Carl (Tiny) Whiting, born 1981 in Auckland (previously known as Carl Williams),[1][2] is a New Zealandsailor who has competed at theSummer Olympics and in multipleAmerica's Cups.
His mother is well-known sailing tutorPenny Whiting.[3] Between 1995 and 1998 Whiting was part of theRoyal New Zealand Yacht Squadron youth training scheme.[4]
Whiting joined Team New Zealand as a trainee and reserve at age 16.[5] He then sailed withTeam New Zealand in their unsuccessful2003 America's Cup before joiningOracle Racing for the2007 Louis Vuitton Cup and 2010 America's Cup campaign.[6][7][8]
Whiting teamed up withHamish Pepper in theStar class and together they won the2006 Star World Championships and representedNew Zealand at the 2008 Summer Olympics,finishing ninth.[9][10]
In 2009 he took up cycling and entered a team into theTour of Southland while also working withArtemis Racing in theTP52 class.[11]
Whiting launched and managedPure Black Racing, New Zealand's first international professional road cycling team, from 2010 to 2013. The team raced in USA, Canada, Singapore, New Zealand and Australia in 2011 and '12, including competing in the 2012 UCI Asia Tour.[12][13]
Whiting won first place in the blue belt, Master 1, ultra-heavy category at the World Master Brazilian jiu-jitsu 2014 Championship in California.[14]
In 2020, Whiting and his wife Jasmine purchased the 55 ft yacht Emotional Rescue, which was the first monohull boat to win the PIC Coastal Classic in 1989.[15] Their family-run business, Whiting Sailing, offers private charters, private sailing lessons and learn-to-sail courses in Auckland.[16]