Hi, my name is Philip Cripsey.

I am 15 years old and am working towards the goal of going to the Olympics (LA 2028/ Brisbane 2032) and winning gold, In the new wind foiling class (IQ foil), the IQ foil class will be new for the 2024 Olympics, and being a foiling class means we can go above 20 knots (37 kph+) around the racecourse.

Sailing being an expensive sport, all donations will go straight toward equipment and travel costs. More specifically funding my Europe campaign this year to race against the best youth (U19) at Lake Garda, Italy (international games), and towards the end of this year I’ll be looking at transitioning onto the open/ Olympic kit, a whole new set of equipment. Any donation would be extremely helpful for me to get this equipment, to then be able to race against the best in Australia and the world.

I’ve been sailing for 10 years, sailing in multiple different sailing classes including: the optimist, 420 and the IQ foil. I sailed the Opti for around 7 years and in that time, I was part of the Victorian state team for 4 years and a part of the national team for 3 years (proudly representing the country in Oman, Thailand, NZ, New Caledonia, Singapore and Estonia). In the 420 I was selected into the Victorian pathways program (vpp) and sailed the boat for a year. I learnt how to foil towards the end of 2020 and, I’ve competed in a few competitions since then, the main ones being Sail Sydney/Melbourne and the Vic youths, I came 1^st youth and 8^th overall at sail Melbourne and 3^rd at the Vic youths. This year I am in the VIS (Victorian institute of sport), and in June will be going to Italy to compete at one of the international game’s events for IQ foil youth U19.

Currently my training schedule is, Gym- 3x a week, cardio- 2x a week, and training on the water 4-6 times a week, working as hard as possible to achieve my goal of Olympic gold, any help would significantly help me and my sailing journey.

Thank you for the support