Giles Scott

{{Short description|British sailor}}

{{for|the English architect|Giles Gilbert Scott}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}

{{Use British English|date=February 2023}}

{{Infobox sailor

| name = Giles Scott
MBE

| image =

| caption = Scott after winning the Rio 2016 Olympic Games in the Finn Class

| nationality = {{GBR2}}

| fullname = Giles Lyndon Scott

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1987|6|23|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, England, UK

| classes = Finn

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalCountry|{{GBR2}}}}

{{MedalCount

| Olympic Games | 2|0|0

|World championships|6|0|2

|European Championships |3|2|0

|Total|11|2|2}}

{{MedalSport|Sailing}}

{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}

{{MedalGold|2016 Rio de Janeiro|Finn}}

{{MedalGold|2020 Tokyo|Finn}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}

{{MedalGold|2005 |Laser}}

{{MedalGold|2008 |Youth Finn}}

{{MedalGold|2011 Perth|Finn}}

{{MedalGold|2014 Santander|Finn}}

{{MedalGold|2015 Takapuna|Finn}}

{{MedalGold|2016 Gaeta|Finn}}

{{MedalBronze|2002 Buffalo|Laser Radial}}

{{MedalBronze|2010 San Francisco|Finn}}

{{MedalCompetition|European Championships}}

{{MedalGold|2011 Helsinki |Finn}}

{{MedalGold|2014 La Rochelle|Finn}}

{{MedalGold|2019 Athens|Finn}}

{{MedalSilver|2020 Gdynia |Finn}}

{{MedalSilver|2021 Vilamoura |Finn}}

}}

Giles Lyndon Scott (born 23 June 1987) is a British competitive sailor and four-time Finn Gold Cup winner and two-time Olympic gold medallist who won the gold medal for Team GB in the Finn Class at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro where having dominated the class, Scott secured his place in the history books winning the gold medal with a day to spare.{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sailing/2016/08/14/giles-scott-all-bur-secures-sailing-olympic-gold-in-finn-class/ |title=Giles Scott secures sailing Olympic gold in Finn class, continuing Britain's glorious tradition |work=Daily Telegraph |date=14 August 2016 |access-date=15 August 2016 |author=Scofield, Daniel}}{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/34172084l |title=Rio 2016: Eight sailors named in Team GB Rio Olympic squad |publisher=BBC |access-date=9 September 2015}} In January 2024, Scott [https://www.bbc.com/sport/sailing/67876284 took over the Driver role] of the [https://www.emiratesgbrsailgp.com/ Emirates Great Britain SailGP Team] from Sir Ben Ainslie. He secured his [https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/sailing/articles/cgrrne495ddo first SailGP event win] in Halifax, Canada, in June 2024 winning the inaugural ROCKWOOL Canada Sail Grand Prix. Scott was Head of Sailing for Ainslie's British America's Cup Team, [https://www.ineosbritannia.com/ INEOS Britannia] competing in the 37th America's Cup in Barcelona. In September 2024, Scott was announced as Driver for Canada's NorthStar SailGP Team, taking over from Phil Robertson who was at the helm for SailGP seasons 3 and 4.