Ben Ainslie
Charles Benedict Ainslie, CBE, (born 5 February 1977) is an English competitive sailor, who in 2012 became the first person to win medals in five different Olympic Games in sailing, the third person to win five Olympic medals in that sport, after Torben Grael and Robert Scheidt, and also the second to win four gold medals, after Paul Elvstrøm.
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