Kyle Langford (sailor)
Kyle Langford (born 30 July 1989)[1][2] is an Australian sailor who has competed in multiple America's Cups
Langford is a member of Oracle Racing and in 2010 won the RC44 World Championships in a crew skippered by Jimmy Spithill. He was a late addition to the sailing crew for the 2013 America's Cup. Langford was appointed as the wing trimmer following the suspension of Dirk de Ridder.[3]
He again sailed with Oracle during the 2015–16 America's Cup World Series and the 2017 America's Cup.[1]
Langford sailed in the 2011 Extreme Sailing Series with The Wave, Muscat and the 2014 Extreme Sailing Series with Oman Sail.[4]
Langford sailed on Team Brunel in the 2017–18 Volvo Ocean Race.[5]
Langford serves as wing trimmer for the Australia SailGP Team, joining Tom Slingsby's crew ahead of the inaugural season in 2019. The team has dominated the new league, winning all three seasons of SailGP and currently sits on top of the competition leaderboard in Season 4.
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Kyle Langford – ORACLE TEAM USA". 27 July 2016. Archived from the original on 27 July 2016. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "Kyle Langford - Volvo Ocean Race 2017-18". www.volvooceanrace.com. Archived from the original on 3 May 2018.
- ^ "Youngest Cup winner still in shock". 1 October 2013. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
- ^ "America's Cup winner Kyle Langford returns to Oman Sail". sail-world.com. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
- ^ "Peter Burling joins Dutch Team Brunel and will face Blair Tuke at Volvo Ocean Race". Stuff. 10 August 2017. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
- 1989 births
- Living people
- Australian male sailors (sport)
- 2013 America's Cup sailors
- 2017 America's Cup sailors
- Oracle Racing sailors
- Extreme Sailing Series sailors
- Volvo Ocean Race sailors
- RC44 class world champions
- World champions in sailing for Australia
- Sportspeople from Newcastle, New South Wales
- 21st-century Australian sportsmen