Andrew Simpson (sailor)

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Andrew James Simpson , OBE (born December 17, 1976 in Chertsey , † May 9, 2013 in the Bay of San Francisco , United States ) was a British sailor . As an Olympic and world champion, he was one of the most successful British sailors.

Career

At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Simpson won a gold medal with his partner Iain Percy in the Star Boot . At the 2012 Summer Olympics in Great Britain , both won a silver medal in the same boat class . Between them they won the Star boat in Rio de Janeiro , the World Cup of 2010.

During the training of an international team for the 34th America's Cup on May 9, 2013, to which he has been a member since February 2013, the Swedish catamaran Artemis broke at the front cross member in the Bay of San Francisco and capsized. Simpson was pushed underwater and drowned.

Honors

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. 2010 Star World Championship. List of winners in the International Star Class Yacht Racing Association . (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on December 3, 2013 ; Retrieved May 10, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.starclass.org
  2. Olympic champion Simpson dies in a sailing accident. Süddeutsche Zeitung , May 10, 2013, accessed on May 10, 2013 .