Mark Covell

Mark Covell
Medal record
Sailing
Representing  Great Britain
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2000 Sydney Star
Representing  Great Britain
5.5 Metre World Championship
Gold medal – first place 2003 Bénodet 5.5m
Gold medal – first place 1997 5.5m
Gold medal – first place 1997 Etchells

Mark Covell (born 7 November 1967 in Glasgow) is a Scottish[1] competitive sailor and Olympic medalist. He won a silver medal in the Star class at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, along with Ian Walker.[2]

He sailed with Team Russia as their media crew member for the 2008–09 Volvo Ocean Race.

References

  1. ^ Lamont, Alasdair (3 October 2000). "the successes of pentathlete Cook and Mark Covell in the sailing silver class have been officially recorded as Scottish victories". BBC Sport. Retrieved 1 October 2011.
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Mark Covell". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 16 February 2011.


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