The Greatest Sailing Athlete at the Olympic Games
Who is the greatest Sailing athlete of all time based on Olympic Games performances? We have used a weighted total medal count of each male and female Sailing athlete from all modern Olympic Games to rank their overall performance, using data from all Olympics including the Paris 2024 Games.
The best all-time performing sailor at the Olympic Games is British athlete Ben Ainslie who won four golds and one silver between 1996–2012. There are only four sailors who have won three or more medals. See the table below to see them all.
See also the best athlete from each sport, and the best overall.
Top Olympic Athletes From Sailing
Here are the top-ranked athletes from the sport of Sailing for performances at all Olympiads, using the Topend Sports Weighted Ranking System to order the athletes, awarding points for both gold (6 points) and other medals (silver 2 pts, bronze 1 pt).
Table: The Top Ranked Athletes from Sailing at the Olympic Games (including 2024)
| rank | name | country | gender | Gold | Silver | Bronze | total medals |
rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ben Ainslie | Great Britain | M | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 26 |
| 2 | Paul Bert Elvstrøm | Denmark | M | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 24 |
| =3 | Valentyn Mankin | Soviet Union | M | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 20 |
| =3 | Jochen Schümann | Germany | M | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 20 |
Related Pages
- List of the best athlete from each Olympic sport
- The greatest ever Olympic athlete
- About Olympic Medal Ranking Systems
- medal tables from all Olympic Games
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