Aaron McIntosh

Aaron McIntosh
Personal information
Born 7 January 1972 (1972-01-07) (age 44)
Auckland, New Zealand

Aaron McIntosh (born 7 January 1972 in Auckland) is a sailor from New Zealand who won a Bronze medal at 2000 in Sydney. He had previously just missed out on a medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta finishing a close fourth. At the World Mistral Championships he finished third in 1993, second in 1995 and won three times in 1994, 1997 and 1998.[1]

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.[2]

References

  1. "Aaron McIntosh". Biographies. New Zealand Olympic Committee.
  2. NZPA (1 March 2008). "NZ get Olympics tornado spot: Aussies take out title". stuff.co.nz.


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