Tom Burton

Tom Burton medal table
sailing
Australia Australia
Olympic games
gold	Rio de Janeiro 2016	laser
World championships
silver	Santander 2014	laser
bronze	Kingston 2015	laser
silver	Split 2017	laser
gold	Sakaiminato 2019	laser

Thomas Michael "Tom" Burton , AOM (born June 27, 1990 in Sydney ) is an Australian sailor .

successes

Tom Burton was unable to assert himself against Tom Slingsby in preparation for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London and thus did not take part in his first Olympic participation until 2016 in Rio de Janeiro in the laser boat class . Before the final medal race , he was in second position behind Tonči Stipanović , who started the race ten points ahead of Burton. However, Stipanović only reached ninth place, while Burton was third. So he overtook Stipanović and became Olympic champion . At world championships in Santander in 2014 and in Split in 2017 , he won the silver medal in this boat class, and in 2015 he secured bronze in Kingston . In 2019 he finally won the title in Sakaiminato .

For his Olympic success, Burton received the Australia Order Medal in 2017 .

Web links

Tom Burton in the database of World Sailing (English)
Tom Burton in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Tom Burton at the Australian Olympic Committee (English)

Individual evidence

↑ Amanda Lulham: Rio Olympic women dominate Australia Day honors list. In: dailytelegraph.com.au. The Daily Telegraph , January 26, 2017, accessed February 15, 2020 .

personal data
SURNAME	Burton, Tom
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Burton, Thomas Michael (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Australian sailor
DATE OF BIRTH	June 27, 1990
PLACE OF BIRTH	Sydney , Australia

[1] Amanda Lulham: Rio Olympic women dominate Australia Day honors list. In: dailytelegraph.com.au. The Daily Telegraph , January 26, 2017, accessed February 15, 2020 .