Iain Percy

Iain Percy

Medal record
Representing  Great Britain
Men's sailing
Olympic Games
	2000 Sydney	Finn class
	2008 Beijing	Star class
	2012 London	Star class
World Championships
	2002 Los Angeles	Star class
	2010 Rio De Janeiro	Star class
	2012 Hyeres	Star class
	2003 Cadiz	Star class
	2004 Gaeta	Star class
	2005 Buenos Aires	Star class
	2007 Cascais	Star class
European Championships
	2005	Star class
	2009 Kiel	Star class

Iain Bryden Percy OBE (born 21 March 1976 in Southampton, Hampshire) is an English sailor and double Olympic champion for Great Britain.

Olympics

Percy competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where he won a gold medal in the Finn class.^[1] He memorably received his gold medal at a ceremony on the steps of the Sydney Opera House.

He competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens and finished 6th in the double-handed Star class with Steve Mitchell. The same team received a bronze medal at the 2005 World Championships and a gold medal at the 2005 European Championships.^[2]

Percy won World Bronze in the Star Class with Andrew Simpson in 2007 and European Championship Gold in 2009.^[3] The duo have just won Gold in the same class of boat at the 2010 World Championships which took place in Brazil. With previous partner, Steve Mitchell, Percy won the 2002 Star World Championships in Los Angeles, and medalled in the next 3 world championships, winning the Bronze medal in each of them.

At the 2008 Olympics in Beijing he again won a gold medal, this time in the Star class, teaming up with Andrew Simpson.^[4] At the 2012 Olympics in London he and Andrew Simpson won the silver medal, after a tight race against Swedish duo Fredrik Lööf and Max Salminen. Percy is a member of Hayling Island Sailing Club and sails there regularly.

America's Cup

In 2005, Iain decided to take a break from full-time Olympic Class sailing and join America’s Cup challenger +39 Challenge as helmsman. Due to limited funding, +39 only managed ninth place in the Louis Vuitton Cup. Iain then joined Great Britain’s TEAMORIGIN competing in the Louis Vuitton Trophy regattas (Nice, Auckland, La Maddalena) and on the TP52 circuit, prior to stepping onboard Artemis Racing for the Louis Vuitton Trophy – Dubai.

Percy has been with Artemis Racing since then and is now Sailing Team Director for the Challenger of Record for the 34th America's Cup which will be held in San Francisco, California during the summer of 2013.

Awards

Percy was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in 2005, as a recognition of his Olympic gold medal.^[2] He was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2009 New Year Honours.^[5]

References

1. Profile: "Iain Percy"– databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved 31 December 2007)
2. "Iain Percy MBE" – British Olympic Association (Retrieved 21 March 2008)
3. "Iain Percy Sailing Greats" – olympics30.com (Retrieved 11 Feb 2012)
4. "GB sailors take Star gold medal". BBC. 21 August 2008. Retrieved 21 August 2008.
5. The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 58929. p. 11. 31 December 2008.