Benjamin Austin (born 16 July 1982) is an Australian

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. The profession of the ...

. He competed for

Australia at the 2008 Summer Olympics A total of 433 competitors competed for Australia at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. The team was Australia's second largest away team after the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, which included a team of 482 competitors. Australian athletes ha ...

. Together with teammate

Nathan Outteridge Nathan James Outteridge (born 28 January 1986) is an Australian sailor, a resident of Lake Macquarie. Career highlights Olympics :2008 – Beijing Olympics 5th, 49er (with Ben Austin) :2012 – London Olympics 1st, 49er (with Iain Jens ...

, Austin became the 2008 World Champion in the 49er boat by finishing in front of

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Stevie Morrison and Ben Rhodes. In 2007 they won the bronze medal in the same event at the World Championships in

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. He was an

Australian Institute of Sport The Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) is a high performance sports training institution in Australia. The Institute's headquarters were opened in 1981 and are situated in the northern suburb of Bruce, Canberra. The AIS is a division of th ...

scholarship holder.AIS at the Olympics

Career highlights

;World Championships :2007 –

, 3rd, 49er (with

) :2008 –

Melbourne Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/ Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a me ...

, 1st, 49er (with

) ;Other achievements :2007 – Sydney, Sydney International Regatta, 1st, 49er (with

)

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49er World Championships

OUTTERIDGE And AUSTIN Win 49er World Title
1982 births Living people Australian Institute of Sport sailors Australian male sailors (sport) Sailors at the 2008 Summer Olympics – 49er Olympic sailors of Australia 49er class world champions World champions in sailing for Australia 21st-century Australian people {{Australia-yachtracing-bio-stub