Mitch Booth

Mitchell Jay "Mitch" Booth (born 4 January 1963, in Sydney) is a sailor of both Australian and Dutch nationality.

Sailing career Background Booth started his sailing career at the age of four, when his mother taught him the basics on Pittwater. Alongside his father John (Jay) Booth won his first State Championship as a seven-year-old boy. His father honored his desire to skipper and compete in international competitions. His first break-through came at the age of seventeen, when finishing second in an Australian Championship. This achievement guaranteed his participation at the World Championship in the United States. From a fleet of over hundred boats representing nine countries, he and his crew went on to win the title. Since then Booth has made his life as a professional sailor. The projects have varied from Olympic sailing to Ocean racing and to keel boat racing. Off the water he has been involved in many sailing related activities including the creation of the current Olympic Tornado class Rig, design and build of A Class cats, the creation of Volvo Extreme 40, sailing Manager for America's cup team (1995) and technical adviser to ISAF.

Olympics 3rd 1992 Summer Olympics (ESP) with crew 2nd 1996 Summer Olympics (USA) with crew Coach 2000 Summer Olympics (AUS) for the Australian national team squad 5th 2004 Summer Olympics (GRE) with crew 5th 2008 Summer Olympics (CHN) with crew