Steven Thomas (sailor)
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Steven Thomas is an Australia
n sailor
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Together with team mate Jasper Warren
Thomas became the 2008 World Champion in the 29er
boat by finishing in front of fellow Australians Byron White
and William Ryan
.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n sailor
Sailing
Sailing is the propulsion of a vehicle and the control of its movement with large foils called sails. By changing the rigging, rudder, and sometimes the keel or centre board, a sailor manages the force of the wind on the sails in order to move the boat relative to its surrounding medium and...
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Together with team mate Jasper Warren
Jasper Warren
Jasper "Fang" Warren is an Australian sailor.Together with team mate Steven Thomas, Warren became the 2008 World Champion in the 29er boat by finishing in front of fellow Australians Byron White and William Ryan.-Career highlights:...
Thomas became the 2008 World Champion in the 29er
29er
The 29er is a two-man high performance skiff designed by Julian Bethwaite and first produced in 1998.-Background:It is targeted at youth, especially those training to sail the larger 49er. It has a single trapeze and a fractional asymmetric spinnaker. The Class is a more modern replacement to...
boat by finishing in front of fellow Australians Byron White
Byron White (sailor)
Byron White is an Australian sailor.Together with team mate William Ryan White became second at the 2008 World Championships in the 29er boat by finishing behind fellow Australians Steven Thomas and Jasper Warren, but in front of Britons Max Richardson and Alex Groves who took the bronze.-Career...
and William Ryan
William Ryan (sailor)
William Ryan is an Australian sailor.Together with team mate Byron White Ryan became second at the 2008 World Championships in the 29er boat by finishing behind fellow Australians Steven Thomas and Jasper Warren, but in front of Britons Max Richardson and Alex Groves who took the bronze.-Career...
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Career highlights
World Championships- 2008 - SorrentoSorrentoSorrento is the name of many cities and towns:*Sorrento, Italy*Sorrento, Florida, United States*Sorrento, Louisiana, United States*Sorrento, Maine, United States*Sorrento, Victoria, a township on the Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia...
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(with Jasper WarrenJasper WarrenJasper "Fang" Warren is an Australian sailor.Together with team mate Steven Thomas, Warren became the 2008 World Champion in the 29er boat by finishing in front of fellow Australians Byron White and William Ryan.-Career highlights:...
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