Michael Blackburn
| Michael Blackburn medal table |
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 Australia
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| Olympic games | ||
| bronze | Sydney 2000 | laser |
| World championships | ||
| silver | Cancun 2000 | laser |
| bronze | Cadiz 2003 | laser |
| bronze | Bitez 2004 | laser |
| gold | Manly 2004 | Laser Radial |
| gold | Jeju-si 2006 | laser |
Michael James Blackburn (born July 25, 1970 in Sydney ) is an Australian sailor .
successes
Michael Blackburn took part in three Olympic Games in the laser boat class . At the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta he just missed winning a medal in fourth place, before winning the bronze medal four years later in his native Sydney behind Ben Ainslie and Robert Scheidt . The 2004 Games in Athens joined Blackburn from ninth place.
At world championships in Cancun in 2000 he won his first world championship medal with silver, and in 2003 and 2004 he won bronze. In contrast, he was world champion in the laser radial in 2004, as was the laser two years later at the world championships in Jeju-si .
Web links
- Michael Blackburn in the database of World Sailing (English)
- Michael Blackburn in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Michael Blackburn at the Australian Olympic Committee (English)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Blackburn, Michael |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Blackburn, Michael James (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Australian sailor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 25, 1970 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sydney , Australia |