Mitch Booth
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| Full name | Mitchell Jay Booth | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | 'The Legend' | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Australian /Dutch | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 4 January 1963 Sydney, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Class | Tornado | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Pittwater,Palm Beach, Sydney, Australia ; Rotterdamsche Zeilvereeniging; CV Palamós | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Updated on 12 February 2014 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mitchell Jay "Mitch" Booth (born 4 January 1963, in Sydney) is a sailor from Australia, who represented his native country for the first time at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. Booth as helmsman in the Australian Tornado with John Forbes as crew took Bronze. In 1996, Booth made a second appearance this time with crew member Andrew Landenberger the team took the Silver in the Tornado. In 2004, Athens Booth represented the Netherlands as helmsman of the Dutch Tornado. With crew member Herbert Dercksen Booth took 5th place. His final Olympic appearance came during the 2008 Summer Olympics in Qingdao. Now with crew member Pim Nieuwenhuis in the Dutch Tornado, Booth finished 5th.