Stuart Bithell

Stuart Bithell

Personal information
Born	28 August 1986 (1986-08-28) (age 38) Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England
Medal record Men's sailing Representing Great Britain Olympic Games 2020 Tokyo 49er 2012 London 470 World Championships 2017 Matosinhos 49er 2009 Rungsted 470 2011 Perth 470

Stuart Bithell (born 28 August 1986 in Rochdale) is a British sailor and Olympic Champion. He competed with Luke Patience in the 470 class at the 2012 Summer Olympics where he won a silver medal and in the 2020 Summer Olympics where he won a gold medal in the Men's 49er class with Dylan Fletcher.

In 2013, it was announced that Bithell and Patience would part ways, their aim for 470 gold no longer viable. While Patience continued in the 470, Bithell moved on to partner with John Pink in the 49er class. They failed to qualify for Rio 2016, losing out to Dylan Fletcher-Scott and Alain Sign. After Rio, Pink and Sign both left the class. This resulted in Bithell & Fletcher teaming up. The decision was made in Portland, while the two competed against each other in the Moth class. They are currently working tirelessly to reach Tokyo 2020.

Alongside Fletcher, Bithell competed in 2019's inaugural season of the SailGP, onboard Great Britain SailGP Team. He was flight controller on board. The team finished 4th overall.

He became Olympic Champion, representing Great Britain at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the Men's 49er class with Dylan Fletcher.

External links

• GBRSB31 at World Sailing (archive)
• Stuart Bithell at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)