Colin Beashel

{{Short description|Australian sailor (born 1959)}}

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| fullname = Colin Kenneth Beashel

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1959|11|21|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Sydney, New South Wales

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| height = 181 cm

| weight = 87 kg

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| club = Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club

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{{MedalCompetition | Olympic Games }}

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Colin Kenneth Beashel (born 21 November 1959) is an Australian sailor who crewed on the winning America's Cup team Australia II in 1983{{cite web |last=Kennedy |first=Sharon |url=http://www.abc.net.au/olympics/2004/profiles/colin_beashel.htm |title=Rio Olympics 2016 (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) |publisher=Abc.net.au |access-date=2016-06-12}} and competed at six Olympics between 1984 and 2004, winning bronze in 1996. He became, jointly with Brazilian Torben Grael, the eighth sailor to compete at six Olympics. He helmed Australia Challenge at the 1992 Louis Vuitton Cup.{{cite web |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zSccy32k88kC&q=pedro+campos+sailor+campos+sailor&pg=PA44 |title=Yachting |date=1 May 1991 |access-date=27 July 2017 |via=Google Books}}

Born in Sydney, Beashel comes from a sailing family. His father Ken is a local sailing legend. His brother Adam was a sailor for Team New Zealand in the Americas Cup in 2003, 2007 and 2013.{{cite web |url=http://www.emiratesteamnz.com/medcup-series/sailing-team-for-tp52.aspx |title=ETNZ |website=emiratesteamnz.com |access-date=13 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100211145734/http://www.emiratesteamnz.com/medcup-series/sailing-team-for-tp52.aspx |archive-date=11 February 2010 |url-status=dead}}{{cite web |url=http://www.sailinganarchy.com/rumors/rumors_arch2003.htm |title=Rumors and Lies 2003 Archives |access-date=8 July 2011 |website=sailinganarchy.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715230414/http://sailinganarchy.com/rumors/rumors_arch2003.htm |archive-date=15 July 2011}} Adam's wife Lanee Butler sailed at four Olympics.{{cite Sports-Reference |title=Lanee Butler Beashel |url=http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bu/lanee-butler-beashel-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130207143212/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bu/lanee-butler-beashel-1.html |archive-date=2013-02-07}}{{cite web |url=http://www.ussailing.org/olympics/OlympicGames/2004/MistralWomen/Lanee.asp |title=Lanee Butler Beashel |access-date=27 March 2010 |website=ussailing.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110530095101/http://www.ussailing.org/olympics/OlympicGames/2004/MistralWomen/Lanee.asp |archive-date=30 May 2011}}

Beashel competed at the Olympics in the two-person keelboat, with Richard Coxon in 1984, Gregory Torpy in 1988, and David Giles from 1992 to 2004.{{cite Sports-Reference |title=Colin Beashel |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/be/colin-beashel-1.html |access-date=2016-06-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417164922/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/be/colin-beashel-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-17}} He and Giles also won the World Championships in 1998 in the Star class. He now runs the family boat shop in Elvina Bay, Pittwater.