# Tom Slingsby > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Tom_Slingsby > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Tom_Slingsby.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Slingsby > Source revision: 1340087321 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Australian sailor This article is in list format but may read better as prose. You can help by converting this article, if appropriate. Editing help is available. (June 2019) Tom Slingsby Slingsby in 2014 Personal information Nationality Australian Born (1984-09-05) 5 September 1984 (age 41) Sydney, NSW Height 186 cm (6 ft 1 in)[1] Weight 83 kg (183 lb) Sport Country Australia Sport Sailing Event laser (dinghy) F50 (catamaran) etchells moth (dinghy) Updated on 7 May 2020 **Tom Slingsby** [OAM](/source/Medal_of_the_Order_of_Australia) (born 5 September 1984) is an Australian competitive sailor. Slingsby's first successes came sailing [Laser dinghies](/source/Laser_dinghy), where he won three consecutive world championships and the 2012 Olympic gold medal. Slingsby was the strategist for the [America's Cup](/source/America's_Cup)-winning [Team Oracle USA](/source/Team_Oracle_USA) in 2013. In 2016 he skippered the winner-of-line honours in the [Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race](/source/Sydney_to_Hobart_Yacht_Race) line. Following this he skippered the Australian team in the inaugural [SailGP](/source/SailGP) competition. ## Career highlights 2007 – Won the [Laser dinghy](/source/Laser_dinghy) world championships. 2008 – Ranked number one in the Laser dinghy class prior to the [2008 Summer Olympics Laser competition](/source/Sailing_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Laser) but finished 22nd overall. 2008 – Won [Australian Sailing](/source/Australian_Sailing) [Male Sailor of the Year Award](/source/Australian_Yachtsman_of_the_Year) 2010 – Won the Laser dinghy world championships at Hayling Island, UK. He was also named the male [ISAF World Sailor of the Year](/source/ISAF_World_Sailor_of_the_Year). 2010 – Won the [Etchells](/source/Etchells) Class World Championship as crew with [Andrew Palfry](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Andrew_Palfry&action=edit&redlink=1), with fellow America's Cup legend [John Bertrand](/source/John_Bertrand_(sailor%2C_born_1946)) helming.[2] 2011 – Won the Laser ISAF World Sailing Championships at Fremantle, Australia. 2011 – Won Australian Sailing [Male Sailor of the Year Award](/source/Australian_Yachtsman_of_the_Year) 2012 – Won the Laser dinghy world championship at Boltenhagen Germany for his fifth world title[3] 2012 – Won the Men's Laser Gold Medal at the [2012 Summer Olympics](/source/2012_Summer_Olympics) in London.[4] 2012 – Won the [Australian Institute of Sport](/source/Australian_Institute_of_Sport) Athlete of the Year Award with swimmer [Alicia Coutts](/source/Alicia_Coutts).[5] 2012 – Won [Australian Sailing](/source/Australian_Sailing) [Male Sailor of the Year Award](/source/Australian_Yachtsman_of_the_Year) 2013 – Won the [34th](/source/2013_America's_Cup) [America's Cup](/source/America's_Cup) as the strategist in [Oracle Team USA](/source/Oracle_Team_USA). Re-signed with Oracle for their defence of the cup.[6] 2016 – Won the Sydney Hobart Yacht Race skippering the supermaxi yacht [Perpetual Loyal](/source/Perpetual_Loyal). 2019 – Won the inaugural [SailGP](/source/SailGP) skippering the Australian Team sailing [F50 foiling catamarans](/source/F50_(catamaran)). 2019 – Won the Chandler Macleod [Moth](/source/Moth_(dinghy)) Worlds 2020 – Won Australian Sailing Male Sailor of the Year Award 2021 – Won the [World Sailor of the Year Awards](/source/World_Sailor_of_the_Year_Awards). 2022 – Won Australian Sailing Male Sailor of the Year Award 2023 - Inducted into the [Australian Sailing Hall of Fame](/source/Australian_Sailing_Hall_of_Fame)[7] In December 2013 Slingsby was a crew member aboard racing supermaxi yacht Perpetual Loyal in the [2013 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race](/source/2013_Sydney_to_Hobart_Yacht_Race), with his other celebrity crew members, [Karl Stefanovic](/source/Karl_Stefanovic), [Larry Emdur](/source/Larry_Emdur), [Phil Waugh](/source/Phil_Waugh), [Jude Bolton](/source/Jude_Bolton) and [Guillaume Brahimi](/source/Guillaume_Brahimi).[8] Slingsby received the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in the [2014 Australia Day Honours](/source/2014_Australia_Day_Honours) for "service to sport as a gold medallist at the London 2012 Olympic Games".[9] Slingsby, as the Captain of Team Australia, won the 2019 season 1 of Sail GP[10][11] ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Tom Slingsby"](http://london2012.olympics.com.au/athlete/thomas-slingsby). *Official Site of the [2012 Australian Olympic Team](/source/2012_Australian_Olympic_Team)*. [Australian Olympic Committee](/source/Australian_Olympic_Committee). Retrieved 9 February 2014. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Bertrand Super-Show Seals Etchells World Title"](https://members.sailing.org/news/3381.php#.Xf4_VPzgrIU). