Adam Beashel

Adam Beashel is an Australian sailor. He is best known for being part of Team New Zealand at the 2003 America's Cup and strategist for Emirates Team New Zealand at the 2007 America's Cup.[1]

Adam Beashel
Medal record
Sailing
Representing  Australia
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2000 Newport Farr 40
Silver medal – second place 2000 Melbourne 49er

Beashel was part of the oneAustralia team that came second in the 1995 Louis Vuitton Cup.[2]

He is also a 49er sailor. Together with Teague Czislowski, he came second in that class at the 1999 World Championships[3] to Chris Nicholson and Ed Smyth.

He and Czislowski won the national selection process for the 2000 Olympics in the 49er class, but the Australian Yachting Federation instead nominated Nicholson and Daniel Phillips for the sole spot at the Olympics as they were considered better possibilities for a medal.[4][5] Nicholson and Phillips eventually finished sixth.[6] He was injured in April 2007 while with Emirates Team New Zealand, and was replaced by Mark Mendelblatt.[7]

He is from a sailing family. His father Ken Beashel is a sailor and boat builder in Sydney. His brother Colin is an Olympic medal winning sailor who crewed on Australia II in 1983.[8] His wife Lanee Butler is a boardsailor who competed at four Olympics.

He and Lanee have two young sons, born in 2008 and 2009.

References
  1. Andy Rice (4 May 2007). "Adam Beashel". SailJuice Blog. Archived from the original on 15 July 2011. Retrieved 8 July 2011.
  2. "Grant Dalton introduces the team | Scoop News".
  3. "49er World Championship: presentation, results, palmares and history". The-sports.org. 9 January 2010. Archived from the original on 4 July 2011. Retrieved 8 July 2011.
  4. "Athletes: Chris Nicholson-Daniel Phillips". Abc.net.au. Archived from the original on 25 July 2009. Retrieved 8 July 2011.
  5. "Rumors and Lies 2003 Archives". Sailinganarchy.com. Archived from the original on 15 July 2011. Retrieved 8 July 2011.
  6. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Chris Nicholson". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 8 July 2011.
  7. Stuart Streuli (25 April 2007). "Hustle pays for U.S. sailors; Mendelblatt, Keeley land gigs in America's Cup chase". USA Today. Retrieved 8 July 2011.
  8. "Beashel replaces 16 year old North Sails mainsail". Sail-World.com. Archived from the original on 1 February 2013. Retrieved 8 July 2011.
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