Glenn Thomas Ashby MNZM (born 1 September 1977) is an Australian sailor from Strathfieldsaye, a suburb of Bendigo, Victoria. He is a multiple multihull world champion. He has been part of Team New Zealand as the wing trimmer for the 2013 America's Cup, the skipper of the 2017 America's Cup winners, Emirates Team New Zealand.[1] and the mainsail trimmer for the 2021 America's Cup.
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| Full name | Glenn Thomas Ashby | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1 September 1977 Bendigo, Victoria, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ashby grew up sailing with his brother and sister at Bendigo Yacht Club. Learning in a Northbridge Junior at around seven, his dad later took him on a Sabre. In 1996 at 18, Glenn went overseas for the first time in his life. Competing at the A-Class Worlds in Spain against 86 others, he won.
Ashby and skipper Darren Bundock were the 2007 world champions in the Tornado class and ranked number one in the event going into the 2008 Summer Olympics. However, they were beaten by the Spanish team and won silver.
Ashby has won 10 A Class catamaran world championships. He was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder.[2]
In the 2019 New Zealand New Year Honours, Ashby was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to sailing.[3]
References
edit- ^ France, Marvin (27 June 2017). "America's Cup: Team New Zealand beat Oracle to reclaim Auld Mug in Bermuda". Stuff. Archived from the original on 3 April 2019. Retrieved 26 June 2017.
- ^ AIS at the Olympics Archived 9 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "New Year honours list 2019". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 31 December 2018. Archived from the original on 10 May 2019. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
External links
edit- Glenn Ashby at World Sailing
- Glenn Ashby at Olympics.com
- Glenn Ashby at Olympedia
- Glenn Ashby at the Australian Olympic Committee
- Australian Olympic Committee profile Archived 23 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- Official website at the Wayback Machine (archived 18 February 2020)
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