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Sep 2020
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E22 - Sir Ben Ainslie: The power of posi...

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Sir Ben Ainslie is the most successful Olympic sailor of all time, with four golds and one silver medal over a 16 year period.

Ben had the honour of being Team GB’s flag bearer for the London 2012 Olympic Closing Ceremony, was knighted in 2013 and in the same year added the America’s Cup to his list of achievements, with victory in the most remarkable of comebacks.

Ben is now the Team Principal and Skipper of British America’s Cup; INEOS Team UK.



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