Steven Mitchell (born 10 February 1970 in

Dorking Dorking () is a market town in Surrey in South East England about south-west of London. It is in Mole Valley, Mole Valley District and the non-metropolitan district, council headquarters are to the east of the centre. The High Street runs ro ...

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) is a British

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. He competed at the

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and finished 6th in the double-handed Star class with Iain Percy. The same team won the 2002 Star World Championship in Los Angeles, and medalled in the next three world championships and won the gold medal at the 2005 European Championship. They were also number one in the ISAF sailing world rankings in 2003.

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