Vita Heathcote

Vita Heathcote (born 8 July 2001) is a British sailor who won a gold medal at the 2019 420 World Championships in the women's category and silver at the 2024 470 World Championships in the mixed section. She represented Great Britain at the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Career Having begun sailing aged just five, won multiple accolades at age-group levels and joined the British Sailing Team in 2019.

At the same venue, she won bronze with Ryan Orr in the mixed category at the 2021 470 European Championship.

Heathcote formed a new mixed 470 partnership with two-time Olympian Chris Grube for the 2023 Sailing World Championships in The Hague, Netherlands, where they finished 13th, narrowly missing out on qualification for the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Later that month Team GB officially confirmed the pairing's selection making Heathcote the youngest member of the 2024 British Olympic Sailing team.

In May 2024, Heathcote and Grube came 16th at the 2024 470 European Championship held at the Yacht Club de Cannes in France.

At the Olympics, Heathcote and Grube finished 11th, missing out on the final day medal race by one place having ended one point off the top ten.