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ILCA 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Aussie Tom Slingsby sails to Laser Olympic gold"](http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/london-olympics-2012/news/Aussie-Tom-Slingsby-sails-to-Laser-Olympic-gold/articleshow/15377326.cms). *[The Times of India](/source/The_Times_of_India)*. Retrieved 6 August 2012. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Dutton, Chris (17 November 2012). ["Slingsby shares top gong with Coutts"](http://www.canberratimes.com.au/sport/slingsby-shares-top-gong-with-coutts-20121116-29hxh.html?skin=text-only). *The Canberra Times*. Retrieved 16 November 2012. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** [Slingsby sticks with Oracle](http://www.3news.co.nz/Slingsby-sticks-with-Oracle/tabid/415/articleID/321504/Default.aspx). *3 News NZ*. 15 November 2013. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** [https://www.sailing.org.au/news/olympic-and-americas-cup-legends-among-hall-of-fame-2023-class/](https://www.sailing.org.au/news/olympic-and-americas-cup-legends-among-hall-of-fame-2023-class/) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["Sydney to Hobart 2013"](https://web.archive.org/web/20131210230916/http://www.perpetual.com.au/loyal.aspx). Perpetual. 2 December 2013. Archived from [the original](http://www.perpetual.com.au/LOYAL.aspx) on 10 December 2013. Retrieved 2 December 2013. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** ["SLINGSBY, Thomas David"](https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1149436). *It's an Honour - Dept of the Prime Minister & Cabinet*. Retrieved 14 July 2018. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** [Sail GP Tom Slingsby](https://sailgp.com/teams/australia/tom-slingsby/) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** [Tom Slingsby on Sail Sport Talk on Sports Byline](https://sailsporttalk.com/index.php/2019/04/23/tom-slingsby/) ## External links - [Tom Slingsby](https://web.archive.org/web/20241130/https://www.sailing.org/sailor/tom-slingsby?ref=AUSTS2) at [World Sailing](/source/World_Sailing) (archived, [alternate link](https://web.archive.org/web/20241130/https://www.sailing.org/sailor/?ref=AUSTS2)) - [Tom Slingsby](https://olympics.com/en/athletes/tom-slingsby) at [Olympics.com](/source/International_Olympic_Committee) - [Tom Slingsby](https://web.archive.org/web/20190527173029/https://www.olympic.org/tom-slingsby) at Olympic.org (archived) - [Tom Slingsby](https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/117882) at [Olympedia](/source/Olympedia) - [Tom Slingsby](https://www.olympics.com.au/olympians/tom-slingsby/) at the [Australian Olympic Committee](/source/Australian_Olympic_Committee) - ["Australian Olympic Committee profile"](https://web.archive.org/web/20080723164803/http://www.olympics.com.au/Athletes/TheTeam/tabid/343/Athletes/TheTeam/tabid/344/Default.aspx?cId=27774&teamId=18) olympics.com.au - ILCA ["Laser Standard World Championship 2012"](https://archive.today/20130415065710/http://www.laserinternational.org/info/laserstandardworldchampionship2012boltenhagengertomslingsbyausdefendshistitle) laserinternational.org - Sponsor [Hobart Yacht Race](https://web.archive.org/web/20131210230916/http://www.perpetual.com.au/loyal.aspx) Awards and achievements Preceded by Anna Meares Australian Athlete of the Year 2012 (with Alicia Coutts) Succeeded by Caroline Buchanan and Kim Crow v t e Olympic champions in Laser 1996: Robert Scheidt (BRA) 2000: Ben Ainslie (GBR) 2004: Robert Scheidt (BRA) 2008: Paul Goodison (GBR) 2012: Tom Slingsby (AUS) 2016: Tom Burton (AUS) 2020: Matthew Wearn (AUS) 2024: Matthew Wearn (AUS) v t e World champions in Laser 1974: Peter Commette 1976: John Bertrand 1977: John Bertrand 1979: Lasse Hjortnæs 1980: Ed Baird 1982: Terence Neilson 1983: Oscar Paulich 1985: Lawrence Crispin 1987: Stuart Wallace 1988: Glenn Bourke 1989: Glenn Bourke 1990: Glenn Bourke 1991: Peter Tanscheit 1993: Thomas Johanson 1994: Nikolas Burfoot 1995: Robert Scheidt 1996: Robert Scheidt 1997: Robert Scheidt 1999: Ben Ainslie 2000: Robert Scheidt 2001: Robert Scheidt 2002: Robert Scheidt 2003: Gustavo Lima 2004: Robert Scheidt 2005: Robert Scheidt 2006: Michael Blackburn 2007: Tom Slingsby 2008: Tom Slingsby 2009: Paul Goodison 2010: Tom Slingsby 2011: Tom Slingsby 2012: Tom Slingsby 2013: Robert Scheidt 2014: Nicholas Heiner 2015: Nick Thompson 2016: Nick Thompson 2017: Pavlos Kontides 2018: Pavlos Kontides 2019: Tom Burton v t e ISAF World Sailor of the Year (male) 1994: Blake & Knox-Johnston 1995: Coutts 1996: Schümann 1997: Goss 1998: Ainslie 1999: Kusznierewicz 2000: Reynolds & Liljedahl 2001: Scheidt 2002: Ainslie 2003: Coutts 2004: Scheidt 2005: Echavarri & Paz 2006: Sanderson 2007: Baird 2008: Ainslie 2009: Grael 2010: Slingsby 2011: Martínez de Lizarduy & Fernández 2012: Ainslie 2013: Belcher 2014: Spithill 2015: Burling & Tuke 2016: Lange 2017: Burling 2018: Kontides 2019: Gradoni 2020: not assigned 2021: Slingsby 2022: Tita 2023: Slingsby 2024: Botín & Trittel 2024: Charlie Dalin --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Tom Slingsby](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Slingsby) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Slingsby?action=history)). 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