also won the 2023 [5.5 Metre World Championship](/source/5.5_Metre_World_Championship)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://5.5class.org/category-blog/46-2022-news/354-jean-genie-wins-5-5-metre-world-title-on-final-day-in-hanko |title=Jean Genie wins 5.5 Metre world title on final day in Hankø |website=5.5class.org}}</ref> where he was initial scheduled to crew but he ended up helming.

Hanson is currently ranked 5th in the [ILCA 7](/source/ILCA_7) World Sailing rankings,<ref>{{Cite web |title=World Sailing - ILCA 7 Men Rankings |url=https://www.sailing.org/laserrankings/ |access-date=2023-05-22 |website=World Sailing |language=en}}</ref> placing as the 2nd sailor from [Great Britain](/source/Great_Britain).

==References==
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==External links==
* {{World Sailing|id=GBREH20|www=elliot-hanson}}
* {{Olympics.com profile|elliot-hanson}}
* {{Team GB}}

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Category:1994 births
Category:Living people
Category:British male sailors (sport)
Category:Olympic sailors for Great Britain
Category:Sailors at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Laser
Category:Sportspeople from Macclesfield
Category:World champions in sailing for Great Britain
Category:5.5 Metre class world champions
Category:Topper (dinghy) class world champions
Category:Topper (dinghy) class sailors
Category:21st-century British sportsmen

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