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27 - 31 August 2008
Frederikshavn, Denmark
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Day 1 from Match Cup Sweden at Sail.TV
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BMW Oracle Racing CEO and skipper Chris Dickson, winner of the 2006 Portugal Match Cup. (Imagepress photo)
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Chris Dickson (right) and Ian Williams rub gunwales during their Flight 8 match, won by Dickson. (©Swedish Match Tour/Guido Cantini)
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A view in the cockpit of BMW Oracle Racing, winner of the Portugal Match Cup. (Imagepress photo)
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Nationality New Zealand
Country of Residence USA
Chris placed tied for 14th with one other skipper, each with 20 points, on the final 2003-’04 Tour leaderboard. He didn't compete in the 2004-’05 Tour.
World Match Racing Tour Results
2006-'07 — 15th overall
2003-’04 — 14th overall
2000-’01 — 7th overall
2006-’07
1st — Portugal Match Cup ’06
(Crew: Zack Hurst, Jann Neergaard, Kazuhiko Sofuku, Paul Westlake)
2005-’06
5th — Monsoon Cup ’05
(Crew: Jamie Gale, Robbie Naismith, Ed Smyth, Paul Westlake)
2004-’05
No events sailed
2003-’04
2nd — Bermuda Gold Cup ’03
2002-’03
No events sailed.
2001-’02
No events sailed.
2000-’01
2nd — Colorcraft Gold Cup ’00
6th — Sun Microsystems Australia Cup ’01
6th — Match Race Lake Constance ’01
7th — Steinlager/Line 7 Cup ’01
11th — ACI Cup ’01
15th — Swedish Match Cup ’01
2000
2nd — Colorcraft Gold Cup ’00
5th — Steinlager/Line 7 Cup ’00
America’s Cup Affiliation
Oracle BMW Racing – CEO and Skipper Oracle BMW Racing, Challenger of Record for America’s Cup 2007
Oracle BMW Racing – Skipper, 2nd place in Louis Vuitton Cup 2003
TAG Heuer Challenge – Skipper, 4th place, Louis Vuitton Cup 1995
Nippon Challenge – Skipper, 4th place, Louis Vuitton Cup 1992
New Zealand Challenge – Skipper, 2nd place in Louis Vuitton Cup 1987
Accomplishments
Three-time World Match Racing Champion
Three-time World Youth Champion
Winner of more than 20 international match-racing events
Skipper of Whitbread 60 Tokio in 1993-’94 Whitbread Round the World Race
Fifth at 2000 Olympics in multihull Tornado class
Additional Information
Chris Dickson is one of the most talented match-racers ever to practice the discipline. He’s in an echelon of the sport that totals no more than four skippers, if that many.
Dickson has won the World Championship of Match Race Sailing three times, and has won more than 20 international match-race regattas.
His talent reaches beyond one-on-one racing and into fleet racing. He’s won Maxi World Championships. He’s won legs of the Whitbread Round the World Race. He’s won in dinghys. He’s won in one-designs. Boats come to life when Dickson’s at the helm.
Dickson came to rise in youth sailing. He won the World Youth Championship in the doublehanded class three times. But he earned a reputation as a fiery competitor, one who will go to any lengths to win, during the 1987 Louis Vuitton Cup off Fremantle, Western Australia.
As skipper of New Zealand’s first challenger, KZ-7, Dickson took every race to his opponent. He and crew won 37 times in 38 starts, easily dominating the three round robins and their semifinal opponent. But then Dickson and crew ran into a steamrolling Dennis Conner in the Louis Vuitton Cup Final, and the Stars & Stripes crew thwarted Dickson’s improbable run.
Dickson would return for the 1992, 1995 and 2003 Louis Vuitton Cups, but the best he could ever finish was 2nd, which he repeated in 2003 with Oracle BMW Racing.
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