Tom King (sailor)
Thomas Jack King OAM (born 8 February 1973) is an Australian sailor and Olympic champion. He won a gold medal in the 470 class with Mark Turnbull at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.[1] He and Turnbull were inducted into the Australian Sailing Hall of Fame in 2022.[2]
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Leadership
In January 2015 Tom King and Jessica Watson were ambassadors for the Australia Day regatta series at South Gippsland Yacht Club in Inverloch where King first began his sailing.
References
- "2000 Summer Olympics – Sydney, Australia – Sailing". databaseOlympics.com. Archived from the original on 16 October 2013. Retrieved 23 May 2008.
- "Sailing Legends Inducted to Australian Sailing Hall of Fame". Australian Sailing. Retrieved 7 December 2022.
External links
- Tom King at World Sailing (old website)
- Tom King at Olympedia
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