Simon Hiscocks
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| Full name | Simon John Hiscocks | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 21 May 1973 (age 51) Dorking, Surrey, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Class | 49er | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Weymouth and Portland Sailing Academy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Simon John Hiscocks[1] (born 21 May 1973 in Dorking, Surrey) is a British sailor. He won a bronze medal for Great Britain at the 2004 Summer Olympics in the 49er. Hiscocks also won a silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in the same category. Hiscocks has been racing in the America's cup for the GreenCom Team.[2]
He lives in Portland, Dorset[3] and has two children, Amelie and Louis.
He is the founder of Shock Sailing, who manufacture parts for high performance sailboats, perform boat repairs, broker the sale of new and used dinghies, and manufacture sailing accessories. Since his Olympic career, Hiscocks has been prominent in the Foiling Moth class, and in other high performance skiffs.
References
[edit]- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Simon Hiscocks". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
- ^ "Green Comm Racing announces crew for AC World Series Plymouth".
- ^ Simon Hiscocks. "About". shocksailing.com. Retrieved 21 November 2013.
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