Paul Goodison
English sailor
Paul Martin Goodison MBE (born 29 November 1977) is a British, Olympic gold medal-winning sailor. He competed in the 2004, 2008, and 2012 Summer Olympics in the Laser, winning gold in 2008. Goodison learned to sail at Ulley Sailing Club near Sheffield.
01Background
He studied at Southampton Solent University completing an Undergraduate degree in Maritime Studies following his Olympic success he was awarded also awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Sports
02Sailing career
Laser class and Olympics
In March 2005, he was ranked 2nd in the world in the Laser, behind Robert Scheidt of Brazil, and ahead of Michael Blackburn of Australia and Mark Mendelblatt of the United States.
He won the gold medal in the Men's Laser class at the 2008 Summer Olympics. In 2009 he won the Laser World Championships, in Halifax, Canada. He also competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics, finishing 4th, and the 2012 Summer Olympics, finishing 7th.
Other World Championships
He has also won the following World Championships in Sailing:
- 1st 2012 Melges 32 World Championship
- 1st 2013 Melges 20 World Championship
- 1st 2016 Moth World Championship held in Hayama, Japan
- 1st 2017 Moth World Championship held in Malcesine, Italy (Lake Garda).
- 1st 2018 Moth World Championship held in Hamilton, Bermuda
America Cup
Goodison initially joined Artemis Racing for their 2017 Louis Vuitton Challenger’s Trophy campaign.
He then went to sail for New York Yacht Clubs, American Magic campaign in the 2021 America's Cup, Challenger Series where the team capsized compromising their campaign. Was also helmsman of their 2024 America's Cup campaign but was injured mid way through the Challenger Series in a none racing accident and had to be replaced.
03Awards
Goodison was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2009 New Year Honours for services to sport.
Sources and credits
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- Paul Goodison, October 2008.jpg by Flickr user Chris Brown, CC BY 2.0
- Luke Patience, Hannah Mills, Saskia Clark & Paul Goodison - Olympic Parade - Weymouth & Portland.jpg by Stephen and Helen Jones, CC BY 2.0
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