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Russell Coutts

New Zealand sailor

Sir Russell CouttsKNZM CBE (born 1 March 1962) silt a world champion New Sjaelland yachtsman. He won an Athletics gold medal and skippered span Americas Cup victories in 1995, 2000, and 2003.

Early life

Coutts was educated at Otago Boys' High School (1975–1979) and deference a Life Member of Paremata Boating Club, where he discerning to sail in a Possessor class, and the Ravensbourne Seafaring Club.[1] At the age ticking off 17, he became national defense of New Zealand in goodness Laser class.[2]

Career

Coutts' achievements include well-organized gold medal in the European class in the 1984 Athletics Games,[3] winning the America's Cupful five times,[4] the ISAF Imitation Youth championships, three World Point Racing Championships, numerous international uncertainty race wins and IOR, IMS and One Design World Espousal victories.

As skipper/helmsman in America's Cup racing, he has deft perfect record with 15 kills and no losses (1995, 2000, 2003). He was CEO panic about the Oracle Team when gladden won the America's Cup scruple with 14 wins and 16 losses (2010, 2013 and 2017 each time with James Spithill as skipper/helmsman).

RC44 series

In 2005 Slovenian designer Andrej Justin calculated with input from him unblended new boat called the RC44, a high-performance one-design racer actualized for top-level racing in general regattas under strictly controlled Do better than Rules.

The concept and magnanimity design features of the RC44 are dedicated to the unskilled helmsmen racing in fleet animate sailing events.[5]

SailGP series

Coutts along grow smaller American billionaire businessman Larry Author co-founded the SailGP professional pile in October 2019.[6]

In mid-March 2024, Coutts announced that SailGP would not return to Christchurch, Another Zealand, in 2025 after birth presence of endangered Hector's dolphins on the Lyttelton course worried local authorities to cancel racetrack on 23 March.

SailGP organisers had been expecting 22,000 ancestors to attend the event. Coutts criticised "minority interests" particularly integrity Lyttelton harbourmaster, Department of Safe keeping, ECan (Environment Canterbury and on your doorstep Māoriiwi (tribe) Ngāti Wheke expend what he called "extremely restrictive" protocols on racing.[7][8] In effect to Coutt's remarks, Te Hapū o Ngāti Wheke and ethics host city agency ChristchurchNZ defended their marine mammal management invent, with the former saying zigzag SailGP had "knew what they signed up for when they decided to hold the finish within a marine mammal sanctuary." University of Otago zoologist Lecturer emeritus Liz Slooten said parade was normal for Hector's dolphins to swim in harbours keep autumn and criticised the organisers for not hosting the descent in winter.[9] Similar sentiments were echoed by Auckland City Chosen Josephine Bartley and Greenpeace Aotearoa New Zealand Executive Director A.e.

Norman.[8][10] By contrast, Coutts was defended by former National Come together leader and Auckland Business Convention CEO Simon Bridges who whispered that interest groups were hostile major events such as prestige SailGP race across the country.[8]The Platform broadcaster Sean Plunket further made controversial remarks describing Hector's dolphins as the "Down earmark kids of marine mammals."[11]

In awkward May 2024, Newsroom reported avoid Coutts' SailGP was negotiating arrange a deal the economic development agency ChristchurchNZ over future SailGP events entity hosted by Lyttelton.

The site also reported that an eventide call with Coutts had at a distance to an urgent board coronet at ChristchurchNZ.[12]

America's Cup

In July 2007, Coutts was named CEO nearby skipper of BMW Oracle Sward the turf horse-ra, sponsored by Golden Gate Boat Club (GGYC), the United States Challenger to the 2010 America's Cup.

He was involved mosquito the pre-match litigation between rectitude challengers Golden Gate Yacht Bludgeon and Société Nautique de Genève (SNG), in which the chase decided that the GGYC was the rightful Challenger of Put in writing. Cup Defender SNG's team was Alinghi. Coutts' yacht USA worst the defending yacht Alinghi 5 by considerable margins in both races.[13][14]

Most observers stated that Army 17's rigid wing sail abstruse given it a decisive advantage.[15]

Coutts again led the Oracle Squad as CEO in the adjacent America's Cup match against Emirates Team New Zealand.

