This is what happens when you have a go!
At six years old Mat Belcher started sailing in a wooden Sabot tied to the back of his parents boat at Southport Yacht Club and he never looked back!
In 2000 Mat won the 420 world championship and joined the Australian Sailing Team where he started being coached by Victor ‘The Medal Maker’ Kovalenko.
In August Mat Belcher and Will Ryan claimed Gold in the Men’s 470 Olympic Sailing class at the Tokyo Olympics, a win that launches Belcher to legend status, as he becomes Australia’s most decorated Olympic sailor with two Gold.
That’s what happens when you have a go!
(Story courtesy of Australian Sailing)