Aaron McIntosh

Background

He was born on 7 January 1972 in Auckland.

Career

He had previously just missed out on a medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta finishing a close fourth. McIntosh attempted to qualify for a third Olympics at Beijing in the Soling class but was unsuccessful. He did qualify—with Mark Kennedy—for the two-man Tornado multihull class, but New Zealand did not send them to the games.

Achievements

• At the World Mistral Championships he finished third in 1993, second in 1995 and won three times in 1994, 1997 and 1998.