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Danger In Sailing | Ben Ainslie | Oxford Union

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Channel: OxfordUnion · 2013 · News & Politics

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Ben Ainslie highlights the dangers in sailing and talks about the death of his colleague Andrew Simpson.
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Ben Ainslie speaks of his experience during this years America's cup and the plans for a British sailing team to be apart of an America's cup in the future.

Filmed on Friday 25th October 2013

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ABOUT BEN AINSLIE:
Sir Charles Benedict Ainslie, CBE is an English competitive sailor. The most successful sailor in Olympic history, Ainslie won medals at five consecutive Olympics from 1996-2012, including gold at the last four. He was the first person to win medals in five different Olympic Games in sailing, the third person to win five Olympic medals in that sport (after Torben Grael and Robert Scheidt) and also the second to win four gold medals, after Paul Elvstrøm.

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