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{{short description|New Zealand windsurfer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2022}}
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| name             = Aaron McIntosh
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| birth_date       = {{birth-date and age|7 January 1972}}
| birth_place      = [[Auckland]], New Zealand
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{{MedalSport | Men's [[Sailing at the Summer Olympics|sailing]] }}
{{MedalCountry | {{NZL}} }}
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{{MedalBronze | [[2000 Summer Olympics|2000 Sydney]] | [[Sailing at the 2000 Summer Olympics|Sailboard]] }}
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'''Aaron McIntosh''' (born 7 January 1972 in [[Auckland]]) is a [[Windsurfing|windsurfer]] from New Zealand who won a Bronze medal at [[2000 Summer Olympics|2000]] in [[Sydney]]. He had previously just missed out on a medal at the [[1996 Summer Olympics]] in [[Atlanta]] finishing a close fourth. At the World [[Windsurfing|Mistral]] Championships he finished third in 1993, second in 1995 and won three times in 1994, 1997 and 1998.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://olympic.org.nz/athletes/aaron-mcintosh |title=Aaron McIntosh |publisher=[[New Zealand Olympic Committee]]}}</ref>

McIntosh attempted to qualify for a third Olympics at [[Beijing]] in the [[Soling]] class but was unsuccessful. He did qualify—with Mark Kennedy—for the two-man [[Tornado (sailboat)|Tornado]] multihull class, but New Zealand did not send them to the games.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/archived-stuff-sections/archived-sport-sections/olympics-2008/295181 |title=NZ get Olympics tornado spot: Aussies take out title |author=NZPA |date=1 March 2008 |publisher=stuff.co.nz |access-date=23 February 2010 |archive-date=24 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170824134900/http://www.stuff.co.nz/archived-stuff-sections/archived-sport-sections/olympics-2008/295181 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

He is the coach of [[Dorian van Rijsselberghe]], who won gold at the [[Sailing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's RS:X|2012]] and [[Sailing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's RS:X|2016 Olympics]], as well as [[Kiran Badloe]] who won gold at the [[Sailing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's RS:X|2020 Olympics]].<ref>[https://nos.nl/tokyo2020/artikel/2391819-badloe-had-het-zonder-dor-en-aaron-niet-gered-niet-ik-maar-we-hebben-goud Badloe had het zonder 'Dor' en Aaron niet gered: 'Niet ik, maar we hebben goud'] NOS.nl, 31 July 2021.</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{World Sailing|id=NZLAM6|www=aaron-mcintosh}}
* {{NZOC profile|aaron-mcintosh}}
* {{Olympics.com|aaron-mcintosh}}
* {{Olympedia}}

{{1996 New Zealand Olympic team}}
{{2000 New Zealand Olympic team}}

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[[Category:1972 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:New Zealand windsurfers]]
[[Category:New Zealand male sailors (sport)]]
[[Category:Olympic sailors for New Zealand]]
[[Category:Olympic bronze medalists for New Zealand]]
[[Category:Olympic medalists in sailing]]
[[Category:Sailors at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Mistral One Design]]
[[Category:Sailors at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Mistral One Design]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Sailors (sport) from Auckland]]


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