Adam Beashel is an Australian sailor. He is best known for being part of

Team New Zealand Team New Zealand or TNZ is a Sailing (sport), sailing team based in Auckland, New Zealand, representing the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron. The team has been branded as Emirates (airline), Emirates Team New Zealand at America's Cup competiti ...

at the

2003 America's Cup The 31st America's Cup was contested between the holder, Team New Zealand, and the winner of the 2003 Louis Vuitton Cup, Alinghi. Build Up The 2002–2003 Louis Vuitton Cup, held in the Hauraki Gulf in Auckland, New Zealand saw nine teams from ...

and strategist for Emirates Team New Zealand at the

2007 America's Cup The 2007 America's Cup was the thirty-second challenge for the America's Cup and was won by Alinghi in the 7th race. The Cup is the most famous and most prestigious regatta and '' Match Race'' in the sport of sailing. As per the Deed of Gift ...

. Beashel was part of the '' oneAustralia'' team that came second in the 1995 Louis Vuitton Cup. He is also a 49er sailor. Together with Teague Czislowski, he came second in that class at the 1999 World Championships to Chris Nicholson and Ed Smyth. He and Czislowski won the national selection process for the 2000 Olympics in the 49er class, but the Australian Yachting Federation instead nominated Nicholson and Daniel Phillips for the sole spot at the Olympics as they were considered better possibilities for a medal. Nicholson and Phillips eventually finished sixth. He was injured in April 2007 while with Emirates Team New Zealand, and was replaced by

Mark Mendelblatt Mark Mendelblatt (born February 19, 1973) is an American yachtsman. Married to windsurfer Carolina Mendelblatt (née Borges), he primarily sails the Laser Radial, a one-design class of small ( long, and ) single-handed sailing dinghy. Beginnin ...

. He is from a sailing family. His father Ken Beashel is a sailor and boat builder in Sydney. His brother

Colin Colin may refer to: * Colin (given name) * Colin (surname) * ''Colin'' (film), a 2008 Cannes film festival zombie movie * Colin (horse) (1905–1932), Thoroughbred racehorse * Colin (humpback whale), a humpback whale calf abandoned north of Sydney, ...

is an Olympic medal winning sailor who crewed on ''

Australia II ''Australia II'' (KA 6) is an Australian 12-metre-class America's Cup challenge racing yacht that was launched in 1982 and won the 1983 America's Cup for the Royal Perth Yacht Club. Skippered by John Bertrand, she was the first successf ...

'' in 1983. His wife

Lanee Butler Lanee "Carrie" Butler-Beashel (born June 3, 1970, in Manhasset, New York) is an American windsurfer. She competed at four Olympics from 1992 to 2004. Her best position was fourth in 2000. She is married to America's Cup sailor Adam Beashel. He ...

is a boardsailor who competed at four Olympics. He and Lanee have two young sons, born in 2008 and 2009.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Beashel, Adam Team New Zealand sailors Living people Australian male sailors (sport) Sailors (sport) from Sydney Extreme Sailing Series sailors 2013 America's Cup sailors 2007 America's Cup sailors 1995 America's Cup sailors 2003 America's Cup sailors Year of birth missing (living people) Sportsmen from New South Wales