sport.wikisort.org - AthleteSir Russell Coutts KNZM CBE (born 1 March 1962) is a world champion New Zealand yachtsman.
New Zealand sailor
Sir Russell Coutts
KNZM CBE
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Nationality | New Zealand |
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Born | (1962-03-01) 1 March 1962 (age 60) Wellington, New Zealand |
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Class(es) | Finn, AC45 |
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Early and personal life
Coutts was educated at Otago Boys' High School (1975–1979) and is a Life Member of Paremata Boating Club, where he learnt to sail in a P class, and the Ravensbourne Boating Club.[1] Coutts has three children, and has been married twice.[1]
In 2021 Coutts criticised the New Zealand Government's response to COVID-19, suggesting that the government was acting like a dictatorship by establishing vaccine mandates and enforcing managed isolation.[2] In February 2022 Coutts announced that he would attend the Convoy 2022 New Zealand anti-mandate protest in Wellington.[3]
Career
Coutts' achievements include a gold medal in the Finn Class in the 1984 Olympic Games, winning the America's Cup five times, the ISAF World Youth championships, three World Match Racing Championships, numerous international match race wins and IOR, IMS and One Design World Championship victories. As skipper/helmsman in America's cup racing, he has a perfect record with 15 wins and no losses (1995, 2000, 2003). He was CEO of the Oracle Team when it won the America's Cup twice with 14 wins and 16 losses (2010, 2013 and 2017 each time with James Spithill as skipper/helmsman).
In 2005 Slovenian designer Andrej Justin designed with input from him a new boat called the RC44; a high performance one design racer created for top level racing in international regattas under strictly controlled Class Rules. The concept and the design features of the RC44 are dedicated to the amateur helmsmen racing in fleet racing sailing events.[4]
In July 2007, Coutts was named CEO and Skipper of BMW Oracle Racing, sponsored by Golden Gate Yacht Club (GGYC), the United States Challenger to the 2010 America's Cup. He was involved in the pre-match litigation between the challengers Golden Gate Yacht Club and Société Nautique de Genève (SNG), in which the court decided that the GGYC was the rightful Challenger of Record. Cup Defender SNG's team was Alinghi. Coutts' yacht USA beat the defending yacht Alinghi 5 by considerable margins in both races.[5][6]
Most observers stated that USA 17's rigid wing sail had given it a decisive advantage.[7]
Coutts again led the Oracle Team as CEO in the next America's Cup match against Emirates Team New Zealand. This match took place in the bay of San Francisco in September 2013. Oracle managed to come back from 8 races to 1 by winning the following 8 races and to defend the cup in the longest America's cup match ever. Both skipper James Spithill and team owner Larry Ellison praised Coutts' role in the defense of the oldest trophy in sports history.[8][9]
Achievements
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event |
1983 | Finn Gold Cup | Milwaukee, USA | 13th | Finn class |
1984 | Finn Gold Cup | Anzio, Italy | 7th | Finn class |
Olympic Games | Long Beach, USA | 1st | Finn class |
1989 | IYRU Match Racing World Championship | Lymington, UK | 7th | Match racing |
1990 | Soling World Championships | Medemblik, Netherlands | 8th | Soling class |
IYRU Match Racing World Championship | Auckland, New Zealand | 5th | Match racing |
1991 | IYRU Match Racing World Championship | Hamilton, Bermuda | 3rd | Match racing |
1992 | Olympic Games | Barcelona, Spain | 8th | Soling class |
IYRU Match Racing World Championship | Long Beach, USA | 1st | Match racing |
1993 | IYRU Match Racing World Championship | Perth, Australia | 1st | Match racing |
1996 | ISAF Open Match Racing World Championship | Dubrovnik, Croatia | 1st | Match racing |
1998 | Etchells World Championships | Marblehead, USA | 2nd | Etchells class |
2001 | 12 Metre World Championships | Cowes, UK | 1st | 12 Metre Grand Prix class |
Farr 40 World Championships | Cowes, UK | 1st | Farr 40 class |
2003 | Farr 40 World Championships | Porto Cervo, Italy | 4th | Farr 40 class |
ISAF Open Match Racing World Championship | Riva del Garda, Italy | 6th | Match racing |
2005 | Melges 24 World Championships | Key Largo, USA | 28th | Melges 24 class |
2006 | Farr 40 World Championships | Newport, USA | 1st | Farr 40 class |
2008 | TP52 World Championships | Lanzarote, Spain | 4th | TP52 class |
2010 | Melges 32 World Championships | San Francisco, USA | 7th | Melges 32 class |
RC44 World Championships | Puerto Calero, Spain | 2nd | RC44 class |
- As of 27 September 2015[10]
- 1981 – ISAF World Youth Champion / Winner
- 1984 – 1984 Olympic Games / Los Angeles / Finn Class / Gold Medal
- 1992 – World Champion / Match Racing
- 1993 – World Champion / Match Racing
– Admiral's Cup / Pinta / /Winner
- 1994 – World Champion / Match Racing
- 1995 – 1995 Louis Vuitton Cup / Black Magic / San Diego / Winner (37 victories, 1 loss) – Skipper & Helmsman
/> – 1995 America's Cup / Black Magic (Challenger) / San Diego / Winner (5 to 0) – Skipper & Helmsman
- 1996 – World Champion / Match Racing
- 2000 – 2000 America’s Cup / Team New Zealand (Defender) / Auckland / Winner (5 to 0) – Skipper & Helmsman
- 2001 – World Champion / 12 metre JI / Cowes
– World Champion / Farr 40 / Southampton, UK
- 2003 – 2003 Louis Vuitton Cup / Alinghi / Auckland / Winner (30 victories, 4 losses) – Skipper & Helmsman
– 2003 America's Cup / Alinghi (Challenger) / Auckland / Winner (5 to 0) – Skipper & Helmsman
- 2006 – Bol d'Or Rolex / Decision 35 / Team Banque Gonet / Switzerland / Winner
– World Champion / Farr 40 / Vincenzo Onorato Team / Newport, U.S.
