Giles Scott

Giles Scott, born in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, in 1987, is a British professional sailor who won Olympic gold in the Finn class at the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro, clinching it with a day to spare, and again at the 2020 Games. He trained with Ben Ainslie beforehand and went on to win multiple Finn World Championships and European Championships. He first sailed dinghies on the Ottawa River in Canada, then took up junior racing at Grafham Water, and studied geography at the University of Southampton. In 2024 he took over as driver of the Great Britain SailGP team from Ainslie and won his first event in Halifax, and he was head of sailing for INEOS Britannia in the 37th America's Cup.