RUSSEL COUTTS

• born 1962, New Zealand
• DCNZM (Distinguished Companion of New Zealand Order of Merit)
• CBE (Order of the British Empire)

• winner America's Cup 1995 (NZ, Black Magic)
• winner America's Cup 1999 (NZ)
• winner America's Cup 2003 (SWITZERLAND, Alinghi)
• winner Gold Medal 1984 Olympics
• winner 3 World Match Racing Championships
• winner ISAF World Youth championships
• winner IOR, IMS and one design World Championships.
• 2 times the International Yacht Racing Union's World Sailor of the Year

• PRESS RELEASE
• Team Alinghi to dismiss Russell Coutts (JUL, 2004)