Oliver Bone

{{short description|Canadian sailor}}

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1981|4|29|mf=yes}}

| birth_place = Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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| classes = Dinghy

| club = Royal Nova Scotia Yacht Squadron

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Oliver Bone (born April 29, 1981) is a Canadian sailor, who specialized in two-person dinghy (470) class.{{cite sports-reference|title = Oliver Bone|url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bo/oliver-bone-1.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200418093323/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bo/oliver-bone-1.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = 18 April 2020|access-date = 12 February 2020}} He represented Canada, along with his partner Stéphane Locas, at the 2008 Summer Olympics, finishing last from a fleet of twenty-nine entries. Currently, Bone trains for the Royal Nova Scotia Yacht Squadron in Halifax, Nova Scotia.{{cite news|author=Wong, Julia|title=Ex-Olympian spirals into depression, calls for more mental health education in sports|url=https://globalnews.ca/news/612249/ex-olympian-spirals-into-depression-calls-for-more-mental-health-education/|publisher=ISAF|date=4 June 2013|accessdate=13 February 2020}}

Bone qualified as a crew member for the Canadian squad in the men's 470 class at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, by placing twenty-ninth and receiving a berth from the World Championships in Melbourne, Australia.{{cite news|title=Event Guide: Men's Two Person Dinghy – 470|url=http://www.470.org/content.asp?id=483|publisher=470 World Championships|date=9 August 2008|accessdate=21 September 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111010105259/http://470.org/content.asp?id=483|archivedate=10 October 2011}} Teaming with skipper Stéphane Locas in the eleven-race series, the Canadian duo struggled to catch up with the rest of the boats for most of the legs that sat them at the far bottom of the leaderboard with 205 net points.{{cite web|title=Men's 470 Class |url=http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/sailing/resultsandschedules/rsc=SAM005000/standings.html |work=Beijing 2008 |publisher=NBC Olympics |accessdate=13 September 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140105145909/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/sailing/resultsandschedules/rsc%3DSAM005000/standings.html |archivedate= 5 January 2014 }}

He represented Canada at the 2020 Summer Olympics.{{Cite web|last=MacDonald|first=Glenn|title=RNSYS's Bone, Saunders named to Canadian Olympic sailing team {{!}} Saltwire|url=https://www.saltwire.com/atlantic-canada/sports/local-sports/rnsyss-bone-saunders-named-to-canadian-olympic-sailing-team-565355/|access-date=2021-04-09|website=www.saltwire.com|language=en}}