Simon Hiscocks

{{short description|British sailor}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2022}} {{Infobox sailor | name = Simon Hiscocks | image = | image_size = | caption = | full_name = Simon John Hiscocks | birth_date = {{birth-date and age|21 May 1973}} | birth_place = [[Dorking]], [[Surrey]], England | height = 183 cm | classes = [[49er (dinghy)|49er]] | club = Weymouth and Portland Sailing Academy | show-medals = yes | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | [[Sailing (sport)|Sailing]] }} {{MedalCountry | {{GBR2}} }} {{MedalCount | [[Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]] | 0 | 1 | 1 | [[Sailing World Championships]] | 2 | 3 | 0 | '''Total''' | '''2''' | '''4''' | '''1''' }} {{MedalOlympics}} {{MedalSilver|[[2000 Summer Olympics|2000 Sydney]]|[[Sailing at the 2000 Summer Olympics|49er]]}} {{MedalBronze|[[2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Athens]]|[[Sailing at the 2004 Summer Olympics – 49er class|49er]]}} {{MedalCompetition|[[Sailing World Championships|World Championships]]}} {{MedalGold|[[2003 ISAF Sailing World Championships|2003 Cádiz]]|[[2003 ISAF Sailing World Championships – 49er|49er]]}} {{MedalGold|[[49er & 49er FX World Championships|2006 Aix-le-Bains]]|[[49er World Championships|49er]]}} {{MedalSilver|2002 [[Kāneʻohe]]|[[49er World Championships|49er]]}} {{MedalSilver|2004 [[Athens]]|[[49er World Championships|49er]]}} {{MedalSilver|[[49er & 49er FX World Championships|2005 Moscow]]|[[49er World Championships|49er]]}} }}

'''Simon John Hiscocks'''<ref>{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/hi/simon-hiscocks-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418025509/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/hi/simon-hiscocks-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-18}}</ref> (born 21 May 1973 in [[Dorking]], [[Surrey]]) is a British sailor. He won a bronze medal for Great Britain at the [[2004 Summer Olympics]] in the 49er. Hiscocks also won a silver medal at the [[2000 Summer Olympics]] in the same category. Hiscocks since raced in the America's cup for the GreenCom Team.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.sail-world.com/NZ/Green-Comm-Racing-announces-crew-for-AC-World-Series-Plymouth/88282 |title=Green Comm Racing announces crew for AC World Series Plymouth}}</ref>

He lives in [[Portland, Dorset]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.shocksailing.com/shockbackpages/about.html |title=About |author=Simon Hiscocks |publisher=shocksailing.com |accessdate=2013-11-21}}</ref> and has two children, Amelie and Louis.

He is the founder of [[Shock Sailing]], who manufacture parts for high performance sailboats, perform boat repairs, broker the sale of new and used dinghies, and manufacture sailing accessories. Since his Olympic career, Hiscocks has been prominent in the [[Moth (dinghy)|Foiling Moth]] class, and since its launch in 2022, the Switch one design, with Simon has seen the growth of in the UK and beyond and in other high performance skiffs.

Hiscocks has since rebuilt a Trimaran, after breaking it on his travels home. The 6 year repair was finally finished in the summer of 25, where Simon launched the Newly painted boat into the Portland waters, and it is the next step in Simon's career.

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * {{World Sailing|id=GBRSH8|www=simon-hiscocks}} * {{Olympics.com|simon-hiscocks}} * {{Olympedia}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hiscocks, Simon}} [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Olympic sailors for Great Britain]] [[Category:British male sailors (sport)]] [[Category:Olympic silver medallists for Great Britain]] [[Category:Olympic bronze medallists for Great Britain]] [[Category:Sailors at the 2000 Summer Olympics – 49er]] [[Category:Sailors at the 2004 Summer Olympics – 49er]] [[Category:Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics]] [[Category:1973 births]] [[Category:49er class world champions]] [[Category:Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics]] [[Category:Green Comm Racing sailors]] [[Category:World champions in sailing for Great Britain]] [[Category:Olympic medalists in sailing]]