Sean Clarkson

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Sean Clarkson (born 1969) [1] is a New Zealand sailor who has sailed at the Summer Olympics and in multiple Whitbread Round the World Races and America's Cups.

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Clarkson grew up in Kerikeri and attended the University of Auckland for marine biology. [2]

Career

Olympics

He represented New Zealand at the 1996 Summer Olympics, sailing in a Soling with Kelvin Harrap and Jamie Gale. They finished 14th in the competition.

America Cup

On leaving university to join New Zealand Challenge and was a grinder on board NZL 20 during the 1992 Louis Vuitton Cup. [3]

He then joined AmericaOne for the 2000 Louis Vuitton Cup. [4]

He then competed in the 2003 Louis Vuitton Cup with Prada Challenge, [5] and the 2007 Louis Vuitton Cup with BMW Oracle Racing. [6] [7] [8]

He sailed with Artemis Racing in the 2011 Extreme Sailing Series, the 2011–13 America's Cup World Series and the 2013 Louis Vuitton Cup. [9] [10] [11] [12]

He was a member American Magic for the 2021 America Cup campaign. [13]

Round The World

He then sailed in the 1993–94 Whitbread Round the World Race on NZ Endeavour , which won the race, before joining Tag Heuer Challenge for the 1995 Louis Vuitton Cup. [14]

He competed in the 1997–98 Whitbread Round the World Race on Toshiba . [15]

He was a member of Team SEB for the 2001–02 Volvo Ocean Race.

Other Sailing

He has also won multiple TP52 World Championship and is a two-time winner of the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race. [16]

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References

  1. ↑ "Sean Clarkson – New Zealand Olympic Team". 9 February 2016. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
  2. ↑ "Yachting: It's just another day on the water" . Retrieved 3 August 2017.
  3. ↑ ROBERTS, RICH (6 December 1991). "Kiwis Pick American as Skipper" . Retrieved 3 August 2017– via LA Times.
  4. ↑ AmericaOne. "AmericaOne – Sean Clarkson". www.americaone.org. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
  5. ↑ "Brady Vs Holmberg In the Finals". sailing.org. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
  6. ↑ "America's Cup 2013 - Artemis Racing's Sean Clarkson - from CupInfo.com". www.cupinfo.com. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
  7. ↑ "BMW ORACLE Racing ramps up for 2006 season". Yachts and Yachting Online. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
  8. ↑ "Dickson Off America's Cup Boat – Yachting World". 20 May 2007. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
  9. ↑ "Artemis Racing" . Retrieved 3 August 2017– via TVNZ.
  10. ↑ "Sean Clarkson : Challenge and Adventure". challengeandadventure.com. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
  11. ↑ humans.txt. "America's Cup: Survival of the Fittest - SailAngle.com". www.sailangle.com. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
  12. ↑ "America's Cup: Red-lining the heart rate monitors – Seabreeze" . Retrieved 3 August 2017.
  13. ↑ https://www.sail-world.com/news/234438/Kiwi-grinding-veteran-on-eighth-Americas-Cup
  14. ↑ "Yachting: Kiwi depth forces switch" . Retrieved 3 August 2017.
  15. ↑ News, Sean Flynn l The Newport Daily. ""It's a sailing city"" . Retrieved 3 August 2017.{{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  16. ↑ "New Zealand sailor Dean Barker wins world title as tactician with Russian team in RC44 class". Stuff. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
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