- Tom Ashley
Thomas John Mitchell Ashley (born 11 February 1984 in
Auckland ) is a sailor from New Zealand, who won the gold medal in the men's sailboard event at the2008 Summer Olympics , he also won the . He is the Olympic champion and the 2008 World champion.Ashley placed 2nd two years previous at the 2006 World Championships. During the event the top-10 sailors were selected to sail the final race, called the medal race. Before the start of the medal race Ashley was in first position, only one point in front of
Casper Bouman from the Netherlands. Bouman finished second in the medal race, one position in front of Ashley. Both sailors then had the same points (23), but Bouman was crowned as the World champion thanks to his better position during the medal race.Tom went to Kings Prep in Auckland.Achievements
Training partners
Ashley's training partners are Josh Nixon (NZL), Antonio Cozzolino (NZL), Ricardo Santos (BRA), Joao Rodigues (POR),
Shahar Zubari (ISR), Ivan Pastor Lafuente (ESP) and Zac Plavsic (CAN).Club memberships
Ashley is a member of:
*Takapuna Boating Club http://www.takapunaboating.org.nz
*The Devonport Pony Club http://www.devonportponyclub.co.nz
*The New Zealand RSX Association http://www.yachtingnz.org.nzExternal links
* [http://www.sailing.org/bio.asp?ID=NZLTA1 Profile at sailing.org]
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