Sarah Ayton
Sailor, Olympic athlete
1980 –
Who is Sarah Ayton?
Sarah Lianne Ayton OBE is an English professional sailor.
She won a gold medal in the Yngling sailing class in the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, together with Shirley Robertson and Sarah Webb, and another gold medal in the Yngling sailing class in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, together with Pippa Wilson and Sarah Webb.
Already a Member of the Order of the British Empire, Ayton was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 2009 New Year Honours. She is divorced from windsurfer Nick Dempsey Together, they have two sons Thomas-Flynn, who was born on the 28th June 2009 and Oscar-Flynn George who was born on 7th March 2012.
Ayton is a patron of Meningitis UK. Ayton battled with meningococcal meningitis and septicaemia in 1995, when she was aged 14.
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- Born
- Apr 9, 1980
Ashford - Also known as
- 萨拉·艾顿
- Spouses
- Nick Dempsey
(2008/10 - )
- Nick Dempsey
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Profession
- Lived in
- Ashford
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on July 23, 2013
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