Name: Alex Hopson
Class: 49er
Team Holt
Position on Boat: Crew
DOB: 11 June 1984
Born: Redhill
Currently living: Dorking, England
Started sailing: With my Dad at Worthing SC in a Laser with two on the boat
Duration in current class: 3 years
Name of sailing partner: John Pink
Greatest strengths in sailing: Agile, quick reaction time and always interested in learning.
Greatest weakness in sailing: Seeing my strengths
Biggest goal: To Medal at an Olympic Games
Who has been the most influential p erson in your sailing career? Paul Brotherton as a youth coach in 29er and all Olympic Medallists .
Other interests away from sailing: Road biking, Mountain biking, Windsurfing, any sports I can have a go at
Sponsors: Holt
Sailing Career to Date:
2006 – Miami OCR – 7th
2005 – World Championships – 9th
2005 – European Championships – 16th
2005 – Princess Sofia – 12th
2005 – Hyeres – 5th
2005 – Holland Regatta – 15th
2005 – Kiel Regatta – 11th
2004 – World Championships – 30th
2004 – European Champions hips – 21st
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