- 2007 – World Champion / TP 52 / Team Artemis
- 2008 – Cagliari RC44 Cup, Match Racing / RC44 / BMW ORACLE Racing / Cagliari, Italy / Winner
– TP 52 Audi MedCup / TP 52 / Team USA 17 / Winner
– Malcesine SLAM Cup, Match Racing / RC44 / BMW ORACLE Racing / Malcesine, Italy / Winner
- 2010 2010 America's Cup / BMW Oracle Racing (Challenger) / Valencia / Winner (2 to 0) – Team Chief Executive Officer
- 2013 2013 America's Cup / Oracle Racing (Defender) / San Francisco, USA / Winner (9 to 8) – Team Chief Executive Officer
Awards
In New Zealand, Coutts has been honoured with appointment as a Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 1985 New Year Honours[11] and then elevation to the rank of Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1995 Queen's Birthday Honours.[12]
He was made a Distinguished Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the 2000 Queen's Birthday Honours,[13] and redesignated as a Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit in August 2009.[14] He has been named ISAF Sailor of the Year twice.[citation needed]
Other awards include:
- 1984 – New Zealand Yachtsman of the Year
- 1994 – Silbernes Lorbeerblatt,[15] German National Award
- 1995 – Sperry World Sailor of the Year
- 1995 – Halberg Award
- 1995 – ISAF World Sailor of the Year Award
- 1996 – America's Cup Hall of Fame
- 1996 – World Trophy for Oceania
- 2003 – ISAF Rolex World Sailor of the Year Award
References
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Olympic Champions in One-person Heavyweight Dinghy |
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- Firefly (1948)
- Finn (1952–2020)
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World Champions in 12 Metre |
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- 1979: Lionheart
- 1982: Victory '82
- 1984: Victory '83
- 1986: Australia III
- 1987: Kiwi Magic
- 1988: Kookaburra III – Gilmour
- 1991: New Zealand
- 1999: Kiwi Magic
- 2001: South Australia – Coutts
- 2005: Hissar
- 2007: no champion decided
- 2009: Kiwi Magic
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World Champions in Open Match Racing |
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Championship |
- 1988: Dickson
- 1989: Dickson
- 1990: Gilmour
- 1991: Dickson
- 1992: Coutts
- 1993: Coutts
- 1994: Pacé
- 1995: Baird
- 1996: Coutts
- 1997: Gilmour
- 1998: Gilmour
- 1999: Bank
- 2000: Barker
- 2002: Jabłoński
- 2003: Baird, Horton, Burnham & Ziskind
- 2004: Baird
- 2005: Spithill, Fethers, Newton & Ivaldi
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Tour |
- 2006: Gilmour
- 2007: Williams
- 2008: Williams
- 2009: Minoprio
- 2010: Ainslie
- 2011: Williams
- 2012: Williams
- 2013: Canfield
- 2015: Williams
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ISAF World Sailor of the Year (male) |
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1984 New Zealand Olympic team |
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Archery |
- Neroli Fairhall
- Dale Lightfoot
- Ann Shurrock
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Athletics |
- Anne Audain
- Rod Dixon
- Derek Froude
- Lyn Grime
- Lorraine Moller
- Mary O'Connor
- Peter O'Donoghue
- Mike O'Rourke
- Peter Pearless
- Peter Renner
- Dianne Rodger
- Tony Rogers
- John Walker
- Steve Walsh
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Boxing | |
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Canoeing | |
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Cycling |
- Craig Adair
- Stephen Cox
- Anthony Cuff
- Brian Fowler
- Graeme Miller
- Murray Steele
- Roger Sumich
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Diving |
- Ann Sissons
- Mark Graham
- Gary Lamb
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Equestrian | |
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Fencing |
- Martin Brill
- David Cocker
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Field hockey |
- Jeff Archibald
- Christine Arthur
- Cathy Baker
- Husmukh Bhikha
- Robyn Blackman
- Chris Brown
- George Carnoutsos
- Mary Clinton
- Peter Daji
- Lesley Elliott
- Laurie Gallen
- Jane Goulding
- Stuart Grimshaw
- Shirley Haig
- Harina Kohere
- Trevor Laurence
- Sandra Mackie
- Maurice Marquet
- Jan Martin
- Jenny McDonald
- Sue McLeish
- Grant McLeod
- Brent Miskimmin
- Peter Miskimmin
- Lesley Murdoch
- Arthur Parkin
- Ramesh Patel
- Graham Sligo
- Jillian Smith
- Isobel Thomson
