Carl Williams (sailor)

Carl Williams, also known as Carl Whiting-Williams,[1] (born 1981) is a New Zealand sailor who has competed at the Summer Olympics and in multiple America's Cups.

His mother is Penny Whiting.[2] Between 1995 and 1998 Williams was part of the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron youth training scheme.[3]

Williams sailed with Team New Zealand in their unsuccessful 2003 America's Cup before joining Oracle Racing for the 2007 Louis Vuitton Cup.[4][5][6]

Williams teamed up with Hamish Pepper in the Star class and together they won the 2006 Star World Championships and represented New Zealand at the 2008 Summer Olympics, finishing ninth.[7]

In 2009 he took up cycling and entered a team into the Tour of Southland while also working with Artemis Racing in the TP52 class.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "Team New Zealand". Nzherald.co.nz. Retrieved 2017-08-27.
  2. ↑ "Sailing legend Penny Whiting's end of an era". Nowtolove.co.nz.
  3. ↑ "Carl Williams : New Zealand Olympian: 1109". Olympic.org.nz. Retrieved 2017-08-27.
  4. ↑ "McBeth: Not panic time yet". America's Cup. Retrieved 2017-08-27.
  5. ↑ "America's Cup final pits old against new". Nzherald.co.nz. Retrieved 2017-08-27.
  6. ↑ "BMW Oracle Racing: A Day in the Life". Sailingworld.com. Retrieved 2017-08-27.
  7. ↑ "A new Star is Born for Williams and Pepper". Sail-world.com. Retrieved 2017-08-27.
  8. ↑ "America's Cup grinder on his bike". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 2017-08-27.
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