# Saskia Clark > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Saskia_Clark > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Saskia_Clark.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saskia_Clark > Source revision: 1357304074 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) British sailor (born 1979) Saskia Clark MBE Hannah Mills and Clark in 2012 Personal information Born (1979-08-23) 23 August 1979 (age 46) Colchester, Essex, UK Sailing career Sport Sailing Classes Optimist 470 Medal record Sailing Representing Great Britain Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro Women's 470 2012 London Women's 470 World Championships 2012 Barcelona Women's 470 2005 San Francisco Women's 470 2011 Perth Women's 470 2015 Haifa Women's 470 2007 Cascais Women's 470 2014 Santander Women's 470 European Championships 2014 Greece Women's 470 **Saskia Clark** (born 23 August 1979 in [Colchester](/source/Colchester), Essex) is a British sailor and Olympic gold medalist. She competed in the [2008 Summer Olympics](/source/2008_Summer_Olympics) and she was selected, along with [Hannah Mills](/source/Hannah_Mills), to sail in the [women's 470 event](/source/470_(dinghy)) for [Team GB](/source/Team_GB). They went on to win silver at the [2012 Olympics](/source/2012_Summer_Olympics) and a gold medal at the [2016 Olympics](/source/2016_Summer_Olympics). ## Life From [Colchester](/source/Colchester), Essex, Clark started sailing at Dabchicks Sailing Club in an [Optimist](/source/Optimist_(dinghy)) when she was eighth years old.[1] She came sixth in the 2008 Summer Olympics sailing in the 470 class with [Christina Bassadone](/source/Christina_Bassadone).[2] She was set to sail with [Sarah Ayton](/source/Sarah_Ayton) in the 2012 Summer Olympics, but Ayton retired to focus on her family life. Clark was then paired with [Hannah Mills](/source/Hannah_Mills).[3] At the 2011 Skandia [Sail for Gold](/source/Sail_for_Gold) Regatta and the [2011 Weymouth & Portland International Regatta](/source/2011_Weymouth_%26_Portland_International_Regatta), Clark won a silver medal in the women's 470 event together with Mills.[4] At the 2012 [470 World Championships](/source/470_World_Championships) in Barcelona, Mills and Clark claimed gold despite having suffered a [black flag disqualification](/source/Black_flag_disqualification) in the very first race of the championships.[5] Saskia was awarded an Honorary MSc in 2013 and an Honorary Doctorate in 2017 by the [University of Chichester](/source/University_of_Chichester).[6] Clark was appointed [Member of the Order of the British Empire](/source/Member_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire) (MBE) in the 2017 New Year Honours for services to sailing.[7] ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Saskia Clark"](http://www.skysports.com/olympics/story/0,23911,14935_7164445,00.html). *Sky Sports*. 9 September 2011. Retrieved 18 March 2012. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Clark pleased with progress"](http://www.gazette-news.co.uk/sport/2238438.clark_pleased_with_progress/). *Daily Gazette*. 1 May 2008. Retrieved 18 March 2012. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Saskia Clark's new helm Hannah Mills give her renewed hope of a medal"](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/8343696/Olympic-Sailing-Saskia-Clarks-new-helm-Hannah-Mills-give-her-renewed-hope-of-a-medal.html). *The Telegraph*. 23 February 2011. Retrieved 18 March 2012. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-isaf_4-0)** ["ISAF Sailor Profile"](http://www.sailing.org/biog.php?id=GBRSC15). ISAF. Retrieved 14 January 2012. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Mills and Clark make history with first 470 Worlds win"](https://web.archive.org/web/20120522125834/http://www.rya.org.uk/skandiateamgbr/latestnews/pages/articlewrapper.aspx?pageUrl=/newsevents/news/Pages/MillsandClarkinthehistorybookswithfirst470Worldswin.aspx). *RYA.org.uk*. Archived from [the original](http://www.rya.org.uk/skandiateamgbr/latestnews/pages/articlewrapper.aspx?pageUrl=%2Fnewsevents%2Fnews%2FPages%2FMillsandClarkinthehistorybookswithfirst470Worldswin.aspx) on 22 May 2012. Retrieved 19 May 2012. