Daniel "Dan" Willcox (born 8 June 1990) is a New Zealand sailor.
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| Full name | Daniel Willcox | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | New Zealander | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 8 June 1990 Takapuna, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||
| Sailing career | |||||||||||||||
| Class | 470 | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Murrays Bay Sailing Club[1] | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Willcox was born in 1990 in Takapuna on Auckland's North Shore.[1] His father, Hamish Willcox, was a professional sailor who competed in the America's Cup and his sister, Anna Willcox-Silfverberg, competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in freestyle skiing.[2][3]
He was a competitor in the 2016 470 World Championships in San Isidro, Buenos Aires where he won a silver medal.[4] Willcox competed at the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics in the Men's 470 alongside Paul Snow-Hansen; they finished in tenth place.[1]
References
External links
- Dan Willcox at World Sailing
- Dan Willcox at the New Zealand Olympic Committee
- Daniel Willcox at Olympics.com
- Daniel Willcox at Yachting New Zealand at the Wayback Machine (archived 28 April 2017)