Jason Saunders

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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]

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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. 1 2 3 4 "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.


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