Nathan Outteridge

Nathan James Outteridge OAM (born 28 January 1986) is an Australian sailor, a resident of Lake Macquarie.

Nathan Outteridge
Personal information
Nationality Australia
Born (1986-01-28) 28 January 1986
Newcastle NSW
Height179 cm (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Weight75 kg (165 lb)
Sailing career
Class(es)49er, Moth, F50
Updated on 9 February 2014.

Career highlights

Olympics

2012 – London Olympics 1st, 49er (with Iain Jensen )
2016 – Rio Olympics 2nd, 49er (with Iain Jensen ).

He is most famous for winning a gold medal at the London Olympics in the 49er class, along with Iain Jensen. At the Rio Olympics he won silver, again with Jensen in the 49er.

World Championships

2002 – Sydney, AUS, 2nd, 29er World Championship
2003 – Madeira, POR 1st, 420 Class at the 33rd ISAF Youth Sailing World Championships
2004 – Queensland, AUS, 2nd, Laser Radial Youth World Championship
2004 – Melbourne, VIC, AUS, 3rd, 420 Class World Championships
2004 – Gdynia, POL, 1st, 420 Class at the 33rd ISAF Youth Sailing World Championships
2007 – Cascais, 3rd, 49er (with Ben Austin)
2008 – Melbourne, Australia, 1st, 49er (with Ben Austin)
2009 – Riva del Garda, ITA, 2nd, 29er CLass
2009 – Riva del Garda, ITA, 1st, 49er (with Iain Jensen)
2009 – Cascade Locks, Oregon, 2nd, Moth
2011 – Belmont, Australia, 1st, Moth
2011 – Perth, Australia, 1st, 49er (with Iain Jensen)
2012 – Zadar, Croatia, 1st, 49er (with Iain Jensen)
2013 – Hawaii, USA, 2nd, Moth
2014 – Hampshire, UK, 1st, Moth
2015 – Sorrento, Australia, 2nd, Moth

Together with teammate Ben Austin Outteridge became the 2008 World Champion in the 49er boat by finishing in front of Britons Stevie Morrison and Ben Rhodes. In 2007 they won the bronze medal in the same event at the World Championships in Cascais, Portugal. He is an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder.

America's Cup

In September 2012, he joined Artemis Racing for the final ACWS event in San Francisco and has since joined for the America's Cup in 2013. Nathan is one of the helmsmen for Artemis Racing the Challenger of Record for the 2013 America's Cup. He also skippered Artemis in the Louis Vuitton challenger series for the 2017 America's Cup, losing to Emirates Team New Zealand's Aotearoa.[2]

Other Events

2005 – Sydney, Sydney International Regatta, 1st, 49er
2007 – Medemblik, Breitling Regatta, 2nd, 49er
2007 – Sydney, Sydney International Regatta, 1st, 49er (with Ben Austin)
2010 – Silvaplana, International Moth Class Euro Championship, 1st, Moth
2012 – Wangi Wangi, New South Wales, 2nd, International A-Class Catamaran
2019 – SailGP Runner up skippering Team Japan, F50

In 2019 Outteridge skippered the Japanese team in the inaugural SailGP sailing in F50 foiling catamarans.

References

  1. "Nathan Outteridge". london2012.olympics.com.au. Australian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
  2. Zealand, Emirates Team New. "EMIRATES TEAM NEW ZEALAND WILL CHALLENGE FOR THE AMERICA'S CUP – Emirates Team New Zealand". etnzblog.com. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
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