Mitch Booth

Mitchell Jay "Mitch" Booth (born 4 January 1963, in Sydney) is a sailor from Australia,[1] who represented his native country for the first time at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.

In 1996, Booth made a second appearance this time with crew member Andrew Landenberger the team took the Silver in the Tornado.

[6] Booth started his sailing career at the age of four, when his mother taught him the basics on Pittwater.

Alongside his father John (Jay) Booth won his first State Championship as a seven-year-old boy.

Off the water he has been involved in many sailing related activities including the creation of the current Olympic Tornado class Rig, design and build of A Class cats, the creation of Volvo Extreme 40, sailing Manager for America's cup team (1995) and technical adviser to ISAF.