Dan Willcox | |
Fullname: | Daniel Willcox |
Nationality: | New Zealander |
Birth Date: | 8 June 1990 |
Birth Place: | Takapuna, New Zealand |
Classes: | 470 |
Club: | Murrays Bay Sailing Club |
Daniel Willcox (born 8 June 1990) is a New Zealand sailor.
Willcox was born in 1990 in Takapuna on Auckland's North Shore.[1] His father, Hamish Willcox, was a professional sailor who competed in the America's Cup and his sister, Anna Willcox-Silfverberg, competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in freestyle skiing.[2] [3]
He was a competitor in the 2016 470 World Championships in San Isidro, Buenos Aires where he won a silver medal.[4] Willcox competed at the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics in the Men's 470 alongside Paul Snow-Hansen; they finished in tenth place.