Tom Slingsby

About Tom

Tom Slingsby is one of the world's most dominant and successful sailors. He won gold at the 2012 London Olympics, has claimed eight Sailing World Championships, and was named the International Sailing Federation's Rolex World Sailor of the Year in 2010. On the course he is highly regarded and widely respected for his ability to read the wind and strategically manoeuvre craft with the utmost efficiency and speed.

His revered talents on the ocean are in such demand that he was recruited by Larry Ellison's Oracle Racing as tactician and strategist for its defence of the 2013 America's Cup in San Francisco. The team staged one of the most remarkable comebacks in sporting history to win against New Zealand — a victory that sealed Tom's place among the sport's greats and added the America's Cup to an already remarkable list of honours.

For audiences, Tom's story carries lessons that reach well beyond sailing: strategy under pressure, split-second decision-making, and what it takes to claw back a contest that looks lost. He speaks on yacht racing and the America's Cup, drawing on first-hand experience from the very centre of one of sport's most famous turnarounds. For corporate events, conferences and sporting functions — particularly those built around strategy, teamwork or high-stakes performance — Tom Slingsby offers the authority of a sailor who has won at every level the sport has to offer.