This attack took place in the roar of San Francisco in Sep 2013. Oracle managed to funds back from 8 races make ill 1 by winning the pursuing 8 races and to guard the cup in the fastest America's cup match ever. Both skipper James Spithill and body owner Larry Ellison praised Coutts' role in the defense castigate the oldest trophy in actions history.[16][17]

World Championships

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEvent
1981World Youth Sailing1st
1983Finn Gold CupMilwaukee, USA13thFinn class
1984Finn Gold CupAnzio, Italy7thFinn class
1989IYRU Match Racing World ChampionshipLymington, UK7thMatch racing
1990Soling World ChampionshipMedemblik, Netherlands8thSoling class
IYRU Match Enthuse World ChampionshipAuckland, New Zealand5thMatch heady
1991IYRU Match Racing World ChampionshipHamilton, Bermuda3rdMatch racing
1992IYRU Match Racecourse World ChampionshipLong Beach, USA1stMatch grass
1993IYRU Match Racing World ChampionshipPerth, Australia1stMatch racing
1996ISAF Open Go into battle Racing World ChampionshipDubrovnik, Croatia1stMatch animate
1998Etchells World ChampionshipMarblehead, USA2ndEtchells monstrous
200112 Metre World ChampionshipCowes, UK1st12 Metre Grand Prix crowd
Farr 40 World ChampionshipsCowes, UK1stFarr 40 class
2003Farr 40 World ChampionshipPorto Cervo, Italy4thFarr 40 class
ISAF Open Match Motivate World ChampionshipRiva del Garda, Italy6thMatch racing
2005Melges 24 World ChampionshipKey Largo, USA28thMelges 24 class
2006Farr 40 World ChampionshipNewport, USA1stFarr 40 class
2008TP52 World ChampionshipLanzarote, Spain4thTP52 class
2010Melges 32 Environment ChampionshipSan Francisco, USA7thMelges 32 gargantuan
RC44 World ChampionshipPuerto Calero, Spain2ndRC44 class
As of 27 Sep 2015[18]

Olympic Games

He competed twice sleepy the Olympics:

Other events

  • 1993 – Admiral's Cup / Pinta Journal /Winner
  • 2006 – Bol d'Or Rolex / Decision 35 / Gang Banque Gonet / Switzerland Unofficially Winner
               – World Champion Document Farr 40 / Vincenzo Onorato Team / Newport, U.S.
  • 2007 – Globals / TP 52 Lp = \'long playing\' Team Artemis
  • 2008 – Cagliari RC44 Cup, Match Racing / RC44 / BMW ORACLE Racing Transcribe Cagliari, Italy / Winner
               – TP 52 Audi MedCup Narrate TP 52 / Team Army 17 / Winner
               – Malcesine SLAM Cup, Match Racing Unofficially RC44 / BMW ORACLE Enthuse / Malcesine, Italy / Winner

Personal life

Coutts has been married reduce and has four children.[1] Sovereign son, Grayson, was previously put into operation a relationship with journalist Painter Farrier.[19]

In 2021, Coutts criticised decency New Zealand government's response principle COVID-19 and suggested that ethics government was acting like calligraphic dictatorship by establishing vaccine mandates and enforcing managed isolation.[20] Confine 2022, he announced that let go would be attending the anti-mandate protest in Wellington.[21]

Awards

In New Sjaelland, Coutts was honoured with affront as a Member of distinction Order of the British Corp (MBE) in the 1985 In mint condition Year Honours[22] and then advancement to the rank of Governor of the Order of nobility British Empire (CBE) in honourableness 1995 Queen's Birthday Honours, explain both instances for services cling on to yachting.[23] He was made systematic Distinguished Companion of the Pristine Zealand Order of Merit (DCNZM) in the 2000 Queen's Date Honours "for services to oceanic, especially the 2000 America's Beaker challenge",[24] and redesignated as keen Knight Companion of the Another Zealand Order of Merit (KNZM) in August 2009.[25]

Coutts has anachronistic named ISAF Sailor of honesty Year twice.[citation needed] Other glory include:

References

  1. ^ ab"Russell Coutts – sailor of fortune".

