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Russell Coutts was born on 1 March, 1962 in Wellington, New Zealand, is a New Zealand sailor. Discover Russell Coutts's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 62 years old?
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1 March 1962 |
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Wellington, New Zealand |
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New Zealand
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He is a member of famous sailor with the age 62 years old group.
Russell Coutts Height, Weight & Measurements
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He is currently single. He is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, He has no children.
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Russell Coutts Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Russell Coutts worth at the age of 62 years old? Russell Coutts’s income source is mostly from being a successful sailor. He is from New Zealand. We have estimated Russell Coutts's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Timeline
Sir Russell Coutts (born 1 March 1962) is a world champion New Zealand yachtsman.
Coutts was educated at Otago Boys' High School (1975–1979) and is a Life Member of Paremata Boating Club, where he learnt to sail in a P class, and the Ravensbourne Boating Club.
At the age of 17, he became national champion of New Zealand in the Laser class.
Coutts' achievements include a gold medal in the Finn class in the 1984 Olympic Games, winning the America's Cup five times, the ISAF World Youth championships, three World Match Racing Championships, numerous international match race wins and IOR, IMS and One Design World Championship victories.
In New Zealand, Coutts was honoured with appointment as a Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 1985 New Year Honours and then elevation to the rank of Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1995 Queen's Birthday Honours.
As skipper/helmsman in America's cup racing, he has a perfect record with 15 wins and no losses (1995, 2000, 2003).
He was made a Distinguished Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the 2000 Queen's Birthday Honours, and redesignated as a Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit in August 2009.
Coutts has been named ISAF Sailor of the Year twice.
– 2003 America's Cup / Alinghi (Challenger) / Auckland / Winner (5 to 0) – Skipper & Helmsman
In 2005 Slovenian designer Andrej Justin designed with input from him a new boat called the RC44; a high performance one design racer created for top level racing in international regattas under strictly controlled Class Rules.
The concept and the design features of the RC44 are dedicated to the amateur helmsmen racing in fleet racing sailing events.
He is responsible for creating the SailGP professional series.
In July 2007, Coutts was named CEO and Skipper of BMW Oracle Racing, sponsored by Golden Gate Yacht Club (GGYC), the United States Challenger to the 2010 America's Cup.
He was involved in the pre-match litigation between the challengers Golden Gate Yacht Club and Société Nautique de Genève (SNG), in which the court decided that the GGYC was the rightful Challenger of Record.
Cup Defender SNG's team was Alinghi.
Coutts' yacht USA beat the defending yacht Alinghi 5 by considerable margins in both races.
Most observers stated that USA 17's rigid wing sail had given it a decisive advantage.
Coutts again led the Oracle Team as CEO in the next America's Cup match against Emirates Team New Zealand.
He was CEO of the Oracle Team when it won the America's Cup twice with 14 wins and 16 losses (2010, 2013 and 2017 each time with James Spithill as skipper/helmsman).
This match took place in the bay of San Francisco in September 2013.
Oracle managed to come back from 8 races to 1 by winning the following 8 races and to defend the cup in the longest America's cup match ever.
Both skipper James Spithill and team owner Larry Ellison praised Coutts' role in the defense of the oldest trophy in sports history.
He competed twice at the Olympics:
– World Champion / Farr 40 / Vincenzo Onorato Team / Newport, U.S. – TP 52 Audi MedCup / TP 52 / Team USA 17 / Winner
– Malcesine SLAM Cup, Match Racing / RC44 / BMW ORACLE Racing / Malcesine, Italy / Winner
Coutts has been married twice and has three children.
His son, Grayson, was previously in a same-sex relationship with journalist David Farrier.
In 2021, Coutts criticised the New Zealand government's response to COVID-19 and suggested that the government was acting like a dictatorship by establishing vaccine mandates and enforcing managed isolation.
In 2022, he announced that he would be attending the anti-mandate protest in Wellington.
