Tom Ashley

For other uses, see Tom Ashley (disambiguation).

Tom Ashley

ONZM

Ashley in 2009
Personal information
Full name	Thomas John Mitchell Ashley
Born	(1984-02-11) 11 February 1984 Auckland, New Zealand
Medal record Men's sailing Representing New Zealand Olympic Games 2008 Beijing Men's sailboard

Thomas John Mitchell Ashley ONZM (born 11 February 1984 in Auckland) is a sailor from New Zealand, who won the gold medal in the men's sailboard event at the 2008 Summer Olympics, he also won the 2008 RS:X World Championships. He is the Olympic champion and the 2008 World champion. Ashley attended Westlake Boys High School in Auckland, which had earlier fostered the development of other notable sailors, including Chris Dickson and Dean Barker.

Ashley placed 2nd two years previous at the 2006 World Championships. During the event the top-10 sailors were selected to sail the final race, called the medal race. Before the start of the medal race Ashley was in first position, only one point in front of Casper Bouman from the Netherlands. Bouman finished second in the medal race, one position in front of Ashley. Both sailors then had the same points (23), but Bouman was crowned as the World champion thanks to his better position during the medal race.

In the 2009 New Year Honours, Ashley was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to board sailing.

Achievements

Year	Position	Boat type	Event
2010		RS:X – Men's Windsurfer	HRH Princess Sofia Trophy
2010		RS:X – Men's Windsurfer	Singapore Airlines Sail Auckland
2009		RS:X – Men's Windsurfer	Singapore Airlines Sail Auckland
2008		RS:X – Men's Windsurfer	2008 Olympic Games – Men's sailboard
2008		RS:X – Men's Windsurfer	2008 RS:X World Championships
2006		RS:X – Men's Windsurfer	2006 RS:X World Championships
2006		RS:X – Men's Windsurfer	ISAF World Sailing Games
2006		RS:X – Men's Windsurfer	HRH Princess Sofia Trophy
2006		RS:X – Men's Windsurfer	Sail Auckland International Regatta
2006		RS:X – Men's Windsurfer	New Zealand RS:X National Championship
2004		Mistral – Men	Semaine Olympique Française
2003		Mistral – Men	Sail Auckland
2003		Mistral – Men	Sail Melbourne
2002		Mistral – Men	Youth Sailing ISAF World Championship
2002		Mistral – Men	IMCO World Youth Championship

Club memberships

Ashley is a member of:

• Takapuna Boating Club http://www.takapunaboating.org.nz
• The Devonport Pony Club http://www.devonportponyclub.co.nz
• The New Zealand RSX Association http://www.yachtingnz.org.nz

External links

• Tom Ashley at World Sailing
• Tom Ashley at the New Zealand Olympic Committee
• Tom Ashley at Olympics.com
• Tom Ashley at Olympic.org (archived)
• Tom Ashley at Olympedia (archive)