Glenn Thomas Ashby (born 1 September 1977) is an Australian sailor from Strathfieldsaye, a suburb of Bendigo, Victoria. He is a multiple multihull world champion.
Background Ashby grew up sailing with his brother and sister at Bendigo Yacht Club. Learning in a Northbridge Junior at around seven, his dad later took him on a Sabre. In 1996 at 18, Glenn went overseas for the first time in his life. Competing at the A-Class Worlds in Spain against 86 others, he won. He was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder.AIS at the Olympics
Career World Championships He has won the following World Championships x10 A-Class Catamaran World Championship x3 Tornado World Championship x3 Formula 18 World Championship x1 GC32 World Championship
Olympics Ashby and skipper Darren Bundock were the 2007 world champions in the Tornado class and ranked number one in the event going into the 2008 Summer Olympics. However, they were beaten by the Spanish team and won silver.
America Cup He has been part of Team New Zealand as the wing trimmer for the 2013 America's Cup, the skipper of the 2017 America's Cup winners, Emirates Team New Zealand. and the mainsail trimmer for the 2021 America's Cup.
Sail GP Ashby was called on by the Bonds Flying Roos SailGP Team to compete for the Australian team in the opening round of the 2026 SailGP season in Perth after a knee injury ruled Wing Trimmer Iain Jensen out of racing. The team finished 2nd in the event final.https://sailgp.com/results/2026/perth
Tom Slingsby's team called on Glenn Ashby again for the second event of the season in Auckland, where the team won the event final.https://sailgp.com/results/2026/auckland
Ashby was named as a Reserve Athlete for the Australian team, and was on standby "on the chase boat in his gear ready to jump on if needed"https://thefoil.com/news/lightning-threat-calls-off-sailgp-practice-again/ for Jensen's return to racing in Sydney.
Awards In the 2019 New Zealand New Year Honours, Ashby was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to sailing. He was inducted into the Australian Sailing Hall of Fame in 2025.
References
External links
Australian Olympic Committee profile