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Born | Takapuna, New Zealand | 3 September 1990||||||||||||||
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Class | 470 | ||||||||||||||
Club | Wakatere Boating Club | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Paul Snow-Hansen (born 3 September 1990) is a New Zealand sailor. In 2016, he sailed in the 470 World Championships in San Isidro, Buenos Aires where he won a silver medal with Daniel Willcox. [1] [2]
He was a competitor in the 470 class at the 2012 Summer Olympics with Jason Saunders. [3] He competed with Daniel Willcox at the 2016 Summer Olympics. [3] In 2021, Snow-Hansen and Willcox won the open men's 470 European Championship, sailed off Vilamoura in Portugal. [4]
Of Māori descent, Snow-Hansen affiliates to the Ngāpuhi iwi. [5]
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