Belinda Stowell

{{short description|Australian sailor}}

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{{Use Australian English|date=June 2011}}

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| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|28 May 1971}}

| birth_place = Harare, Zimbabwe

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{{MedalSport | Women's sailing }}

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{{MedalCompetition| Olympic Games }}

{{MedalGold| 2000 Sydney | Women's 470 }}

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Belinda Josephine Stowell {{post-nominals|country=AUS|OAM}} (born 28 May 1971 in Harare, Zimbabwe){{cite Sports-Reference |url= https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/st/belinda-stowell-1.html |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200417183844/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/st/belinda-stowell-1.html |url-status= dead |archive-date= 17 April 2020 |title= Belinda Stowell |accessdate= 3 December 2014}} is an Australian sailor and Olympic champion. She won a gold medal in the 470 class with Jenny Armstrong at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131016101855/http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=25&sp=YAT |archive-date=16 October 2013 |url-status=dead |url=http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=25&sp=YAT |title=2000 Summer Olympics – Sydney, Australia – Sailing |website=databaseOlympics.com |access-date=20 May 2008}}

In 2017, Stowell and Armstrong were inaugural inductees in the Australian Sailing Hall of Fame.{{cite news|url=https://sailinghalloffame.org.au/inductee/jenny-armstrong-oam-and-belinda-stowell-oam/|title=Jenny Armstrong OAM and Belinda Stowell OAM inductee page|date=3 November 2017|work=Australian Sailing Hall of Fame website|accessdate=2 November 2017}} She went on into coaching.{{Cite web|url=https://wais.org.au/other/news_detail.php?id=10185|title = WAIS}}