Iain Jensen

{{short description|Australian sailor}} {{BLP sources|date=March 2019}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2014}} {{Use Australian English|date=February 2014}} {{Infobox sailor | name = Iain Jensen | image = | image_size = | caption = | full_name = Iain Valjean Jensen | birth_date = {{birth-date and age|23 May 1988}} | birth_place = [[Belmont, New South Wales]], Australia | height = {{convert|186|cm|ftin|abbr=on}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Iain Jensen |url=http://london2012.olympics.com.au/athlete/iain-jensen |work=Official Site of the [[2012 Australian Olympic Team]] |publisher=[[Australian Olympic Committee]] |access-date=9 February 2014 |archive-date=3 November 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131103060606/http://london2012.olympics.com.au/athlete/iain-jensen |url-status=dead }}</ref> | weight = {{convert|80|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}} | classes = [[49er (dinghy)|49er]] | headercolor = | show-medals = yes | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | [[Sailing (sport)|Sailing]]}} {{MedalCountry | {{AUS}} }} {{MedalOlympics}} {{MedalGold|[[2012 Summer Olympics|2012 London]]|[[Sailing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – 49er|49er]]}} {{MedalSilver|[[2016 Summer Olympics|2016 Rio de Janeiro]]|[[Sailing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – 49er class|49er]]}} {{MedalCompetition|World Championships}} {{MedalGold|2009 Riva del Garda| 49er}} {{MedalGold|[[2011 ISAF Sailing World Championships|2011 Perth]]| [[2011 ISAF Sailing World Championships – 49er|49er]]}} {{MedalGold|[[49er World Championship|2012 Zadar]]| 49er}} {{MedalSilver|2010 Casa de Campo| [[Farr 40]]}} {{MedalSilver|2010 Freeport| 49er}} {{MedalBronze|2009 Riva del Garda| [[29er (dinghy)|29er]]}} {{MedalBronze|2012 Chicago| [[Farr 40]]}} {{MedalBronze|[[2014 ISAF Sailing World Championships|2014 Santander]]| [[2014 ISAF Sailing World Championships – 49er|49er]] }} {{MedalBronze|[[2017 Moth World Championship|2017 Malcesine]]| Moth }} }}

'''Iain Valjean Jensen''' {{post-nominals|country=AUS|OAM}} (born 23 May 1988 in [[Belmont, New South Wales]]) is an Australian [[sailing (sport)|sailor]]. He was inducted into the [[Australian Sailing Hall of Fame]] in 2025.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Bone |first=Jeni |date=2025-11-13 |title=Three legendary sailors into Sailing Hall of Fame |url=https://www.sailsmagazine.com.au/hall-of-fame-fellows/ |access-date=2026-01-07 |website=Sails magazine |language=en-AU}}</ref>

He started sailing in his hometown of [[Wangi Wangi, New South Wales|Wangi Wangi]] when he was five years old, with his Olympic and [[Artemis Racing]] teammate [[Nathan Outteridge]].

With Outteridge, he won the 2009 and 2011 [[49er World Championships]] and gold at the [[2012 Summer Olympics]] in the [[Sailing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – 49er|49ers class]].<ref>{{Cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/je/iain-jensen-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418054714/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/je/iain-jensen-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Iain Jensen |access-date=2 August 2017}}</ref> The team also won silver at the [[2016 Summer Olympics]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.rio2016.com/en/sailing-standings-sa-49er-men |title=2016 Rio Olympics – 49er Men |date=18 September 2016 |website=Rio2016.com |publisher=[[Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160918224528/https://www.rio2016.com/en/sailing-standings-sa-49er-men |archive-date=18 September 2016 |access-date=2 August 2017}}</ref>

He is a member of the NSW Institute of Sport in [[Sydney]] and a wing trimmer for Artemis Racing. He lives in [[Lake Macquarie (New South Wales)|Lake Macquarie]].

== Career highlights == * 2011 Sailing World Cup [[Medemblik]], Netherlands – 2nd in 49er * 2011 Sailing World Cup [[Weymouth, Dorset|Weymouth]] Great Britain – 1st in 49er * 2011 European Championships [[Helsinki]] Finland – 1st in 49er * 2011 Olympic Test Event [[Weymouth, Dorset|Weymouth]] Great Britain – 1st in 49er * 2011 World Championships [[Perth]] Australia – 1st in 49er * 2012 [[Sail for Gold]] Regatta [[Weymouth, Dorset|Weymouth]] Great Britain – 1st in 49er * 2012 Olympic Games [[London]] Great Britain – 1st in 49er * 2017 Moth Sailing World Championships [[Malcesine]] Italy – 3rd in Moth class

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==External links== * {{World Sailing|id=AUSIJ1|www=iain-jensen}} * {{Olympics.com profile|iain-jensen}} * {{AOC profile|iain-jensen}} * {{Olympedia}} * [https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/18908143 Australians Outteridge & Jensen secure 49er sailing gold] * {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170731072242/http://www.mothworlds.org/malcesine/results/ |title=2017 International Moth World Championships |date=dmy}}

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