Jason Saunders

Jason Saunders (born 22 November 1990) is a New Zealand sailor.

Saunders was born in 1990 in Tauranga ^[1] and received his education at Tauranga Boys' College that he attended with fellow Olympic sailors Sam Meech (born 1991) and Peter Burling (born 1991) at the same time. ^[2]

Saunders competed in the 470 class at the 2012 Summer Olympics, with Paul Snow-Hansen. ^[3] The team finished 5th. ^[3]

At the 2016 Summer Olympics, Saunders competed alongside Gemma Jones in the Nacra 17 event, finishing in 4th. ^{[3] [4]} Previously the team had finished 4th at the 2015 Nacra 17 World Championships, and later finished in 4th place at the 2017 Nacra 17 World Championships. ^[3] He now competed in the Nacra 17 event with Olivia Mackay. ^[5]

References

1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jason Saunders". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
2. Gillespie, Kiri (17 August 2016). "TBC trio inspires school with Rio efforts". Bay of Plenty Times . Retrieved 17 August 2016.
3. "Jason Saunders". New Zealand Olympic Team. 9 February 2016. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
4. "Sailor Biography". sailing.org. Archived from the original on 25 June 2020. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
5. Remocker, Ben (17 August 2019). "Tokyo2020: Kiwi Nacra 17 crew splits one year from Tokyo". www.sail-world.com. Retrieved 22 June 2020.