Nicholas Robert Rogers (born 4 October 1977, in
Lymington
Lymington is a port town on the west bank of the Lymington River on the Solent, in the New Forest (district), New Forest district of Hampshire, England.
The town faces Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, to which there is a Roll-on/roll-off, car ferry s ...
) is a sailing competitor from Great Britain. He won silver medals at the 2004 Athens and
2008 Beijing Olympics
The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and officially branded as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes fro ...
with
Joe Glanfield
Jonathan "Joe" James Glanfield (born 6 August 1979, London Borough of Sutton) is a sailing competitor from Great Britain. He won a silver medal at both the 2004 Athens and 2008 Beijing Olympics with Nick Rogers in the 470
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in the
470 (dinghy)
The 470 (Four-Seventy) is a double-handed monohull planing dinghy with a centreboard, Bermuda rig, and centre sheeting. Equipped with a spinnaker, trapeze and a large sail-area-to-weight ratio, it is designed to plane easily, and good teamwork ...
class. The pair began sailing together in 1997. He is the uncle of world champion sailor
Vita Heathcote.
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People from Lymington
Living people
English male sailors (sport)
Sailors at the 2000 Summer Olympics – 470
Sailors at the 2004 Summer Olympics – 470
Sailors at the 2008 Summer Olympics – 470
Olympic sailors for Great Britain
British male sailors (sport)
Olympic silver medallists for Great Britain
1977 births
Olympic medalists in sailing
Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Laser 2 class world champions
World champions in sailing for Great Britain
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