- Barbara Tilden
- Robin Wilson
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Judo |
- Shaun O'Leary
- Graeme Spinks
- Bill Vincent
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Rhythmic gymnastics | |
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Rowing | |
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Sailing | |
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Shooting |
- Tony Clarke
- Stephen Petterson
- John Woolley
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Swimming | |
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Synchronised swimming | |
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Weightlifting |
- Michael Bernard
- Kevin Blake
- Allister Nalder
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Wrestling |
- Zane Coleman
- Graeme Hawkins
- Ken Reinsfield
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Chef de Mission: Ron Scott |
1992 New Zealand Olympic team |
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Archery | |
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Athletics |
- Marguerite Buist
- Derek Froude
- Paul Gibbons
- Joanne Henry
- Robbie Johnston
- Anne Judkins
- Gavin Lovegrove
- Lorraine Moller
- Lesley Morton
- Simon Poelman
- Kirsten Smith
- Cameron Taylor
- Rex Wilson
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Badminton |
- Dean Galt
- Kerrin Harrison
- Tammy Jenkins
- Rhona Robertson
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Boxing | |
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Canoeing | |
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Cycling |
- Gary Anderson
- Jon Andrews
- Tom Bamford
- Joann Burke
- Nigel Donnelly
- Brian Fowler
- Paul Leitch
- Carlos Marryatt
- Glenn McLeay
- Graeme Miller
- Jacqui Nelson
- Chris Nicholson
- Rosalind Reekie
- Stuart Williams
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Diving | |
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Equestrian | |
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Fencing | |
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Field hockey |
- Scott Anderson
- Christine Arthur
- Tina Bell-Kake
- Mary Clinton
- Shane Collins
- Sapphire Cooper
- Peter Daji
- Sue Duggan
- Kylie Foy
- Susan Furmage
- David Grundy
- Scott Hobson
- Elaine Jensen
- Trudy Kilkolly
- Anna Lawrence
- Brett Leaver
- Grant McLeod
- Peter Miskimmin
- Kieren O'Grady
- Umesh Parag
- Paresh Patel
- David Penfold
- John Radovonich
- Craig Russ
- Greg Russ
- Helen Shearer
- Jamie Smith
- Mandy Smith
- Anthony Thornton
- Robyn Toomey
- Kate Trolove
- Ian Woodley
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Judo |
- Steve Corkin
- Donna Hilton
- Nicola Morris
- Graeme Spinks
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Rowing |
- Philippa Baker
- Scott Brownlee
- Campbell Clayton-Greene
- Bill Coventry
- Toni Dunlop
- Brenda Lawson
- Guy Melville
- Pat Peoples
- Carl Sheehan
- Eric Verdonk
- Chris White
- Ian Wright
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Sailing | |
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Shooting |
- Jocelyn Lees
- Stephen Petterson
- Greg Yelavich
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Swimming | |
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Table tennis |
- Hagen Bower
- Peter Jackson
- Chunli Li
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Wrestling |
- Grant Parker
- Shane Stannett
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Chef de Mission: Ralph Roberts |
Authority control  |
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General | |
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National libraries | |
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Other | |
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На других языках
- [en] Russell Coutts
[es] Russell Coutts
Russell Coutts (Wellington, Nueva Zelanda, 1 de marzo de 1962) es un regatista neozelandés. Ha ganado el galardón como Regatista Mundial del Año de la ISAF en 1995 y 2003. Es director del equipo Oracle Challenge desde 2007.
[fr] Russell Coutts
Russell Coutts, né le 1er mars 1962 à Wellington, est un skipper et barreur néo-zélandais.
[it] Russell Coutts
Russell Coutts (Wellington, 1º marzo 1962) è un velista neozelandese, considerato tra i più forti al mondo nella categoria Match Race[1].
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