SAUNDERS Jacob

General
PARTNERSHIP
His crewmate in the 470 class is Oliver Bone, who is also his former coach. The pair had both been away from sailing for a period, partnering in late 2019 to target the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. "Oliver and I started this campaign last minute. We were both working full-time and sort of came out of retirement to make this happen. [Oliver] approached me about jumping back in the boat to give it a shot and see if we could nab the qualification and compete for Tokyo. We're happily surprised with how quickly we got back into the boat and how we felt sailing again. It's been pretty natural together. Oliver started coaching me nearly ten years ago, when I started racing 420s at age 16, so we've had a long relationship and now we've started racing together. It's been going great and the attitude in the boat is really good and we're psyched to be back at it competing again. It's a lot of fun." (sailing.org, 24 Jan 2020; canadianyachting.ca, 27 Feb 2020; thecoast.ca, 30 Jan 2020)

SAILING BROTHERS
He and brother Graeme, who is older by a year, grew up sailing together and competed internationally as crewmates. The brothers first partnered in the 470 class in 2010, he as skipper and Graeme as crew. They went on to represent Canada at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro before splitting. "It's cool to work with Graeme on a professional level and still be brothers at the end of the day and still want to hang out and be friends. We sailed together for six years before the Rio Olympics in 2016 and then we both kind of joined the real world." (cbc.ca, 31 Jan 2016; pursu.it, 01 Jan 2013; thechronicaleherald.ca, 21 May 2014; Team Saunders Facebook page, 07 Aug 2018; cbc.ca, 03 Aug 2016)

OCCUPATION
He has worked as a construction project manager at an engineering firm in Halifax, NS, Canada. (athlete-influencer.com, 01 Sep 2019; Facebook profile, 25 Feb 2018)