Nathan Outteridge

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1986|1|28|df=y}}

| birth_place = Newcastle NSW

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| classes = 49er, Moth, F50

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Nathan James Outteridge {{post-nominals|country=AUS|OAM}} (born 28 January 1986) is an Australian sailor, a resident of Lake Macquarie.

Career highlights

=Olympics =

:2008 – Beijing Olympics 5th, 49er (with Ben Austin)

:2012 – London Olympics {{gold1}} 1st, 49er (with Iain Jensen )

:2016 – Rio Olympics {{silver2}} 2nd, 49er (with Iain Jensen )

He is most famous for winning a gold medal at the London Olympics in the 49er class, along with Iain Jensen. At the Rio Olympics he won silver, again with Jensen in the 49er. He campaigned for the 2020 Olympics and qualified his country for the Nacra 17 class sailing with his sister Haylee gaining a 2nd place at the World Championships.

=World Championships=

class="wikitable sortable" !Year!!Location!!Pos!!Class!!Category!!Other!!Ref
2001-01	Kingston, Ontario, CAN	8th	29er	Open	with Grant Rose
2001-12	Sydney, AUS	{{silver2}} 2nd	29er	Open	2012 Title with Grant Rose
2002-08	Lunenburg, CAN	{{gold1}} 1st	29er	Male Youth	32nd ISAF Youth Sailing World Championships {{flagathlete\|Ayden Menzies\|AUS}}
2003-08	Neusiedlersee, AUT	7th	470	Open Juniors	with {{flagathlete\|Ayden Menzies\|AUS}}
2003-09	Neusiedlersee, AUT	48th	470	Male	with {{flagathlete\|Ayden Menzies\|AUS}}
2003-01	Madeira, POR	{{gold1}} 1st	420	Male Youth	33rd ISAF Youth Sailing World Championships with {{flagathlete\|Ayden Menzies\|AUS}}
2004-01	Melbourne, VIC, AUS	{{bronze3}} 3rd	420	Male and Mixed	with {{flagathlete\|Ayden Menzies\|AUS}}
2004-04	Queensland, AUS	{{silver2}} 2nd	Laser Radial	Youth
2004-05	Zadar	36th	470	Male	with {{flagathlete\|Ayden Menzies\|AUS}}
2004-08	Lake Garda, ITA	4th	470	Open Juniors	with {{flagathlete\|Ayden Menzies\|AUS}}
2004-07	Gdynia, POL	{{gold1}} 1st	420	Male Youth	34th ISAF Youth Sailing World Championships with {{flagathlete\|Iain Jensen\|AUS}}
2006-06	Aix Les Bains, FRA	6th	49er	Open	with {{flagathlete\|Ben Austin\|AUS}}
2007-06	Cascais	{{bronze3}} 3rd	49er	Open	with {{flagathlete\|Ben Austin\|AUS}}
2008-01	Melbourne, Australia	{{gold1}} 1st	49er	Open	with {{flagathlete\|Ben Austin\|AUS}}
2009-01	Belmont, NSW, AUS	11th	A Class	Open
2009-06	Sardinia, ITA	9th	Farr 40	Open
2009-07	Riva del Garda, ITA	{{silver2}} 2nd	29er	Open	with {{flagathlete\|Lauren Jeffries\|AUS}}
2009-07	Riva del Garda, ITA	{{gold1}} 1st	49er	Male	with {{flagathlete\|Iain Jensen\|AUS}}
2009-08	Cascade Locks, Oregon	{{silver2}} 2nd	Moth	Open
2010-01	Freeport, BAH	{{silver2}} 2nd	49er	Open	with {{flagathlete\|Iain Jensen\|AUS}}
2010-04	Casa de Campo, DOM	4th	Farr 40	Open	+ Crew
2010-09	San Francisco, USA	9th	Melges 32	Open	+ Crew
2011-02	Sydney, AUS	5th	Farr 40	Open	+ Crew
2011-03	Hamilton, AUS	9th	505 (dinghy)	Open	with
2011-05	Torbay, GBR	12th	SB20	Open	with
2011-11	Belmont, Australia	{{gold1}} 1st	Moth	Open
2011-12	Perth, Australia	{{gold1}} 1st	49er	Male	with {{flagathlete\|Iain Jensen\|AUS}}
2012-05	Zadar, Croatia	{{gold1}} 1st	49er	Male	with {{flagathlete\|Iain Jensen\|AUS}}
2012-09	Chicago, USA	{{bronze3}} 3rd	Farr 40	Open	+ Crew
2013-09	Marseille, FRA	5th	49er	Male	with {{flagathlete\|Iain Jensen\|AUS}}
2013-10	Hawaii, USA	{{silver2}} 2nd	Moth	Open
2014-02	Auckland, NZL	6th	A-Class	Open
2014-07	Hampshire, GBR	{{gold1}} 1st	Moth	Open
2014-08	Marstrand Island, SWE	10th	RC-44	Open	+ Crew
2014-09	Santander, ESP	{{bronze3}} 3rd	49er	Male	with {{flagathlete\|Iain Jensen\|AUS}}
2015-00	Sorrento, AUS	{{silver2}} 2nd	Moth	Open
2015-11	ARG	{{silver2}} 2nd	49er	Male	with {{flagathlete\|Iain Jensen\|AUS}}
2016-02	Clearwater, Florida, USA	6th	49er	Male	with {{flagathlete\|Iain Jensen\|AUS}}
2018-18	Geelong, AUS	{{silver2}} 2nd	Nacra 17	Mixed	with {{flagathlete\|Haylee Outteridge\|AUS}}
2019-11	Auckland, NZL	13th	Nacra 17	Mixed	with {{flagathlete\|Haylee Outteridge\|AUS}}
2020-02	Aarhus, DEN	{{silver2}} 2nd	Nacra 17	Mixed	with {{flagathlete\|Haylee Outteridge\|AUS}}

