Nathan Outteridge

Nathan Outteridge

Personal information
Nationality	Australia
Born	(1986-01-28) 28 January 1986 Newcastle NSW
Height	179 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	75 kg (165 lb)
Sailing career
Class(es)	49er, Moth, F50
Medal record Sailing Representing Australia Olympic Games 2012 London 49er 2016 Rio de Janeiro 49er World Championships 2002 ISAF Youth 29er 2003 Youth Madeira 420 2004 Youth Gdynia 420 2008 Melbourne 49er 2009 Riva del Garda 49er 2011 Belmont Moth 2011 Perth 49er 2012 Zadar 49er 2014 Hampshire Moth 2009 Cascade Locks Moth 2013 Hawaii Moth 2015 Sorrento Moth 2018 Geelong Nacra 17 2020 Aarhus Nacra 17 2007 Cascais 49er 2014 Santander 49er Sailing Representing Japan SailGP Season 1 - 2019 F50 Season 2 - 2021/22 F50
Updated on 21 November 2024

Nathan James Outteridge OAM (born 28 January 1986) is an Australian sailor, a resident of Lake Macquarie.

Career highlights

Olympics

2008 – Beijing Olympics 5th, 49er (with Ben Austin)

2012 – London Olympics 1st, 49er (with Iain Jensen )

2016 – Rio Olympics 2nd, 49er (with Iain Jensen )

He is most famous for winning a gold medal at the London Olympics in the 49er class, along with Iain Jensen. At the Rio Olympics he won silver, again with Jensen in the 49er. He campaigned for the 2020 Olympics and qualified his country for the Nacra 17 class sailing with his sister Haylee gaining a 2nd place at the World Championships.

World Championships

Year	Location	Pos	Class	Category	Other	Ref
2001-01	Kingston, Ontario, CAN	8th	29er	Open	with Grant Rose
2001-12	Sydney, AUS	2nd	29er	Open	2012 Title with Grant Rose
2002-08	Lunenburg, CAN	1st	29er	Male Youth	32nd ISAF Youth Sailing World Championships Ayden Menzies (AUS)
2003-08	Neusiedlersee, AUT	7th	470	Open Juniors	with Ayden Menzies (AUS)
2003-09	Neusiedlersee, AUT	48th	470	Male	with Ayden Menzies (AUS)
2003-01	Madeira, POR	1st	420	Male Youth	33rd ISAF Youth Sailing World Championships with Ayden Menzies (AUS)
2004-01	Melbourne, VIC, AUS	3rd	420	Male and Mixed	with Ayden Menzies (AUS)
2004-04	, AUS	2nd	Laser Radial	Youth
2004-05	Zadar	36th	470	Male	with Ayden Menzies (AUS)
2004-08	Lake Garda, ITA	4th	470	Open Juniors	with Ayden Menzies (AUS)
2004-07	Gdynia, POL	1st	420	Male Youth	34th ISAF Youth Sailing World Championships with Iain Jensen (AUS)
2006-06	Aix Les Bains, FRA	6th	49er	Open	with Ben Austin (AUS)
2007-06	Cascais	3rd	49er	Open	with Ben Austin (AUS)
2008-01	Melbourne, Australia	1st	49er	Open	with Ben Austin (AUS)
2009-01	Belmont, NSW, AUS	11th	A Class	Open
2009-06	Sardinia, ITA	9th	Farr 40	Open
2009-07	Riva del Garda, ITA	2nd	29er	Open	with Lauren Jeffries (AUS)
2009-07	Riva del Garda, ITA	1st	49er	Male	with Iain Jensen (AUS)
2009-08	Cascade Locks, Oregon	2nd	Moth	Open
2010-01	Freeport, BAH	2nd	49er	Open	with Iain Jensen (AUS)
2010-04	Casa de Campo, DOM	4th	Farr 40	Open	+ Crew
2010-09	San Francisco, USA	9th	Melges 32	Open	+ Crew
2011-02	Sydney, AUS	5th	Farr 40	Open	+ Crew
2011-03	Hamilton, AUS	9th	505 (dinghy)	Open	with
2011-05	Torbay, GBR	12th	SB20	Open	with
2011-11	Belmont, Australia	1st	Moth	Open
2011-12	Perth, Australia	1st	49er	Male	with Iain Jensen (AUS)
2012-05	Zadar, Croatia	1st	49er	Male	with Iain Jensen (AUS)
2012-09	Chicago, USA	3rd	Farr 40	Open	+ Crew
2013-09	Marseille, FRA	5th	49er	Male	with Iain Jensen (AUS)
2013-10	Hawaii, USA	2nd	Moth	Open
2014-02	Auckland, NZL	6th	A-Class	Open
2014-07	Hampshire, GBR	1st	Moth	Open
2014-08	Marstrand Island, SWE	10th	RC-44	Open	+ Crew
2014-09	Santander, ESP	3rd	49er	Male	with Iain Jensen (AUS)
2015-00	Sorrento, AUS	2nd	Moth	Open
2015-11	ARG	2nd	49er	Male	with Iain Jensen (AUS)
2016-02	Clearwater, Florida, USA	6th	49er	Male	with Iain Jensen (AUS)
2018-18	Geelong, AUS	2nd	Nacra 17	Mixed	with Haylee Outteridge (AUS)
2019-11	Auckland, NZL	13th	Nacra 17	Mixed	with Haylee Outteridge (AUS)
2020-02	Aarhus, DEN	2nd	Nacra 17	Mixed	with Haylee Outteridge (AUS)

Together with teammate Ben Austin Outteridge became the 2008 World Champion in the 49er boat by finishing in front of Britons Stevie Morrison and Ben Rhodes. In 2007 they won the bronze medal in the same event at the World Championships in Cascais, Portugal. He is an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder.

America's Cup

In September 2012, he joined Artemis Racing for the final ACWS event in San Francisco and has since joined for the America's Cup in 2013. Nathan was one of the helmsmen for Artemis Racing the Challenger of Record for the 2013 America's Cup. He also skippered Artemis in the Louis Vuitton challenger series for the 2017 America's Cup, losing to Emirates Team New Zealand's. He became the skipper for the defending Team New Zealand in the 2024 America's Cup. Team New Zealand successfully defended the America's Cup against INEOS Britannia.

Other events

2005 – Sydney, Sydney International Regatta, 1st, 49er

2007 – Medemblik, Breitling Regatta, 2nd, 49er

2007 – Sydney, Sydney International Regatta, 1st, 49er (with Ben Austin)

2010 – Silvaplana, International Moth Class Euro Championship, 1st, Moth

2012 – Wangi Wangi, New South Wales, 2nd, International A-Class Catamaran

2019 – SailGP Runner up skippering Team Japan, F50

In 2019 Outteridge skippered the Japanese team in the inaugural SailGP sailing in F50 foiling catamarans.

External links

• Nathan Outteridge at World Sailing
• Nathan Outteridge at Olympics.com
• Nathan Outteridge at Olympic.org (archived)
• Nathan Outteridge at the Australian Olympic Committee
• Nathan Outteridge at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
• 49er World Championships
• OUTTERIDGE And AUSTIN Win 49er World Title
• Australians Outteridge & Jensen secure 49er sailing gold