Ben Ainslie

Ben Ainslie is Britain’s most successful Olympic sailor. Most recently Ben has won his third successive Olympic Gold in the 2008 Beijing Olympics in the Finn class.

Ben won his first Olympic medal at just 19 years old- Silver in the Laser class at the 1996 Atlanta Games. Four years later, again sailing the Laser, he achieved every athlete’s dream of Olympic Gold in Sydney.

After the Sydney Olympics, Ben changed focus and spent fourteen months with the ‘One World Challenge’ campaign for the 2003 America’s Cup. In the 2004 Athens Olympic Games, Ben won his second Gold medal and third Olympic medal in the larger Finn Class, cementing his place as one of the World's top sailors. After Athens, Ben was given the opportunity to join Emirates Team New Zealand and re-enter the Americas Cup arena. His role was as 'B-boat' helmsman and the experience invaluable. Ben has won eight World and European Championships in his sailing career to date, been crowned ISAF World Sailor of the Year in 1998 and 2002, and four times won British Yachtsman of the Year.