STUART BITHELL (GBR)|
| | Nomination |
The GBR 49er sailed by Bithell
and helm Dylan Fletcher
snatched 2020 gold out from
under the noses of huge
pre-event favourites Burling
and Tuke by successfully pulling off a most
unlikely gybe in the final inches of the last
race, filling a spinnaker that should never
have filled in time let alone started to pull.
A passionate supporter of national as well
as Olympic-level dinghy sailing, 470 silver
at London 2012 and gold in Japan. A nice
way to bookend an outstanding career
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| Why they won |
| ‘Wins gold in Japan one week as
super-crew then the UK Merlin
title the following week as helm.
Enough said… Not a bad bloke
either!’ – Barrie Edgington; ‘A
great ambassador for the sport,
spends vast amounts of his time
coaching up-and-coming youth
sailors and still finds time to win
a race or two’ – Peter Jackson;
‘When Stuart turned up at the
Merlin Nationals after Tokyo we
all thought, naaah. Oops’ – Neal
Lillywhite. ‘Some fortnight!!!’
– Charlie Swanson. |
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