Paul Goodison

Paul Martin Goodison MBE (born 29 November 1977) is an English Olympic gold medal-winning sailor.

[2] He studied at Southampton Solent University completing an Undergraduate degree in Maritime Studies following his Olympic Degree and Honorary Doctorate in Sport was also awarded by Solent University[3][4] In March 2005, he was ranked 2nd in the world in the Laser, behind Robert Scheidt of Brazil, and ahead of Michael Blackburn of Australia and Mark Mendelblatt of the United States.

[5] He won the gold medal in the Men's Laser class at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Goodison joined Artemis Racing[12] for their 2017 Louis Vuitton Challenger’s Trophy campaign.

Goodison was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2009 New Year Honours for services to sport.

Luke Patience , Hannah Mills , Saskia Clark & Paul Goodison in the Olympic Parade at Weymouth & Portland in 2012