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Iain Jensen Personal information Full name Iain Valjean Jensen Born 23 May 1988 (1988-05-23) (age 38) Belmont, New South Wales, Australia Height 186 cm (6 ft 1 in)[1] Weight 80 kg (176 lb) Sailing career Sport Sailing Class 49er

**Iain Valjean Jensen** [OAM](/source/Medal_of_the_Order_of_Australia) (born 23 May 1988 in [Belmont, New South Wales](/source/Belmont%2C_New_South_Wales)) is an Australian [sailor](/source/Sailing_(sport)). He was inducted into the [Australian Sailing Hall of Fame](/source/Australian_Sailing_Hall_of_Fame) in 2025.[2]

He started sailing in his hometown of [Wangi Wangi](/source/Wangi_Wangi%2C_New_South_Wales) when he was five years old, with his Olympic and [Artemis Racing](/source/Artemis_Racing) teammate [Nathan Outteridge](/source/Nathan_Outteridge).

With Outteridge, he won the 2009 and 2011 [49er World Championships](/source/49er_World_Championships) and gold at the [2012 Summer Olympics](/source/2012_Summer_Olympics) in the [49ers class](/source/Sailing_at_the_2012_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_49er).[3] The team also won silver at the [2016 Summer Olympics](/source/2016_Summer_Olympics).[4]

He is a member of the NSW Institute of Sport in [Sydney](/source/Sydney) and a wing trimmer for Artemis Racing. He lives in [Lake Macquarie](/source/Lake_Macquarie_(New_South_Wales)).

## Career highlights

- 2011 Sailing World Cup [Medemblik](/source/Medemblik), Netherlands – 2nd in 49er

- 2011 Sailing World Cup [Weymouth](/source/Weymouth%2C_Dorset) Great Britain – 1st in 49er

- 2011 European Championships [Helsinki](/source/Helsinki) Finland – 1st in 49er

- 2011 Olympic Test Event [Weymouth](/source/Weymouth%2C_Dorset) Great Britain – 1st in 49er

- 2011 World Championships [Perth](/source/Perth) Australia – 1st in 49er

- 2012 [Sail for Gold](/source/Sail_for_Gold) Regatta [Weymouth](/source/Weymouth%2C_Dorset) Great Britain – 1st in 49er

- 2012 Olympic Games [London](/source/London) Great Britain – 1st in 49er

- 2017 Moth Sailing World Championships [Malcesine](/source/Malcesine) Italy – 3rd in Moth class

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Iain Jensen"](https://web.archive.org/web/20131103060606/http://london2012.olympics.com.au/athlete/iain-jensen). *Official Site of the [2012 Australian Olympic Team](/source/2012_Australian_Olympic_Team)*. [Australian Olympic Committee](/source/Australian_Olympic_Committee). Archived from [the original](http://london2012.olympics.com.au/athlete/iain-jensen) on 3 November 2013. Retrieved 9 February 2014.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-:2_2-0)** Bone, Jeni (13 November 2025). ["Three legendary sailors into Sailing Hall of Fame"](https://www.sailsmagazine.com.au/hall-of-fame-fellows/). *Sails magazine*. Retrieved 7 January 2026.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; [Mallon, Bill](/source/Bill_Mallon); et al. ["Iain Jensen"](https://web.archive.org/web/20200418054714/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/je/iain-jensen-1.html). *Olympics at Sports-Reference.com*. [Sports Reference LLC](/source/Sports_Reference). Archived from [the original](https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/je/iain-jensen-1.html) on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2017.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["2016 Rio Olympics – 49er Men"](https://web.archive.org/web/20160918224528/https://www.rio2016.com/en/sailing-standings-sa-49er-men). *Rio2016.com*. [Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games](/source/Rio_2016_Organising_Committee_for_the_Olympic_and_Paralympic_Games). 18 September 2016. Archived from [the original](https://www.rio2016.com/en/sailing-standings-sa-49er-men) on 18 September 2016. Retrieved 2 August 2017.

## External links

- [Iain Jensen](https://web.archive.org/web/20241130/https://www.sailing.org/sailor/iain-jensen?ref=AUSIJ1) at [World Sailing](/source/World_Sailing) (archived, [alternate link](https://web.archive.org/web/20241130/https://www.sailing.org/sailor/?ref=AUSIJ1))

- [Iain Jensen](https://olympics.com/en/athletes/iain-jensen) at [Olympics.com](/source/International_Olympic_Committee)

- [Iain Jensen](https://www.olympics.com.au/olympians/iain-jensen/) at the [Australian Olympic Committee](/source/Australian_Olympic_Committee)

- [Iain Jensen](https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/124172) at [Olympedia](/source/Olympedia)

- [Australians Outteridge & Jensen secure 49er sailing gold](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/18908143)

- [2017 International Moth World Championships](https://web.archive.org/web/20170731072242/http://www.mothworlds.org/malcesine/results/) at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine) (archived 31 July 2017)

v t e Olympic champions in 49er 2000: Jyrki Järvi & Thomas Johanson (FIN) 2004: Iker Martínez de Lizarduy & Xabier Fernández (ESP) 2008: Jonas Warrer & Martin Kirketerp (DEN) 2012: Nathan Outteridge & Iain Jensen (AUS) 2016: Peter Burling & Blair Tuke (NZL) 2020: Dylan Fletcher & Stuart Bithell (GBR) 2024: Diego Botín & Florián Trittel (ESP)

v t e World champions in 49er 1997: Nicholson & Phillips 1998: Nicholson & Phillips 1999: Nicholson & Smyth 2000: Lopez-Vasquez & de la Plaza 2001: J. McKee & C. McKee 2002: Martínez de Lizarduy & Fernández 2003: Draper & Hiscocks 2004: Martínez de Lizarduy & Fernández 2005: Luka & Leonchuk 2006: Draper & Hiscocks 2007: Morrison & Rhodes 2008: Outteridge & Austin 2009: Outteridge & Jensen 2010: Martínez de Lizarduy & Fernández 2011: Outteridge & Jensen 2012: Outteridge & Jensen 2013: Burling & Tuke 2014: Burling & Tuke 2015: Burling & Tuke 2016: Burling & Tuke 2017: Fletcher-Scott & Bithell 2018: Š. Fantela & M. Fantela 2019: Burling & Tuke 2020: Burling & Tuke 2021: Lambriex & van de Werken

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