| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | British |
| Born | 15 April 1993 Launceston, Cornwall, United Kingdom |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Sailing |
Sam Sills (born 15 April 1993) is a British sailor. He competed in the IQFoil event at the 2024 Summer Olympics, where he reached the semi-finals. [1]
Sills grew up in Launceston in Cornwall, and learnt to sail on beaches and lakes in South West England. [2] He attended Tavistock College. [3]
He has younger identical twin sisters, Imogen and Saskia, who are also professional windsurfers. [4]
Sills won the Male U15 Techno 293 World Championship in 2007, and the Male U17 World Championship in the same competition in 2009. [5] He left the British sailing setup after becoming dissatisfied with his situation, and moved to Scandinavia, sailing part-time whilst working in the naval architecture sector. [6]
He returned to competitive sailing in 2020, after it was announced that IQFoil would feature in the 2024 Summer Olympics. [7] Having lived in a van for a year in order to afford sailing equipment, he finished seventh in the World Championships that year, and went on to be the leading British rider in the European Championships. [2] He went on to finish fifth at the 2023 World Championships in Lake Garda. [8]
Sills took part in the Men's IQFoil event at the 2024 Summer Olympics. He qualified from the preliminary race in eighth position, [8] and finished as runner-up in the quarter-final, [9] however failed to advance through the semi-final. [10]