Daniel Willcox

Dan Willcox

Personal information
Full name	Daniel Willcox
Nationality	New Zealander
Born	(1990-06-08) 8 June 1990 (age 34) Takapuna, New Zealand
Sailing career
Class	470
Club	Murrays Bay Sailing Club [1]
Medal record Men's sailing Representing   New Zealand World Championships 2016 San Isidro 470 class

Daniel Willcox (born 8 June 1990) is a New Zealand sailor.

Early life

Willcox was born in 1990 in Takapuna on Auckland's North Shore. ^[1] His father, Hamish Willcox, was a professional sailor who competed in the America's Cup and his sister, Anna Willcox-Silfverberg, competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in freestyle skiing. ^{[2] [3]}

Professional career

He was a competitor in the 2016 470 World Championships in San Isidro, Buenos Aires where he won a silver medal. ^[4] Willcox competed at the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics in the Men's 470 alongside Paul Snow-Hansen; they finished in tenth place. ^[1]

References

1. "Dan Willcox". Olympedia. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
2. Budge, Dale (4 April 2016). "Sailing: Family success drives Hamish Willcox". The New Zealand Herald . Retrieved 3 June 2021.
3. McFadden, Suzanne (30 June 2000). "Mates sail above Cup rivalry". The New Zealand Herald . Retrieved 3 June 2021.
4. "NZ sailing crews pick up World Champs silver". Radio New Zealand . 28 February 2016. Retrieved 3 June 2021.

External links

• Dan Willcox at World Sailing
• Dan Willcox at the New Zealand Olympic Committee
• Daniel Willcox at Olympics.com
• Daniel Willcox at Yachting New Zealand at the Wayback Machine (archived 28 April 2017)