Ben Ainslie (born 5 February1977, Macclesfield) is a British sailor and two-times Olympic gold medalist.
Ainslie won a silver medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics and Gold in the 2000 Summer Olympics in the Laser class. He put on forty pounds and moved to the larger Finn class for the 2004 Summer Olympics, where he won gold.
The son of Roddy Ainslie, who captained a boat that took part in the first Whitbread Round The World Race in 1973, he won a gold medal at the World Youth Championships in 1995, and was awarded the title of British Yachtsman of the Year in 1995, 1999, 2000 and 2002. He is also the holder of an MBE.
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Biography, British Olympic Team (http://www.olympics.org.uk/teamgb/biogs_athens.asp?AthleteID=59)
BenAinslieMBE (born February 5, 1977 in Macclesfield) is a British sailor and two-times Olympic gold medalist.
The son of Roderick 'Roddy' Ainslie, who captained a boat that took part in the first Whitbread Round The World Race in 1973, he won a gold medal at the World Youth Championships in 1995, and was awarded the title of British Yachtsman of the Year in 1995, 1999, 2000 and 2002.
Ainslie was a gold medalist at the 1993 Laser Radial World Championship, gold medalist at the 1993 Laser Radial European Championship, silver medalist at the 1994 IYRU World Youth Sailing Championship in Marathon, Greece and gold medalist at the 1995 IYRU World Youth Sailing Championship in Hamilton, Bermuda.
Ainslie suffers from an allergic reaction to the sun, so expect his life story to appear exclusively in the Mirror.
Once the Ainslies moved from Cheshire to Kernow there were only two things young Ben could turn his hand to, and he clearly didn't fancy campaigning for Cornish autonomy.
Ainslie is a cunning sailor and master navigator from a small island.
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