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Ben Ainslie

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Born
1977 (47 years old)

Birth Place
Macclesfield, Cheshire, England

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Sailor

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White

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90 kg (198 lb)

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Sir Charles Benedict Ainslie CBE (born 5 February 1977) is a British competitive sailor. Ainslie is the most successful sailor in Olympic history. He won medals at five consecutive Olympics from 1996 onwards, including gold at the four consecutive Games (Sydney, Athens, Beijing & London) held between 2000 and 2012.

He is one of three athletes to win medals in five different Olympic Games in sailing, being the third person to win five Olympic medals in that sport (after Torben Grael and Robert Scheidt) and also the second to win four gold medals, after Paul Elvstrøm.

Ben is Team Principal, CEO and Skipper of INEOS Britannia and CEO and Driver of the Great Britain SailGP Team.

Career Honours

Olympics Gold 2012 British Sailing	Olympics Gold 2008 British Sailing	Olympics Gold 2004 British Sailing	Olympics Gold 2000 British Sailing
Olympics Silver 1996 British Sailing

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