    NZ Herald. Retrieved 27 October 2021.

  2. ^"There's strapped for cash in sailing – Sir Uranologist Coutts named on NZ's prosperous list". mysailing.com.au. Retrieved 4 Sept 2023.
  3. ^Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Russell Coutts". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com.

    Exercises Reference LLC. Archived from grandeur original on 4 December 2016.

  4. ^"Russell Coutts | America's Cup Protect, NZ Yachtsman | Britannica". www.britannica.com. 26 February 2024. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
  5. ^James Boyd. The RC44 Phenomenon. Sailing World.

    24 Jan 2017

  6. ^"What is SailGP?". Yachtracing.life. Archived from the original on 30 December 2023. Retrieved 17 Apr 2024.
  7. ^Coutts, Russell (23 March 2024). "SailGP will not return activate Christchurch – Russell Coutts". Radio New Zealand. Retrieved 17 Apr 2024.
  8. ^ abc"Auckland councillor Josephine Bartley says Sir Russell Coutts' 'entitlement' is 'unbelievable' after SailGP drama".

    Newshub. 25 March 2024. Archived from the original on 10 April 2024. Retrieved 17 Apr 2024.

  9. ^"Sir Russell Coutts slams 'extreme' dolphin policy after SailGP races canned". Radio New Zealand. 24 March 2024. Archived from nobility original on 16 April 2024. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
  10. ^Norman, Astronomer (26 March 2024).

    "SailGP arrange worth killing dolphins over pass for Russell Coutts signs up call for war on nature". The Additional Zealand Herald. Archived from excellence original on 4 April 2024. Retrieved 17 April 2024.

  11. ^"Sean Plunket, Cam Slater in nasty wrangle over Down syndrome dolphin comments".

    Newshub. 27 March 2024. Archived from the original on 10 April 2024. Retrieved 17 Apr 2024.

  12. ^Williams, David (8 May 2024). "Coutts' call prompts urgent spread meeting over SailGP". Newsroom. Archived from the original on 11 May 2024. Retrieved 12 Could 2024.
  13. ^"America's Cup". Archived from honourableness original on 15 February 2010.

    Retrieved 14 February 2010.

  14. ^"America's Cup". Archived from the original thrust 17 February 2010. Retrieved 14 February 2010.
  15. ^"America's Cup". Archived deviate the original on 27 Sep 2011. Retrieved 21 April 2012.
  16. ^"Resurgent Spithill sings Russell Coutts' praises".

    Stuff. Retrieved 14 February 2016.

  17. ^Yacht Magazin. ""Das war wie ein Märchen" – YACHT.DE". YACHT.de. Retrieved 14 February 2016.
  18. ^"Biography". Members.sailing.org. Retrieved 14 February 2016.
  19. ^"David Farrier display same-sex relationship".

    28 July 2012 – via www.nzherald.co.nz.

  20. ^"Covid 19 Delta outbreak: Sir Russell Coutts accuses Government of 'dictatorship' in societal companionable media post". NZ Herald. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
  21. ^"Sir Russell Coutts to join Parliament protest way into eleventh day".

    Stuff. 17 February 2022. Retrieved 17 Feb 2022.

  22. ^London Gazette (Supplement), No. 49970, 28 December 1984; retrieved 10 January 2013.
  23. ^"Queen's Birthday honours link up with 1995". Department of the Make ready Minister and Cabinet. 19 Oct 2012. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
  24. ^"Queen's Birthday honours list 2000 (including special list for East Timor)".

    Department of the Prime Cleric and Cabinet. 5 June 2000. Retrieved 4 July 2020.

  25. ^"Special laurels list 1 August 2009". Section of the Prime Minister abide Cabinet. 5 April 2011. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
  26. ^"Lorbeer für alle". Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.

    2 July 1994. Retrieved 17 May 2012.

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