Australian sailor
Malcolm George Page, OAM (born 22 March 1972) is an Australian professional sailor and gold medalist at the 2008 and 2012 Olympic Games.
Personal life
Page was educated at St Andrew's Cathedral School in Sydney. After retiring from Olympic sailing, Page went on to work for World Sailing as head of media, before becoming chief of Olympic Sailing for US Sailing. He then returned to Australia as the head coach of the Victorian Institute of Sport Sailing program. He is currently coaching with the Australian sailing team.
Career highlights
Olympics
Page won five world titles with teammate Nathan Wilmot. The pair also won the Olympic test event in Qingdao and were considered favourites to win the 470 event at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Following Wilmot's retirement, Page partnered with Mathew Belcher, and again won gold in the 470 class at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.[1]
Page was the official Australian flag bearer at the closing ceremony of the London Olympics.[2]
World Championships
International 470 class
Nationals
- 2010 - 470 Australian National Championship - Gold
- 2009 - 470 Australian National Championship - Gold
- 2008 - 470 Australian National Championship - Gold
- 2006 – 470 Australian National Championship - Gold
- 2005 – 470 Australian National Championship - Gold
- 2004 – 470 Australian National Championship - Gold
- 2003 – 470 Australian National Championship - Gold
- 2002 – 470 French National Championship - Gold
- 2002 – 470 Australian National Championship - Gold
- 2001 – 470 Australian National Championship – Gold
- 2009 – Australian Sydney 38 Class - Gold
- 2006 – Australian Champion Sydney 38 Class - Gold
- 1986 – Australian National Championship Manly Junior Class - Gold
- 1991 - Australian National Championship Flying 11 Class - Gold
Others
- 2010 - 1st Taser - World Master Games, double handed +45 - helmed by Martin Hill[3]
- 1995 – 18 ft Skiff Grand Prix circuit
Awards and committees
- 2013 World Sailing Athlete Commission Chair[4]
- 2009 Australian Yachtsman of the Year
- 2003, 04, 05, 06, 08, 09 Australian Yachtsman Finalist
- 2004 & 05 Yachting NSW Yachtsperson of the Year
- 2005, 07 & 08 Australian Institute of Sport Team of the Year
- 2005, 07 & 08 New South Wales Institute of Sport Team of the Year
- 2005, 07 & 08 New South Wales Sport Team of the Year
- 2005 Australia Sports Team Finalist
- 2009, 10 Australian Sports Commission Athletes Commission
- 2009, 10, 11, 12 Member ISAF Athletes Commission
- 2011 Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) 'Best of the Best'[5]
- 2016 Sport Australia Hall of Fame Athlete Member[6]
References
- ^ Staff writers (11 August 2012). "Belcher and Page win 470 sailing gold". ABC London 2012. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
- ^ Staff writer (11 August 2012). "Malcolm Page announced as flag bearer". Headlines. Sky News. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
- ^ "World Masters Games - Sailing gets underway".
- ^ "Malcolm Page Elected Chairman of ISAF Athletes' Commission".
- ^ Australian Institute of Sport 'Best of the Best' Archived 17 November 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "King Wally becomes a Legend as Michelle Payne rides off with the 'The Don'". Sport Australia Hall of Fame website. 14 October 2016. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Malcolm Page.
- 470 with Mathew Belcher