Dylan Fletcher

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Dylan Fletcher-Scott
MBE
Personal information
Full nameDylan James Fletcher-Scott
NationalityBritish
Born3 April 1988 (1988-04-03) (age 36)
London, England
Sailing career
Class 405, 29er 49er
Medal record
Men's sailing
Representing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2020 Tokyo 49er
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2017 Matosinhos 49er
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2016 Clearwater 49er
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2019 Auckland 49er

Dylan James Fletcher-Scott (born 3 April 1988) is a British sailor and Olympic champion in Men's 49er in Tokyo 2020. Fletcher and Alain Sign placed sixth in the 49er event at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Starting sailing at age 11 and racing at 13, Fletcher has always sailed double handers. Quickly finding himself at the front of the 405 fleet he moved up into the 29er enjoying similar success including 29er under 19 world champion in 2006 (Weymouth, 2nd in seniors). He then transitioned into the 49er climbing up the ranks collecting medals along the way.

Fletcher now sails with Olympic 2012 470 Silver medalist Stuart Bithell. The team medalled at every regatta in 2017 winning both the European and World Championships. They have qualified to represent Great Britain at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the Men's 49er class. [1]

Fletcher won Olympic gold representing Great Britain at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the Men's 49er class with crew Stuart Bithell. [2]

Fletcher was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2022 New Year Honours for services to sailing. [3] [4]

Fletcher added to his 2 previous world championship titles with Gold at the Moth Worlds in Buenos Aires in 2022.

He is a helm for the British Americas Cup team INEOS Britannia which in the 2024 edition became the first British team since 1964 to compete for the cup by beating Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli in the Louis Vuitton Cup.

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References

  1. ↑ "Sailing: Stuart Bithell named for Tokyo 2020 Olympics". rochdaleonline.co.uk. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
  2. ↑ "Portland Sailor Stuart Bithell wins gold in Tokyo". itv.com. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
  3. ↑ "No. 63571". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 January 2022. p. N24.
  4. ↑ "New Year Honours 2022: Jason Kenny receives a knighthood and Laura Kenny made a dame". BBC Sport. 31 December 2021.


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