Josh Junior (born 22 December 1989) is a New Zealand Olympic and international sailor.

Sailing career

During the 2015 ISAF Sailing World Cup, Junior finished second in the men's Finn event in Weymouth. After beating out Andrew Murdoch to qualify, he represented New Zealand at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the Finn class, finishing seventh. Junior joined

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in 2016 and was part of the crew that won the

2017 America's Cup The 2017 America's Cup was the 35th staging of the America's Cup yacht race. The challenger, Emirates Team New Zealand, won by a score of 7 to 1 over the defender, Oracle Team USA. It was held on the Great Sound in Bermuda from June 17 to June 2 ...

. In December 2019, Junior finished 1st at the 2019 Finn Gold Cup at the

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. In doing so, he was the first ever

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sailor to win the event. Junior joined the

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for the

2021–22 SailGP championship The 2021–22 SailGP Championship was the second season of the SailGP championship. Originally due to be contested in 2020, the season was postponed to 2021 after the first round in Sydney due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and was then extend ...

. Junior represented New Zealand at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the Finn class and placed fifth after out qualifying

Andy Maloney Andrew Maloney (born 2 June 1990) is a New Zealand professional sailor born on 2 June 1990. Sailing career From the Murrays Bay Sailing Club, he finished third in both the 2005 and 2006 World Championships in the Splash class. He finished 13 ...

for selection. Maloney was Junior's coach during

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* * * 1989 births Living people New Zealand male sailors (sport) Olympic sailors for New Zealand Sailors at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Finn Sailors at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Finn Team New Zealand sailors Extreme Sailing Series sailors Finn class world champions TP 52 class world champions World champions in sailing for New Zealand 2017 America's Cup sailors 2021 America's Cup sailors New Zealand SailGP Team sailors 21st-century New Zealand sportsmen {{NewZealand-yachtracing-bio-stub