Vital statistics
Name: Iain Percy
Date of birth: March 21 1976
Star sign: Aries
Place of birth: Southampton
Current hometown: Valencia, Spain
Nickname: Perce
First boat you sailed and where? Skipper 14, Norfolk broads
Who got you into sailing? My family all started together when I was six
Favourite boat: Finn
Biggest influence in your career to date? David Howlett
Worst moment in your sailing career? Sixth place in the 2004 Athens Olympics
Best moment in your sailing career? Gold at the 2008 Beijing Olympics alongside my sailing partner Bart
Best sailing venue in the UK? Stokes Bay
Best sailing venue in the World? Sydney
Most annoying rule in the sailing rule book? Rule 42 - pumping
If you weren’t a professional sailor what else would you be? Richer!
How do you progress from a club sailor to an Olympic-class sailor? Hours on the water
What are your greatest passions outside of sailing? Rude question ;-)
Most expensive sailing accident? Myself and Ben Ainslie manager to break mast, sail, boom, rudder and put a hole in the deck of a Laser 5000 on our first sail together… hopefully that’s not a sign for the future!
Football club you support? Saints
What other sports do you play? No, I’m too old!
What would you love to do but never have the time or money for it? Go to the Poles
Worst habit? Ermmm….
What word or phrase most depicts your personality? “Make it succeed”
If you were a pantomime character who would it be? I’d like to say Robin Hood but at the moment…Friar Tuck!
What’s your greatest fear or phobia? Failure
Favourite reality show? Don’t do TV
Name three things that are always in your shopping trolley? …Or shopping
What was the last book you read? Prisoner in Tehran
What makes you angry? Unnecessary poverty
Dream holiday? Trekking from Buenos Aires to Santiego over the Andes
What’s better about football than sailing? The pay
Where do you keep your Olympic medals? My parents have them!
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