Darren Bundock

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Darren Bundock
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Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2000 Sydney Tornado class
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2008 Beijing Tornado class

Darren Bundock (born 21 March 1971) is an Australian sailor from Gosford, New South Wales. He won a silver medal in the Tornado class at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. Bundock and current crewmate Glenn Ashby are the 2007 world champions in the Tornado class and ranked number one in the event going into the 2008 Summer Olympics. However, they were beaten by the Spanish crew and won silver. He was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder. [1]

Bundock sailed with Team New Zealand in the final regatta of the 2010 Extreme Sailing Series. [2]

Moreover, he joined America's Cup World Series team Oracle in 2011, as replacement skipper and helmsman for Russell Coutts.

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References

  1. "AIS Roll of Honour for the Olympics". ausport.gov.au. Archived from the original on 6 June 2011.
  2. "Emirates Team New Zealand".