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| Full name | Iain Bryden Percy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1976-03-21)21 March 1976 (age 49) Southampton,United Kingdom | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Great Britain | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Men'ssailing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Hayling Island Sailing Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Iain Bryden PercyOBE (born 21 March 1976) is anEnglishsailor and double Olympic champion for Great Britain.
Percy competed in the2000 Summer Olympics inSydney, where he won a gold medal in the Finn class.[1] He memorably received his gold medal at a ceremony on the steps of theSydney Opera House.
He competed in the2004 Summer Olympics inAthens and finished 6th in the double-handed Star class withSteve Mitchell. The same team received a bronze medal at the 2005 World Championships and a gold medal at the 2005 European Championships.[2]
Percy won World Bronze in the Star class withAndrew Simpson in 2007 and European Championship Gold in 2009.[3] The duo won Gold in the same class of boat at the 2010 World Championships which took place in Brazil. With previous partner, Steve Mitchell, Percy won the 2002 Star World Championship in Los Angeles, and medalled in the next three world championships, winning the bronze medal in each of them.
At the2008 Olympics inBeijing he again won a gold medal, this time in the Star class, teaming up with Andrew Simpson.[4]
At the2012 Olympics inLondon he andAndrew Simpson won the silver medal, after a tight race against Swedish duoFredrik Lööf andMax Salminen.
Percy is a member ofHayling Island Sailing Club and sails there regularly.
In 2005, Percy decided to take a break from full-time Olympic Class sailing and join America's Cup challenger+39 Challenge as helmsman. Due to limited funding, +39 only managed ninth place in the Louis Vuitton Cup. Iain then joined Great Britain's TEAMORIGIN competing in theLouis Vuitton Trophy regattas (Nice, Auckland, La Maddalena) and on the TP52 circuit, prior to stepping onboardArtemis Racing for the Louis Vuitton Trophy – Dubai.
Percy has been with Artemis Racing since then and was Sailing Team Director for the Challenger of Record for the35th America's Cup. Since 2017 he has been CEO of Artemis Technologies.[5][6]
Percy was appointedMember of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in 2005, as a recognition of his Olympic gold medal.[2] He was appointedOfficer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2009 New Year Honours.[7]He was also awarded a Doctor of Laws honorary degree by the University of Bristol in 2009.[8]
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