Slingsby will continue with his role on the Australia SailGP Team. He sailed with Oracle Team USA in the 20 America’s Cup matches and won the first two seasons of SailGP as the driver of the Australian Team. He was named 2021 Rolex World Sailor of the Year. In the last decade, he’s won major championships in everything from 100-foot supermaxis to singlehanded foiling Moths. But he went on to win multiple world championships and an Olympic gold medal at the 2012 Olympics in London. Tom Slingsby was a latecomer to competitive sailing, after being inspired while watching the 2000 Olympic Regatta on Sydney Harbour. Photo courtesy of Phil Hillyard for SailGP The Australia SailGP Team helmed by Tom Slingsby, during the Australia Sail Grand Prix in December 2021. In April, Marine Industry News reported that American Magic had made two additions to the team’s leadership: Luis Saenz Mariscal and Jon Persch. The team competed in the 36th America’s Cup in Auckland, New Zealand. New York Yacht Club American Magic was formed in 2018 by principals Hap Fauth, Roger Penske, and Doug DeVos. We’ve got world-class talent on board the boat and backing us on the shore, I’m proud and excited to be a part of it.” “The AC75s are remarkable craft, and I look forward to doing whatever I can to help our team in their quest to bring the trophy back to the United States and the New York Yacht Club. “I’m extremely excited to return to the America’s Cup arena,” says Slingsby, 37. Slingsby, a 2012 Olympic gold medalist and multi-class world champion, previously helped an American team win the Auld Mug in 2013. Tom Slingsby has signed with New York Yacht Club American Magic for the 37th America’s Cup in 2024.
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