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Iain Percy

Iain Percy
Medal record
Representing  Great Britain
Men's sailing
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2000 Sydney Finn class
Gold medal – first place 2008 Beijing Star class
Silver medal – second place 2012 London Star class
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2002 Los Angeles Star class
Gold medal – first place 2010 Rio De Janeiro Star class
Silver medal – second place 2012 Hyeres Star class
Bronze medal – third place 2003 Cadiz Star class
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Gaeta Star class
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Buenos Aires Star class
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Cascais Star class
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2005 Star class
Gold medal – first place 2009 Kiel Star class

Iain Bryden Percy OBE (born 21 March 1976 in Southampton, Hampshire) is an English sailor and double Olympic champion for Great Britain.

Percy competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where he won a gold medal in the Finn class. He memorably received his gold medal at a ceremony on the steps of the Sydney Opera House.

He competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens and finished 6th in the double-handed Star class with Steve Mitchell. The same team received a bronze medal at the 2005 World Championships and a gold medal at the 2005 European Championships.

Percy won World Bronze in the Star Class with Andrew Simpson in 2007 and European Championship Gold in 2009. The duo have just won Gold in the same class of boat at the 2010 World Championships which took place in Brazil. With previous partner, Steve Mitchell, Percy won the 2002 Star World Championships in Los Angeles, and medalled in the next 3 world championships, winning the Bronze medal in each of them.

At the 2008 Olympics in Beijing he again won a gold medal, this time in the Star class, teaming up with Andrew Simpson. At the 2012 Olympics in London he and Andrew Simpson won the silver medal, after a tight race against Swedish duo Fredrik Lööf and Max Salminen. Percy is a member of Hayling Island Sailing Club and sails there regularly.


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