Ben Ainslie

J.P. Morgan Asset Management look forward to supporting Ben’s Olympic campaign and are proud to have been the title sponsor of Ben Ainslie CBE since 2007. By supporting this world class sailor we are supporting values that are important to our business as a world leading asset manager.

Ben has proven that practice, application and refined technique are the key to continuous performance and success on the race course. We incorporate this approach to our business, by constantly refining our investment process to deliver consistent results.

We continue to support Ben and hope that our sponsorship further strengthness our commitment and association with British sailing.

Ben Ainslie CBE is Britain’s most successful Olympic sailor. He won a silver medal in the Laser class at the 1996 Atlanta Games, and went one better to win gold in Sydney four years later. In 2004, Ben moved into the larger Finn class and secured a gold medal in Athens before achieving his goal of a third Olympic gold at the 2008 Games in Beijing. Ben has won nine World Championships in his sailing career to date, is the only sailor to be crowned ISAF World Sailor of the Year three times, and has five times been awarded the British Yachtsman of the Year title.

After Beijing, Ben took time out of Olympic sailing to be the skipper for Team Origin - Great Britain’s America’s Cup Team. During this time Ben became the ISAF World Match Racing Champion 2010. Ben has now returned to his Olympic Finn preparations and is wholly focused on London 2012.

Date of birth	5 February 1977
Born	Macclesfield (grew up Restronguet, Cornwall)
Height	6ft
Currently living	Lymington, Hampshire
Schools	Peter Symonds College, Winchester, Hampshire, Truro School, Truro, Cornwall
Started sailing	Aged 8 in Restronguet Creek, Cornwall
Current Olympic Class	Finn class
Duration in current class	Since 2001
Greatest strengths in sailing	My greatest strength is that I never give up
Biggest goal	To win my fifth Olympic medal, this time on home turf
Other interests	Football, cricket and golf
Most humorous moment in sailing	Destroying a boat whilst sailing with Iain Percy and then having to be rescued by the RNLI
Any major injuries	A snapped ankle ligament kept me out of training for 5 weeks
Biggest influence in sailing	My parents, Roddy and Susan, who have given me endless time and support over the years

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