Together with teammate Ben Austin Outteridge became the 2008 World Champion in the 49er boat by finishing in front of Britons Stevie Morrison and Ben Rhodes. In 2007 they won the bronze medal in the same event at the World Championships in Cascais, Portugal. He is an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder.

=America's Cup=

In September 2012, he joined Artemis Racing for the final ACWS event in San Francisco and has since joined for the America's Cup in 2013. Nathan was one of the helmsmen for Artemis Racing the Challenger of Record for the 2013 America's Cup. He also skippered Artemis in the Louis Vuitton challenger series for the 2017 America's Cup, losing to Emirates Team New Zealand's.{{cite web |url=http://etnzblog.com/en/news/245_EMIRATES-TEAM-NEW-ZEALAND-WIN-THE-LOUIS-VUITTON-AMERICAS-CUP-CHALLENGER-PLAYOFF-FINAL.html |title=EMIRATES TEAM NEW ZEALAND WILL CHALLENGE FOR THE AMERICA'S CUP – Emirates Team New Zealand |first=Emirates Team New |last=Zealand |website=etnzblog.com |access-date=10 July 2017 }}{{Dead link|date=April 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} He became the skipper for the defending Team New Zealand in the 2024 America's Cup. Team New Zealand successfully defended the America's Cup against Ineos Britannia.{{Cite magazine |date=2024-08-22 |title=Nathan Outteridge: New Zealand's 2024 America's Cup co-skipper |url=https://www.yachtingworld.com/americas-cup/nathan-outteridge-new-zealands-2024-americas-cup-skipper-153330 |access-date=2024-08-23 |magazine=Yachting World |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=2024-10-20 |title=Team NZ win the America's Cup making three-in-a-row |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/360457368/team-nz-win-americas-cup-making-three-row |access-date=2024-10-20 |website=stuff |language=en-NZ}} In May 2025, Emirates Team New Zealand announced Outerridge as skipper of the team's defence of the 38th America's Cup, scheduled to be held in 2027. {{Cite web |date=2025-05-14 |title=EMIRATES TEAM NEW ZEALAND CORE SAILING TEAM BEGINS STRATEGISING |url=https://emirates-team-new-zealand.americascup.com/en/news/750_EMIRATES-TEAM-NEW-ZEALAND-CORE-SAILING-TEAM-BEGINS-STRATEGISING.html |access-date=2025-05-14 |website=ETNZ |language=en-NZ}}

=Other events=

:2005 – Sydney, Sydney International Regatta, {{gold1}} 1st, 49er

:2007 – Medemblik, Breitling Regatta, {{silver2}} 2nd, 49er

:2007 – Sydney, Sydney International Regatta, {{gold1}} 1st, 49er (with Ben Austin)

:2010 – Silvaplana, International Moth Class Euro Championship, {{gold1}} 1st, Moth

:2012 – Wangi Wangi, New South Wales, {{silver2}} 2nd, International A-Class Catamaran

:2019 – SailGP Runner up skippering Team Japan, F50

In 2019 Outteridge skippered the Japanese team in the inaugural SailGP sailing in F50 foiling catamarans.

References

External links

{{World Sailing|id=AUSNO3|www=nathan-outteridge}}
{{Olympics.com profile|nathan-outteridge|org_archive=20210113120701}}
{{AOC profile|nathan-outteridge}}
{{SR/Olympics|ou/nathan-outteridge-1|archive=20161203182836}}
[http://www.yachting.org.au/site/yachting/event/14245/overall_2_4.html 49er World Championships]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20080112153548/http://sailing.org/21882.php OUTTERIDGE And AUSTIN Win 49er World Title]
[https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/18908143 Australians Outteridge & Jensen secure 49er sailing gold]

Category:1986 births

Category:Living people

Category:Australian Institute of Sport sailors

Category:Australian male sailors (sport)

Category:Sailors at the 2008 Summer Olympics – 49er

Category:Sailors at the 2012 Summer Olympics – 49er

Category:Sailors at the 2016 Summer Olympics – 49er

Category:Olympic sailors for Australia

Category:Team Korea sailors

Category:Olympic gold medalists for Australia

Category:Olympic silver medalists for Australia

Category:Olympic medalists in sailing