WILLCOX Dan

Date of Birth: 8 Jun 1990

Age: 31

Gender: Male

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Sailing	Men's Two Person Dinghy - 470 NZL New Zealand	4

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Enoshima	Men's Two Person Dinghy - 470 - Race 01 #1	Finished
Followed by	Enoshima	Men's Two Person Dinghy - 470 - Race 02 #2	Finished
	Zushi	Men's Two Person Dinghy - 470 - Race 03 #3	Finished
Followed by	Zushi	Men's Two Person Dinghy - 470 - Race 04 #4	Finished
	Zushi	Men's Two Person Dinghy - 470 - Race 05 #5	Finished
Followed by	Zushi	Men's Two Person Dinghy - 470 - Race 06 #6	Finished
	Zushi	Men's Two Person Dinghy - 470 - Race 07 #7	Finished
Followed by	Zushi	Men's Two Person Dinghy - 470 - Race 08 #8	Finished
	Zushi	Men's Two Person Dinghy - 470 - Race 09 #9	Finished
Followed by	Zushi	Men's Two Person Dinghy - 470 - Race 10 #10	Finished
	Enoshima	Men's Two Person Dinghy - 470 - Medal Race #11	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
10	470	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA

World Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location
12	470	2018	Aarhus, DEN
12	470	2014	Santander, ESP

Class World Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location
2	470	2016	San Isidro, ARG
8	470	2019	Enoshima, JPN
9	470	2017	Thessaloniki, GRE

Class North American Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location
9	470	2018	Miami, FL, USA

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	470	2019	Genoa, ITA
3	470	2018	Hyeres, FRA
4	470	2018	Gamagori, JPN
5	470	2018	Miami, FL, USA
7	470	2020	Enoshima, JPN
28	470	2019	Enoshima, JPN

Dan (Facebook profile, 20 Feb 2019)

Occupation:

Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand

Languages spoken:

Murrays Bay Sailing Club [Auckland, NZL]

Sporting relatives:

His father Hamish competed in sailing for New Zealand and has also worked as a national coach. His sister Anna represented New Zealand in freestyle skiing at the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi. (SportsDeskOnline, 01 Sep 2015; stuff.co.nz, 10 Feb 2014; nzherald.co.nz, 12 Jan 2007)

He grew up close to the Murrays Bay Sailing Club in New Zealand. He began sailing Optimists at age nine. (wakatere.org.nz, 2003)

He was encouraged to take up the sport by his father Hamish, who had competed in the America's Cup. (sail-world.com, 03 Jul 2005)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (nzherald.co.nz, 04 Aug 2019)

He and his crewmate Paul Snow-Hansen received a Performance Award in 2013 from Yachting New Zealand. He also received an individual Performance Award from the organisation in 2004. (yachtingnz.org.nz, 2013)

General Interest

General
PARTNER
He competes in the 470 class with Paul Snow-Hansen. The pair began sailing together in 2013 and finished 10th at the 2016 Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro. "With my second Olympics coming up in Tokyo, and Paul's third, we feel like we are now becoming one of the more experienced teams in the 470 class and I think we can use our experience to our advantage." (yachtingnz.org.nz, 01 Sep 2019; nzherald.co.nz, 04 Aug 2019; Facebook page, 21 Apr 2019; sail-world.com, 03 Mar 2013)

Social Media

https://www.facebook.com/dan.willcox.7
Facebook Team: https://www.facebook.com/danpaul470/
https://instagram.com/dan.willcox
International Federation Website: https://site-isaf.soticcloud.net/biog.php?memberid=229192

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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