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| Full name | Daniel Willcox | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | New Zealander | ||||||||||||||
| Born | (1990-06-08) 8 June 1990 (age 34) Takapuna, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||
| Sailing career | |||||||||||||||
| Class | 470 | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Murrays Bay Sailing Club | ||||||||||||||
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Daniel Willcox (born 8 June 1990) is a New Zealand sailor.
Willcox was born in 1990 in Takapuna on Auckland's North Shore. 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.
He was a competitor in the 2016 470 World Championships in San Isidro, Buenos Aires where he won a silver medal. Willcox competed at the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics in the Men's 470 alongside Paul Snow-Hansen; they finished in tenth place.
References
- ^ "Dan Willcox". Olympedia. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
- Budge, Dale (4 April 2016). "Sailing: Family success drives Hamish Willcox". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
- McFadden, Suzanne (30 June 2000). "Mates sail above Cup rivalry". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
- "NZ sailing crews pick up World Champs silver". Radio New Zealand. 28 February 2016. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
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)
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