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John Gimson

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John Gimson
Personal information
NationalityBritish
Born (1983-03-11) 11 March 1983 (age 41)
Leicester, England[1]
Sailing career
ClassNacra 17
ClubRudyard Lake
CoachIain Percy
Medal record
Sailing
Representing  Great Britain
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place Tokyo 2020 Nacra 17 Mixed
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 Mussanah Oman Nacra 17
Gold medal – first place 2020 Geelong Australia Nacra 17
Silver medal – second place 2024 La Grande-Motte, France Nacra 17
Silver medal – second place 2023 The Hague Netherlands Nacra 17
Silver medal – second place 2001 Kingston Canada 29er Open
Continental Championships
Gold medal – first place 2023 European Championship Vilamoura Portugal Nacra 17
Gold medal – first place 2021 European Championship Thessaloniki Greece Nacra 17
Gold medal – first place 2018 Shanghai Cup And Asian Championship China Nacra 17
Gold medal – first place 2010 European Championship Italy Etchells
Silver medal – second place 2019 European Championship Weymouth UK Nacra 17
Silver medal – second place 2001 European Championship Alassio Italy 29er
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Nacra 17 Oceania Championships Melbourne Australia Nacra 17
World Cups/International Olympic Class Regattas
Gold medal – first place 2023 Trofeo S.A.R Princesa Sofia / World Cup Series Nacra 17
Gold medal – first place 2023 Hyeres Semaine Olympique Francaise Nacra 17
Gold medal – first place 2019 Kieler Woche Nacra 17
Gold medal – first place 2019 Miami Mid-Winter Regatta Nacra 17
Gold medal – first place 2015 Miami Mid-Winter Regatta Nacra 17
Gold medal – first place 2005 Imperia Winter Regatta 470
Silver medal – second place 2022 Hyeres Semaine Olympique Francaise Nacra 17
Silver medal – second place 2022 Kieler Woche Regatta Nacra 17
Silver medal – second place 2022 Hyeres Semaine Olympique Francaise Nacra 17
Silver medal – second place 2020 Kieler Woche Regatta Nacra 17
Silver medal – second place 2019 Olympic test event Tokyo Nacra 17
Silver medal – second place 2019 World Cup Series Final - Marseille Nacra 17
Silver medal – second place 2017 Trofeo S.A.R Princesa Sofia Nacra 17
Silver medal – second place 2015 Trofeo S.A.R Princesa Sofia Nacra 17
Silver medal – second place 2014 Sail for Gold Regatta Nacra 17
Silver medal – second place 2009 Hyeres Semaine Olympique Francaise Star
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Trofeo S.A.R Princesa Sofia Nacra 17
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Olympic test event Marseille Nacra 17
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Trofeo S.A.R Princesa Sofia Nacra 17
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Trofeo S.A.R Princesa Sofia Nacra 17
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Holland Medemblik Regatta Nacra 17
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Sailing World Cup Final Melbourne Nacra 17
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Olympic test event Rio Nacra 17
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Expert Olympic Garda - Eurolymp Nacra 17
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Sail for Gold Regatta Nacra 17
Star Sailors League
Skipper
rank 		Highest:
2 		1 March 2022:
4

John Gimson (born 11 March 1983) is an Olympic Silver Medallist and two time World champion in sailings Mixed multihull Olympic discipline. He lives in Congleton.[1] In 2020 he became world champion in the Nacra 17 World Championship with partner Anna Burnet. They were selected for the British Olympic team and gained silver medals at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

A veteran by the standards of many, John Gimson has forged a career in various formats of sailing and followed up success in the lead-up to Tokyo alongside Anna Burnet with silver in the Nacra 17 class at the 2020 Games.

The duo won the 2020 Nacra 17 World Championship plus silver medals at the 2019 European Championships, World Cup Final and the Olympic test event.

Gimson's youth career yielded silver medals at the World and European Championships and his CV also features a 2013 Americas Cup appearance, as well as eight years racing keelboats.

Gimson joined Iain Percy and Andrew Simpson in 2012 as their training partner in the Star class for the Olympic cycle ahead of the London Games but the Star class was dropped as an Olympic event following 2012, leading to his eventual switch to Nacra 17.

He and Burnet would cap off a remarkable day for British sailing on the Olympic stage in Japan, making history winning a silver Medal, the first ever British team to do so in the Mixed multihull, which debuted at Rio 2016, and taking Britain's first medal in a multihull class since Reg White & John Osborn's gold medal in the Tornado at Montreal 1976.

The pair continued their good run to win the 2021 World and European Championships.

Career

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He represented Team GB, along with partner Anna Burnet, in the Nacra 17 class at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo winning a silver medal.[2] Gimson's World Championship success includes winning the 2020 Nacra 17 Worlds and 2nd Place at the 29er World Championships.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b "John Gimson and Anna Burnet". britishsailingteam.rya.org.uk. British Sailing Team. Archived from the original on 2 August 2021. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  2. ^ "John Gimson". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 3 August 2021. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  3. ^ "John Gimson". members.sailing.org. World Sailing. Archived from the original on 27 May 2022.
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