# Simon Hiscocks > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Simon_Hiscocks > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Simon_Hiscocks.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Hiscocks > Source revision: 1354879616 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) British sailor Simon Hiscocks Personal information Full name Simon John Hiscocks Born 21 May 1973 (1973-05-21) (age 53) Dorking, Surrey, England Height 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) Sailing career Sport Sailing Club Weymouth and Portland Sailing Academy Class 49er Medal record Sailing Representing Great Britain Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 0 1 1 Sailing World Championships 2 3 0 Total 2 4 1 Olympic Games 2000 Sydney 49er 2004 Athens 49er World Championships 2003 Cádiz 49er 2006 Aix-le-Bains 49er 2002 Kāneʻohe 49er 2004 Athens 49er 2005 Moscow 49er **Simon John Hiscocks**[1] (born 21 May 1973 in [Dorking](/source/Dorking), [Surrey](/source/Surrey)) is a British sailor. He won a bronze medal for Great Britain at the [2004 Summer Olympics](/source/2004_Summer_Olympics) in the 49er. Hiscocks also won a silver medal at the [2000 Summer Olympics](/source/2000_Summer_Olympics) in the same category. Hiscocks since raced in the America's cup for the GreenCom Team.[2] He lives in [Portland, Dorset](/source/Portland%2C_Dorset)[3] and has two children, Amelie and Louis. He is the founder of [Shock Sailing](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Shock_Sailing&action=edit&redlink=1), 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 [Foiling Moth](/source/Moth_(dinghy)) 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 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; [Mallon, Bill](/source/Bill_Mallon); et al. ["Simon Hiscocks"](https://web.archive.org/web/20200418025509/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/hi/simon-hiscocks-1.html). *Olympics at Sports-Reference.com*. [Sports Reference LLC](/source/Sports_Reference). Archived from [the original](https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/hi/simon-hiscocks-1.html) on 18 April 2020. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Green Comm Racing announces crew for AC World Series Plymouth"](http://www.sail-world.com/NZ/Green-Comm-Racing-announces-crew-for-AC-World-Series-Plymouth/88282). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Simon Hiscocks. ["About"](http://www.shocksailing.com/shockbackpages/about.html). shocksailing.com. Retrieved 21 November 2013. ## External links - [Simon Hiscocks](https://web.archive.org/web/20241130/https://www.sailing.org/sailor/simon-hiscocks?ref=GBRSH8) at [World Sailing](/source/World_Sailing) (archived, [alternate link](https://web.archive.org/web/20241130/https://www.sailing.org/sailor/?ref=GBRSH8)) - [Simon Hiscocks](https://olympics.com/en/athletes/simon-hiscocks) at [Olympics.com](/source/International_Olympic_Committee) - [Simon Hiscocks](https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/92843) at [Olympedia](/source/Olympedia) 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 This biographical article related to sailing in United Kingdom is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by adding missing information. - [v](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:UK-sailing-bio-stub) - [t](/source/Template_talk%3AUK-sailing-bio-stub) - [e](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:UK-sailing-bio-stub) This article about a United Kingdom Olympic medallist is a stub. 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