| Rank | Event | Year | Location | |
| Olympic Games | ||||
| 5 | 49er | 2008 | Beijing, CHN | |
| World Championships | ||||
| 1 | 49er | 2012 | Zadar, CRO | |
| 1 | 49er | 2011 | Perth, WA, AUS | |
| 1 | 49er | 2009 | Riva del Garda, ITA | |
| 1 | 49er | 2008 | Melbourne, VIC, AUS | |
| 2 | 49er | 2010 | Freeport City, BAH | |
| 3 | 49er | 2007 | Cascais, POR | |
| World Cup | ||||
| 1 | 49er | 2012 | Weymouth, GBR | |
| 1 | 49er | 2012 | Melbourne, VIC, AUS | |
| 1 | 49er | 2011 | Weymouth, GBR | |
| 1 | 49er | 2010 | Weymouth, GBR | |
| 1 | 49er | 2010 | Medemblik, NED | |
| 1 | 49er | 2010 | Melbourne, VIC, AUS | |
| 1 | 49er | 2009 | Weymouth, GBR | |
| 1 | 49er | 2009 | Medemblik, NED | |
| 2 | 49er | 2012 | Hyeres, FRA | |
| 2 | 49er | 2011 | Medemblik, NED | |
Nickname
Nath (Australian Sailing, 2007)
Hobbies
Sailboarding, cycling. (ISAF, 20 Oct 2007)
Occupation
Athlete
Language(s) spoken
English
Club name
Middle Harbour Yacht Club, Sydney, NSW, AUS
Coach
Emmett Lazich, Victor Kovalenko [national] (AUS) (sailing.org, 30 May 2012; LOCOG, 20 Jun 2012)
Injuries
In January 2005 he broke his back in a car accident after falling asleep at the wheel of his car and colliding with a tree. He was on his way to the Sail Melbourne regatta from his home in Lake Macquarie, northern New South Wales at the time. He spent a month in hospital, another three months in a back brace and feared he might never be able to walk again. His recovery was a success, however, and he missed only eight months of sailing. (yachting.org.au, 12 Jan 2005; Australian Sailing, 2007; AAP, 25 Jan 2008)
Additional information
Start of sporting career
He started sailing at age four. (yachting.org.au, 03 Feb 2012)
Reason for taking up this sport
His grandfather took him out sailing for the first time and his parent were heavily involved in the sport. (yachting.org.au, 03 Feb 2012)
Ambitions
To win an Olympic gold medal. (olympics.com.au, 03 Feb 2012)
Hero
Australian sailor Chris Nicholson. (olympics.com.au, 03 Feb 2012)
Most influential person in career
His father. (Australian Sailing, 29 Jul 2008)
Superstitions / Rituals
He never wears the same shirt at a regatta. (Australian Sailing, 29 Jul 2008)
Sporting philosophy / motto
"Nothing is impossible." (Australian Sailing, 29 Jul 2008)
Awards
He was named as Australia's Youth Sailor of the Year for 2004. (AAP, 25 Jan 2008)
General
INSPIRATIONAL DAD
His father Tony was the first recipient of a grant from the Australian Olympic Committee's [AOC] Athlete Family Support Programme. The initiative was designed to recognise the importance of personal support for athletes and celebrate the role sport plays in developing healthy family relationships. He nominated his father for a grant as a tribute to his whole family whose support he says helped him become an Olympian. "He is an incredible source of inspiration and made huge sacrifices, like increasing the mortgage, to afford the travel costs, equipment and boats I needed for training and competing. He also spent countless hours in the shed fixing and re-rigging the boats while teaching me many of the practical skills that now help me compete." His father spent the 5,000 Australian dollars [approx 4,500 USD] grant on travel costs to the 2008 Olympic Games to watch his son compete at the Games for the first time. (olympics.com.au, 18 Feb 2008)
BEIJING HEARTBREAK
He and former crewmate Ben Austin capsized just 100 metres from the finish line at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, costing both men what looked like certain gold medals. (LOCOG, 20 Jun 2012)
Previous Olympics
Beijing 2008
