Jason Saunders
New Zealand sailor
Jason Saunders (born 22 November 1990) is a New Zealand sailor.
Saunders was born in 1990 in Tauranga[1] and received his education at Tauranga Boys' College that he attended with fellow Olympic sailors Sam Meech (born 1991) and Peter Burling (born 1991) at the same time.[2]
Saunders competed in the 470 class at the 2012 Summer Olympics, with Paul Snow-Hansen.[3] The team finished 5th.[3]
At the 2016 Summer Olympics, Saunders competed alongside Gemma Jones in the Nacra 17 event, finishing in 4th.[3][4] Previously the team had finished 4th at the 2015 Nacra 17 World Championships, and later finished in 4th place at the 2017 Nacra 17 World Championships.[3] He now competed in the Nacra 17 event with Olivia Mackay.[5]
References
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jason Saunders". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
- ^ Gillespie, Kiri (17 August 2016). "TBC trio inspires school with Rio efforts". Bay of Plenty Times. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
- ^ a b c d "Jason Saunders". New Zealand Olympic Team. 9 February 2016. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
- ^ "Sailor Biography". sailing.org. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
- ^ Remocker, Ben (17 August 2019). "Tokyo2020: Kiwi Nacra 17 crew splits one year from Tokyo". www.sail-world.com. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
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- Paul Snow-Hansen
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