Nathan James Outteridge (born 28 January 1986) is an Australian

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, a resident of Lake Macquarie.

Career highlights

Olympics

:2008 – Beijing Olympics 5th, 49er (with Ben Austin) :2012 – London Olympics 1st, 49er (with Iain Jensen ) :2016 –

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2nd, 49er (with Iain Jensen ) He is most famous for winning a gold medal at the London Olympics in the 49er class, along with Iain Jensen. At the

he won silver, again with Jensen in the 49er. He campaigned for the 2020 Olympics and qualified his country for the Nacra 17 class sailing with his sister Haylee gaining a 2nd place at the World Championships.

World Championships

Together with teammate Ben Austin Outteridge 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 is an

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scholarship holder.

America's Cup

In September 2012, he joined Artemis Racing for the final ACWS event in San Francisco and has since joined for the America's Cup in 2013. Nathan was one of the helmsmen for

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the Challenger of Record for the

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. He also skippered ''Artemis'' in the Louis Vuitton challenger series for the 2017 America's Cup, losing to Emirates Team New Zealand's. He became the skipper for the defending

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 ...

in the 2024 America's Cup. Team New Zealand successfully defended the America's Cup against Ineos Britannia. In May 2025,

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announced Outerridge as skipper of the team's defence of the 38th America's Cup, scheduled to be held in 2027.

Other events

:2005 –

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, Sydney International Regatta, 1st, 49er :2007 –

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, Breitling Regatta, 2nd, 49er :2007 –

, Sydney International Regatta, 1st, 49er (with Ben Austin) :2010 –

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, International Moth Class Euro Championship, 1st,

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:2012 –

Wangi Wangi, New South Wales Wangi Wangi () is a suburb of the City of Lake Macquarie in New South Wales, Australia, which forms a peninsula jutting eastwards into Lake Macquarie. Wangi Wangi is a well known holiday spot, that was frequented in the early days by families f ...

, 2nd, International A-Class Catamaran :2019 –

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Runner up skippering Team Japan, F50 In 2019 Outteridge skippered the Japanese team in the inaugural

sailing in F50 foiling catamarans.

References

External links

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49er World Championships

OUTTERIDGE And AUSTIN Win 49er World Title

Australians Outteridge & Jensen secure 49er sailing gold
1986 births Living people Australian Institute of Sport sailors Australian male sailors (sport) Sailors at the 2008 Summer Olympics – 49er Sailors at the 2012 Summer Olympics – 49er Sailors at the 2016 Summer Olympics – 49er Olympic sailors for Australia Team Korea sailors Olympic gold medalists for Australia Olympic silver medalists for Australia Olympic medalists in sailing Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics 420 class world champions 29er class sailors 49er class world champions Moth class world champions World champions in sailing for Australia Artemis Racing sailors 2017 America's Cup sailors 2013 America's Cup sailors Denmark SailGP Team sailors Japan SailGP Team sailors New Zealand SailGP Team sailors Switzerland SailGP Team sailors Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia 21st-century Australian sportsmen Sportspeople from Newcastle, New South Wales Sportsmen from New South Wales Long stubs with short prose {{Australia-yachtracing-bio-stub