Education
2008 - Ranked number one in the Laser dinghy class prior to the 2008 Summer Olympics Laser competition but finished 22nd overall.
2008 - Ranked number one in the Laser dinghy class prior to the 2008 Summer Olympics Laser competition but finished 22nd overall.
He is an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder. He was also named the male ISAF World Sailor of the Year. Re-signed with Oracle for their defence of the cup.
In December 2013 Slingsby is a crew member aboard racing supermaxi yacht Perpetual Loyal in the 2013 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race, with his other celebrity crew members, Karl Stefanovic, Larry Emdur, Philosophy Waugh, Jude Bolton and Guillaume Brahimi.
He is the reigning world champion and Olympic gold medalist in the laser class. 2007 - Won the Laser dinghy world championships. 2010 - Won the Laser dinghy world championships at Hayling Island, United Kingdom. 2011 - Won the Laser ISAF World Sailing Championships at Fremantle, Australia. 2012 - Won the Laser dinghy world championship at Boltenhagen Germany for his fifth world title 2012 - Won the Men"s Laser Gold Medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. 2012 - Won the Australian Institute of Sport Athlete of the Year Award with swimmer Alicia Coutts. 2013 - Won the 34th America"s Cup as the strategist in Oracle Team United States of America.
