Mike Sanderson

{{short description|New Zealand sailor}} {{for|the Darlington footballer|Mike Sanderson (footballer)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}} {{Multiple issues| {{Update|date=June 2017}} {{BLP sources|date=March 2011}}}} {{Infobox sportsperson | headercolor = | name = Mike Sanderson | image = | image_size =  | caption = | birth_name = Mike Sanderson | fullname = | nickname = Moose | residence = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1971|5|29|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Whangārei]], New Zealand | death_date = | death_place = | height = | weight = | website = {{URL|www.mike-sanderson.com|Mike-Sanderson.com}} | country = New Zealand | sport = [[Sailing (sport)|Sailing]] | event = | collegeteam = | club = | team = | turnedpro = | coach = | retired = | coaching = | worlds = | regionals = | nationals = | olympics = | paralympics = | highestranking = | pb = | medaltemplates = | show-medals = }}

'''Mike Sanderson''' (born 29 May 1971) is a [[New Zealand]] [[sailing (sport)|sailor]], perhaps best known for being awarded the prestigious [[ISAF World Sailor of the Year Awards|ISAF World Sailor of the Year Award]] for winning the [[2005–06 Volvo Ocean Race]] as skipper of ''[[ABN Amro I]]''.<ref name="TVNZ_883823">{{cite news |url=http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/536641/883823 |title=Sanderson gets top honour |date=8 November 2006 |agency=[[Newstalk ZB]] |work=[[Television New Zealand]] |accessdate=25 October 2011}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-08-07 |title=Volvo Race winner Mike Sanderson adds New York Yacht Club Challenge |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/sailing/volvo-race-winner-mike-sanderson-adds-new-york-yacht-club-challenge-cup-in-cowes-aboard-bella-mente-8750706.html |access-date=2024-08-23 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref> At the age of 35, he became the youngest skipper to ever win a [[Volvo Ocean Race]] in the [[2005–06 Volvo Ocean Race|2005–2006]] edition of the race. (Lionel Péan had previously won the Whitbread Round the World Race in 1986, aged 29).<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.volvooceanrace.com/en/history/1985-86.html |title=Archive Volvo Ocean Race|access-date=2019-03-16}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2006-12-08 |title=Sports Leaders of the year: Mike Sanderson |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/isports-leaders-of-the-yeari-mike-sanderson/A3PDLL7NBXXJ36GJ3BIX4WLLNM/#google_vignette |access-date=2024-08-23 |website=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |language=en-NZ}}</ref>

From 2007 to 2010, he was Team Director of [[Team Origin]], a potential British challenger for the [[2013 America's Cup]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Alexander |first=Stuart |title=Sanderson sacked as Origin team director |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/sailing/sanderson-sacked-as-origin-team-director-1976249.html |website=The Independent}}</ref>

He returned to [[Skipper (boating)|skipper]] Team Sanya (the Irish-Chinese entry in the race) in the [[2011–12 Volvo Ocean Race]]. The boat, formerly known as ''Telefónica Blue'' in the [[2008–09 Volvo Ocean Race]], has been plagued with instrument and hull failures.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.volvooceanrace.com/en/news/5577_Latest-setback-leaves-Sanya-s-Sanderson-dumbstruck.html |title=Volvo Ocean Race 2011-2012 | Latest setback leaves Sanya's Sanderson dumbstruck |website=www.volvooceanrace.com |access-date=2 February 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130209015155/http://www.volvooceanrace.com/en/news/5577_Latest-setback-leaves-Sanya-s-Sanderson-dumbstruck.html |archive-date=9 February 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref> As of 30 March 2012 the boat is currently being shipped to [[Miami]] to be repaired so it can rejoin the race in Leg 7.<ref>{{Cite web| url=http://www.volvooceanrace.com/en/news/5639_Sanya-dockside-after-reaching-New-Zealand.html| title=Sanya dockside after reaching New Zealand| website=www.volvooceanrace.com}}{{dead link|date=July 2017}}</ref>

==Personal life== In 2006, he married [[United Kingdom|British]] round-the-world yachtswoman [[Emma Richards (yachtswoman)|Emma Richards]] in [[Cowes]], [[UK]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/sailing/5027994.stm|title=BBC SPORT – Other Sport... – Sailing – Amro One clinches Portsmouth race|website=news.bbc.co.uk|accessdate=29 June 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Gorman |first=Edward |date=2024-08-23 |title=Tragic loss casts long shadow over Sanderson success |url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/tragic-loss-casts-long-shadow-over-sanderson-success-7wgbzk082hs |access-date=2024-08-23 |website=[[The Times]]|language=en}}</ref> He also is the current CEO of Doyle Sails NZ.<ref>{{cite web |last= |date=2017-06-22 |title=Doyle Sails changes ownership |url=https://www.ibinews.com/home/doyle-sails-changes-ownership/7528.article |access-date=2024-08-23 |website=International Boat Industry }}</ref>

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