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Honorary Awards"](https://www.chi.ac.uk/alumni/honorary-awards/). *University of Chichester*. Retrieved 11 June 2025. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["No. 61803"](https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/61803/supplement/N16). *[The London Gazette](/source/The_London_Gazette)* (Supplement). 31 December 2016. p. N16. ## External links - [Saskia Clark](https://web.archive.org/web/1/https://data-isaf.soticcloud.net/biog.php?memberid=33349) at [World Sailing](/source/World_Sailing) (archived former website) - [Saskia Clark](https://www.olympics.com/en/athletes/saskia-clark) at [Olympics.com](/source/International_Olympic_Committee) - [Saskia Clark](https://www.teamgb.com/athletes/6preVL96AoNYLQKXjba3C9) at [Team GB](/source/Team_GB) - [Saskia Clark](https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/117749) at [Olympedia](/source/Olympedia) - [470 Girls Official Website](http://www.millsandclark.co.uk/) - [RYA Profile](http://www.rya.org.uk/skandiateamgbr/meettheteam/pages/saskia-clark.aspx) v t e Olympic champions in women's 470 1988: Allison Jolly & Lynne Jewell (USA) 1992: Theresa Zabell & Patricia Guerra (ESP) 1996: Theresa Zabell & Begoña Vía Dufresne (ESP) 2000: Jenny Armstrong & Belinda Stowell (AUS) 2004: Sofia Bekatorou & Emilia Tsoulfa (GRE) 2008: Elise Rechichi & Tessa Parkinson (AUS) 2012: Jo Aleh & Polly Powrie (NZL) 2016: Hannah Mills & Saskia Clark (GBR) 2020: Hannah Mills & Eilidh McIntyre (GBR) v t e World champions in women's 470 1985: K. Johnson & G. Johnson 1987: Meyer & Adlkofer 1988: Söderström & Bengtsson 1989: Meyer & Adlkofer 1990: Stemmler & Lenkmann 1991: Isler & Healy 1992: Zabell & Guerra 1993: Bohn & Rohatzsch 1994: Bohn & Rohatzsch 1995: Zabell & Vía Dufresne 1996: Zabell & Vía Dufresne 1997: Taran & Pakholchyk 1998: Taran & Pakholchyk 1999: Taran & Pakholchyk 2000: Bekatorou & Tsoulfa 2001: Bekatorou & Tsoulfa 2002: Bekatorou & Tsoulfa 2003: Bekatorou & Tsoulfa 2004: Torgersson & Zachrisson 2005: de Koning & Berkhout 2006: de Koning & Berkhout 2007: de Koning & Berkhout 2008: Maxwell & Kinsolving 2009: Westerhof & Berkhout 2010: Westerhof & Berkhout 2011: Pacheco & Betanzos 2012: Mills & Clark 2013: Aleh & Powrie 2014: Vadlau & Ogar 2015: Vadlau & Ogar 2016: Lecointre & Defrance 2017: Skrzypulec & Gliszczyńska 2018: Yoshida & Yoshioka 2019: Mills & McIntyre 2021: Mas & Cantero v t e World champions in women's 420 1980: Mazzaferro & Galeazzi 1981: Mazzaferro & Galeazzi 1986: Bazzini & De Cagno 1987: Ravet & Besson 1988: Leon & Leon 1989: Wendris & Bengtsson 1990: Hendrick & Condolf 1991: LeCadre & Fernandez 1998: Kliger & Buskila 1999: Milona & Kourkoulou 2000: Bassedone & Mayhew 2001: Sacchegiani & Bertone 2002: Jonet & Pallanca 2003: Barzaghi & Zani 2004: Rechichi & Parkinson 2005: Turizio & Rendano 2006: Mills & Webster 2007: Aleh & Powrie 2008: K. Kaitatzidou & S. Kaitatzidou 2009: Maloney & Barbarich-Bacher 2010: Caputo & Barbiero 2011: Vose & Brickwood 2012: Lee & Low 2013: Cattermole & Bennett-Lloyd 2014: Omari & Russo Cirillo 2015: Garrido & Dávila v t e ISAF World Sailor of the Year (female) 1994: Zabell 1995: Autissier 1996: Lee 1997: Taran & Pakholchyk 1998: Brouwer 1999: Matthijsse 2000: Robertson 2001: MacArthur 2002: Bekatorou & Tsoulfa 2003: Sundby 2004: Bekatorou & Tsoulfa 2005: MacArthur 2006: Railey 2007: Leroy 2008: Sensini 2009: Tunnicliffe 2010: Manchón 2011: Tunnicliffe 2012: Xu 2013: Aleh & Powrie 2014: Grael & Kunze 2015: Ayton 2016: Mills & Clark 2017: Bouwmeester 2018: Brouwer & Riou 2019: Rindom 2020: not awarded 2021: Mills & McIntyre 2022: Banti 2023: Neuschäfer 2024: Bouwmeester --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Saskia Clark](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saskia_Clark) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saskia_Clark?action=history)). 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