Giles Scott

Giles Lyndon Scott (born 23 June 1987) is a British competitive sailor and four-time Finn Gold Cup winner and two-time Olympic gold medallist who won the gold medal for Team GB in the Finn Class at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro where having dominated the class, Scott secured his place in the history books winning the gold medal with a day to spare. In January 2024, Scott took over the driver role of the Great Britain SailGP team from Ben Ainslie. He secured his first SailGP event win in Halifax, Canada, in June 2024, winning the inaugural Rockwool Canada Sail Grand Prix. Scott was head of sailing for Ainslie's British America's Cup Team, INEOS Britannia, competing in the 37th America's Cup in Barcelona. In September 2024, Scott was announced as driver for Canada's NorthStar SailGP Team.

Early life and education Scott was born in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, to John and Rosalind Scott. His father was a sports administrator and latterly director of the U.K. Anti Doping Agency and Chief Executive of the 2014 Commonwealth Games. His mother was a special education teacher. Aged 1, he moved to Canada in 1988 where his father worked for the Federal Minister for Amateur Sport. It was in Canada that he had his first sailing experience in dinghies on the Ottawa River. He returned aged 6 in 1993 and was re-introduced to sailing at the inland reservoir at Grafham Water, Cambridgeshire where his parents encouraged him to take up junior competitive sailing. He was educated at Sharnbrook Upper School in Bedfordshire and the University of Southampton where he graduated with a BSc in Geography.

Titles World Championships titles 1st 2005 ISAF Youth Sailing World Championships - Laser 1st 2008 Finn Junior World Championship 1st 2011 Finn World Championship 1st 2014 Finn World Championship 1st 2015 Finn World Championship 1st 2016 Finn World Championship

European Championships titles 1st 2011 Finn European Championships 1st 2014 Finn European Championships 1st 2019 Finn European Championships

Olympic titles 1st 2016 Olympic Games 1st 2020 Olympic Games