Team GB at Paris 2024
2024 brings another exciting Olympics, this time just over the Channel in Paris with the sailing regatta taking place in Marseille. The British Sailing Team has high ambitions, aiming to uphold Great Britain’s status as the world’s most successful Olympic sailing nation.
Performances from the British Sailing Team at pinnacle events this year have remained strong, with five medals won (four silver and one bronze) at the Paris 2024 Test Event in Marseille, and a further five (four silver and one bronze) at the Sailing World Championships in August.
Sailing was the first sport to have athletes officially selected for Team GB at Paris 2024, with the British Olympic Association ratifying the selections of:
• John Gimson and Anna Burnet – mixed multihull (Nacra 17) • James Peters and Fynn Sterritt – men’s skiff (49er) • Freya Black and Saskia Tidey – women’s skiff (49erFX) • Emma Wilson – women’s windsurfing (iQFOiL) • Sam Sills – men’s windsurfing (iQFOiL) • Ellie Aldridge – women’s kite (Formula Kite) • Connor Bainbridge - men’s kite (Formula Kite) • Hannah Snellgrove - women’s dinghy (ILCA 6) • Micky Beckett – men’s dinghy (ILCA 7) • Vita Heathcote and Chris Grube - mixed dinghy (470)
In focus: Crew4Gold What we did
Funded by the RYA, Sport England and UK Sport, The British Sailing Team and British Youth Sailing’s Crew4Gold talent search garnered a huge response with over 200 sailors applying to try out as potential Olympic medal-winning crews in the 49erFX women’s skiff.
Why we did it
Crew4Gold aims to increase women’s participation in competitive sailing by providing an opportunity to compete at the highest level. The programme was open to British females aged between 14 and 25 who are over 1.68m tall and have the passion and drive to succeed at Olympic level, regardless of their sailing experience.
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