Shaun Connor

Shaun Connor

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Jim Colley and myself are 49er Olympic Sailors from the Northern Beaches of Sydney, Australia. We both began sailing at age 5 and after successful careers in junior classes - Manly Juniors, Optimist, Flying 11’s - we teamed up and achieved our goal of being selected to represent Australia at the Youth World Championships in the 29er class. 

  • After only 6 months as a team we were crowned the Australian Junior Champions (2013)
  • 6 months later, we placed 6th at the Open World Championships
  • In 2014 we won the Australian Youth Championships and qualified for the Australian Youth Sailing Team
  • That year we competed at the Europeans, Youth Worlds and Open Worlds, placing 9th, 12th and 8th respectively

After sailing with different partners in different boats for several years whilst adding more national and world titles to our names, we teamed up again in 2018 with the goal of being selected for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. We spent the vast majority of 2019 racing overseas, placing inside the top 3 in our under 23 bracket in every event and qualifying for the Australian Sailing Squad for 2020, however we were just overlooked for Olympic selection.

Hungrier, more determined and more practiced in campaigning we are returning to vie for the chance to represent Australia and win a medal at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

Through my partnership with the Australian Sports Foundation all donations over $2 are tax deductible and would be greatly appreciated.

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