Matthew "Matt" Wearn OAM (born 30 September 1995) is an Australian competitive sailor, Olympic champion and multiple times medalist at world championships.[2][3]
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| Nickname | 'Wearny' 'Wearn Dawg' | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Australian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 30 September 1995 Perth, Western Australia, Australia[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Class(es) | ILCA 7, Etchells, ILCA 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Wearn has been sailing since he was five years old. He chose the sport over a possible career in Australian Rules football. He was inspired by Beijing Olympic champions Elise Rechichi and Tessa Parkinson who came to his local sailing club in Perth to show young sailors the gold medals they had won in the 470 class.[4]
Career edit
Wearn won silver medals at the Laser World Championships in 2018, 2019 and 2020.[3] He qualified to represent Australia at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo 2021, winning the gold medal in Laser.[2] In 2023 he married Belgian sailer Emma Plasschaert.
In the 2022 Australia Day Honours Wearn was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia.[5] In 2023, awarded Male Able-Athlete of the Year at the AIS Sport Performance Awards.[6]
References edit
- ^ "Matt Wearn". Olympics.com.au. Australian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
- ^ a b "Matthew Wearn". Olympedia.org. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
- ^ a b "Matthew Wearn". Sailing.org. World Sailing. Archived from the original on 28 July 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
- ^ "Matt Wearn". AustralianSailingTeam.com.au. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
- ^ "Australia Day Honours List" (PDF). The Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia. 26 January 2022. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
- ^ Commission, Australian Sports Commission; jurisdiction=Commonwealth of Australia; corporateName=Australian Sports. "Swimming makes a big splash at AIS Performance Awards". Australian Sports Commission. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
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External links edit
- Matt Wearn at World Sailing
- Matt Wearn at the Australian Olympic Committee
- Matt Wearn at Olympics.com
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