Micah Wilkinson (born 6 February 1996) is a New Zealand

sailor A sailor, seaman, mariner, or seafarer is a person who works aboard a watercraft as part of its crew, and may work in any one of a number of different fields that are related to the operation and maintenance of a ship. While the term ''sailor'' ...

. He competed in the

Multihull – Nacra 17 A multihull is a boat or ship with more than one hull, whereas a vessel with a single hull is a monohull. The most common multihulls are catamarans (with two hulls), and trimarans (with three hulls). There are other types, with four or more hul ...

event at the

2020 Summer Olympics The officially the and officially branded as were an international multi-sport event that was held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some of the preliminary sporting events beginning on 21 July 2021. Tokyo ...

with

Erica Dawson Erica Dawson is an American poet and professor. She is the author of three poetry collections. Biography Dawson grew up in Columbia, Maryland. After earning a B.A. degree at Johns Hopkins University and a Master of Fine Arts degree in Poetry ...

. He and Dawson competed again in the

2024 Summer Olympics The 2024 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad () and branded as Paris 2024, were an international multi-sport event held in France from 26 July to 11 August 2024, with several events started from 24 July. P ...

where they won the bronze medal in the

Nacra 17 The Nacra 17 is a performance catamaran used for sailing. It was designed in 2011, went into production in 2012 and has been the focus of multihull sailing at the Olympic Games since its conception. The Nacra has been converted to a sailing ...

event. Micah is now a pilot for the E1 Series Team Drogba, with a recent P3 podium finish with his team in Doha, Qatar (first race as a rookie)

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* * * * 1996 births Living people New Zealand male sailors (sport) Olympic sailors for New Zealand Sailors at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Nacra 17 Sailors at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Nacra 17 Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for New Zealand Olympic medalists in sailing Sportspeople from Cambridge, New Zealand Sportspeople from Hamilton, New Zealand 21st-century New Zealand sportsmen {{NewZealand-yachtracing-bio-stub