Nathan Outteridge

Nathan James Outteridge (born 28 January 1986) is an Australian sailor, a resident of Lake Macquarie. He was inducted into the Australian Sailing Hall of Fame in 2025.

Career highlights

Olympics 2008 – Beijing Olympics 5th, 49er (with Ben Austin) 2012 – London Olympics 1st, 49er (with Iain Jensen ) 2016 – Rio Olympics 2nd, 49er (with Iain Jensen )

He is most famous for winning a gold medal at the London Olympics in the 49er class, along with Iain Jensen. At the Rio Olympics he won silver, again with Jensen in the 49er. He campaigned for the 2020 Olympics and qualified his country for the Nacra 17 class sailing with his sister Haylee gaining a 2nd place at the World Championships.

World Championships YearLocationPosClassCategoryOtherRef2001-01 Kingston, Ontario, CAN 8th 29er Open with Grant Rose 2001-12 Sydney, AUS 2nd 29er Open 2012 Title with Grant Rose 2002-08 Lunenburg, CAN 1st 29er Male Youth 32nd ISAF Youth Sailing World Championships 2003-08 Neusiedlersee, AUT 7th 470 Open Juniors with 2003-09 Neusiedlersee, AUT 48th 470 Male with 2003-01 Madeira, POR 1st 420 Male Youth 33rd ISAF Youth Sailing World Championships with 2004-01 Melbourne, VIC, AUS 3rd 420 Male and Mixed with 2004-04 Queensland, AUS 2nd Laser Radial Youth 2004-05 Zadar 36th 470 Male with 2004-08 Lake Garda, ITA 4th 470 Open Juniors with 2004-07 Gdynia, POL 1st 420 Male Youth 34th ISAF Youth Sailing World Championships with 2006-06 Aix Les Bains, FRA 6th 49er Open with 2007-06 Cascais 3rd 49er Open with 2008-01 Melbourne, Australia 1st 49er Open with 2009-01 Belmont, NSW, AUS 11th A Class Open 2009-06 Sardinia, ITA 9th Farr 40 Open 2009-07 Riva del Garda, ITA 2nd 29er Open with 2009-07 Riva del Garda, ITA 1st 49er Male with 2009-08 Cascade Locks, Oregon 2nd Moth Open 2010-01 Freeport, BAH 2nd 49er Open with 2010-04 Casa de Campo, DOM 4th Farr 40 Open + Crew 2010-09 San Francisco, USA 9th Melges 32 Open + Crew 2011-02 Sydney, AUS 5th Farr 40 Open + Crew 2011-03 Hamilton, AUS 9th 505 (dinghy) Open with 2011-05 Torbay, GBR 12th SB20 Open with 2011-11 Belmont, Australia 1st Moth Open 2011-12 Perth, Australia 1st 49er Male with 2012-05 Zadar, Croatia 1st 49er Male with 2012-09 Chicago, USA 3rd Farr 40 Open + Crew 2013-09 Marseille, FRA 5th 49er Male with 2013-10 Hawaii, USA 2nd Moth Open 2014-02 Auckland, NZL 6th A-Class Open 2014-07 Hampshire, GBR 1st Moth Open 2014-08 Marstrand Island, SWE 10th RC-44 Open + Crew 2014-09 Santander, ESP 3rd 49er Male with 2015-00 Sorrento, AUS 2nd Moth Open 2015-11 ARG 2nd 49er Male with 2016-02 Clearwater, Florida, USA 6th 49er Male with 2018-18 Geelong, AUS 2nd Nacra 17 Mixed with 2019-11 Auckland, NZL 13th Nacra 17 Mixed with 2020-02 Aarhus, DEN 2nd Nacra 17 Mixed with

Together with teammate Ben Austin Outteridge became the 2008 World Champion in the 49er boat by finishing in front of Britons Stevie Morrison and Ben Rhodes. In 2007 they won the bronze medal in the same event at the World Championships in Cascais, Portugal. He is an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder.

America's Cup In September 2012, he joined Artemis Racing for the final ACWS event in San Francisco and has since joined for the America's Cup in 2013. Nathan was one of the helmsmen for Artemis Racing the Challenger of Record for the 2013 America's Cup. He also skippered Artemis in the Louis Vuitton challenger series for the 2017 America's Cup, losing to Emirates Team New Zealand's. He became the skipper for the defending Team New Zealand in the 2024 America's Cup. Team New Zealand successfully defended the America's Cup against Ineos Britannia. In May 2025, Emirates Team New Zealand announced Outerridge as skipper of the team's defence of the 38th America's Cup, scheduled to be held in 2027.

SailGP In 2019 Outteridge skippered the Japanese team in the inaugural SailGP season, and the following season, sailing in F50 foiling catamarans.

In 2025, it was announced that he would helm the new Artemis SailGP team, based in Sweden. This came to fruition in 2026, as Outteridge acts as Driver for the Artemis team, seeing success throughout the season.

Other events 2005 – Sydney, Sydney International Regatta, 1st, 49er 2007 – Medemblik, Breitling Regatta, 2nd, 49er 2007 – Sydney, Sydney International Regatta, 1st, 49er (with Ben Austin) 2010 – Silvaplana, International Moth Class Euro Championship, 1st, Moth 2012 – Wangi Wangi, New South Wales, 2nd, International A-Class Catamaran 2019 – SailGP Runner up skippering Team Japan, F50