{{Short description|British sailor}} {{for|the English architect|Giles Gilbert Scott}} {{BLP sources|date=May 2026}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}} {{Use British English|date=February 2023}} {{Infobox sailor | name = Giles Scott <br /> <small>MBE</small> | image = | caption = Scott after winning the Rio 2016 Olympic Games in the Finn Class | nationality = {{GBR2}} | fullname = Giles Lyndon Scott | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1987|6|23|df=yes}} | birth_place = Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, England, UK | classes = Finn | medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry|{{GBR2}}}} {{MedalCount | Olympic Games | 2|0|0 |World championships|6|0|2 |European Championships |3|2|0 |'''Total'''|'''11'''|'''2'''|'''2'''}} {{MedalSport|Sailing}} {{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}} {{MedalGold|2016 Rio de Janeiro|Finn}} {{MedalGold|2020 Tokyo|Finn}} {{MedalCompetition|World Championships}} {{MedalGold|2005 |Laser}} {{MedalGold|2008 |Youth Finn}} {{MedalGold|2011 Perth|Finn}} {{MedalGold|2014 Santander|Finn}} {{MedalGold|2015 Takapuna|Finn}} {{MedalGold|2016 Gaeta|Finn}} {{MedalBronze|2002 Buffalo|Laser Radial}} {{MedalBronze|2010 San Francisco|Finn}} {{MedalCompetition|European Championships}} {{MedalGold|2011 Helsinki |Finn}} {{MedalGold|2014 La Rochelle|Finn}} {{MedalGold|2019 Athens|Finn}} {{MedalSilver|2020 Gdynia |Finn}} {{MedalSilver|2021 Vilamoura |Finn}} }}
'''Giles Lyndon Scott''' (born 23 June 1987) is a British competitive sailor and four-time Finn Gold Cup winner and two-time Olympic gold medallist who won the gold medal for Team GB in the Finn Class at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro where having dominated the class, Scott secured his place in the history books winning the gold medal with a day to spare.<ref name="2016gold">{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sailing/2016/08/14/giles-scott-all-bur-secures-sailing-olympic-gold-in-finn-class/ |title=Giles Scott secures sailing Olympic gold in Finn class, continuing Britain's glorious tradition |work=Daily Telegraph |date=14 August 2016 |access-date=15 August 2016 |author=Scofield, Daniel}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/34172084l |title=Rio 2016: Eight sailors named in Team GB Rio Olympic squad |publisher=BBC |access-date=9 September 2015}}{{dead link|date=September 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> In January 2024, Scott took over the driver role of the Great Britain SailGP team from Ben Ainslie.<ref name="f945">{{cite news | title=Ben Ainslie steps down as GB's SailGP driver and replaced by Giles Scott | publisher=BBC Sport | date=4 January 2024 | url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/sailing/67876284 | access-date=28 May 2026}}</ref> He secured his first SailGP event win in Halifax, Canada, in June 2024, winning the inaugural Rockwool Canada Sail Grand Prix.<ref name="n028">{{cite news | title=GB's Giles Scott takes SailGP Canada title for first win since replacing Ben Ainslie as skipper | publisher=BBC Sport | date=3 June 2024 | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/sailing/articles/cgrrne495ddo | access-date=28 May 2026}}</ref> Scott was head of sailing for Ainslie's British America's Cup Team, INEOS Britannia, competing in the 37th America's Cup in Barcelona. In September 2024, Scott was announced as driver for Canada's NorthStar SailGP Team.
==Early life and education== Scott was born in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, to John and Rosalind Scott. His father was a sports administrator and latterly director of the U.K. Anti Doping Agency and Chief Executive of the 2014 Commonwealth Games. His mother was a special needs teacher. Aged 1, he moved to Canada in 1988 where his father worked for the Federal Minister for Amateur Sport. It was in Canada that he had his first sailing experience in dinghies on the Ottawa River. He returned aged 6 in 1993 and was re-introduced to sailing at the inland reservoir at Grafham Water, Cambridgeshire where his parents encouraged him to take up junior competitive sailing. He was educated at Sharnbrook Upper School in Bedfordshire and the University of Southampton where he graduated with a BSc in Geography.
==Titles== ===World Championships titles=== * 1st 2005 ISAF Youth Sailing World Championships - Laser * 1st 2008 Finn Junior World Championship * 1st 2011 Finn World Championship * 1st 2014 Finn World Championship * 1st 2015 Finn World Championship * 1st 2016 Finn World Championship
===European Championships titles=== * 1st 2011 Finn European Championships * 1st 2014 Finn European Championships * 1st 2019 Finn European Championships
===Olympic titles=== * 1st 2016 Olympic Games<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/37079577 |title=Rio Olympics 2016: Giles Scott guaranteed gold in Finn class |publisher=BBC Sport |access-date=14 August 2016 |date=14 August 2016}}</ref> * 1st 2020 Olympic Games
==References== {{Reflist|30em}}
==External links== * {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180519135217/http://www.rya.org.uk/britishsailingteam/meettheteam/pages/gilesscott.aspx |title=RYA Profile |date=dmy}} * {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171208003246/http://land-rover-bar.americascup.com/en/team/83_Giles-Scott.html |title=Land Rover BAR Profile |date=dmy}} * {{World Sailing|id=GBRGS20|www=giles-scott}} * {{Team GB}} * {{Olympics.com profile}} * {{Olympedia}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Scott, Giles}} Category:1987 births Category:Living people Category:Sportspeople from Huntingdon Category:British people of English descent Category:English male sailors (sport) Category:English Olympic competitors Category:Olympic gold medallists for Great Britain Category:Olympic medalists in sailing Category:Olympic sailors for Great Britain Category:Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Category:Sailors at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Finn Category:Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Category:Sailors at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Finn Category:Extreme Sailing Series sailors Category:Finn (dinghy) class world champions Category:World champions in sailing for Great Britain Category:Members of the Order of the British Empire Category:2013 America's Cup sailors Category:2017 America's Cup sailors Category:2021 America's Cup sailors Category:Luna Rossa Challenge sailors Category:Canada SailGP Team sailors Category:Great Britain SailGP Team sailors Category:People educated at Sharnbrook Academy Category:Alumni of the University of Southampton Category:21st-century English sportsmen