Michael Blackburn (sailor)

Michael Blackburn
Medal record
Sailing
Representing  Australia
Olympic Games
2000 Sydney Laser class

Michael Blackburn (born 27 May 1970 in Sydney, New South Wales) is an Australian Olympic medallist and sailor. He is well known for his crossing of Bass Strait in a Laser dinghy. He did so on 9 March 2005 in a record time (for sailing) of 13 hours 1 minute.

In March 2005, he was ranked 3rd in the world in the Laser, behind Robert Scheidt of Brazil and Paul Goodison of Great Britain, and ahead of Mark Mendelblatt of the United States.[1]

Blackburn also won the 2006 Laser World Championships in Jeju, Korea. He placed 9th at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. He also received a Bronze Medal in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, and was the coach of Australian Olympic Gold medalist Tom Slingsby in the Laser class at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London and continues to be the Australian sailing laser coach notably for Tom Burton and Matthew Wearn (both currently ranked top 5 in world).[2]

Outside of sailing, Blackburn has a PhD in Human Movement Studies. He is also a founder of SportsMindSkills.com which sells downloadable sports psychology products. He was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "ISAF: World Sailing Rankings; Single-handed dinghy men – Laser". Sailing.org. 4 March 2005. Retrieved 8 July 2011.
  2. ↑ "Rankings". sailing.org. Retrieved 2016-06-04.
  3. ↑ AIS at the Olympics


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