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{{Short description|New Zealand windsurfer}}
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{{EngvarB|date=February 2018}}
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{{Infobox sportsperson
| name             = Tom Ashley
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| caption          = Ashley in 2009
| fullname         = Thomas John Mitchell Ashley
| birth_date       = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1984|02|11}}
| birth_place      = [[Auckland]], New Zealand
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{{MedalSport | Men's [[sailing (sport)|sailing]]}}
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{{MedalCompetition|[[Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[Beijing 2008|2008 Beijing]]|[[Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's sailboard|Men's sailboard]]}}
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'''Thomas John Mitchell Ashley''' {{post-nominals|country=NZL|ONZM|size=85%}} (born 11 February 1984 in [[Auckland]]) is a sailor from New Zealand, who won the gold medal in the [[Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's sailboard|men's sailboard]] event at the [[2008 Summer Olympics]], he also won the [[2008 RS:X World Championships]]. He is the Olympic champion and the 2008 World champion. Ashley attended [[Westlake Boys High School]] in Auckland, which had earlier fostered the development of other notable sailors, including [[Chris Dickson (sailor)|Chris Dickson]] and [[Dean Barker (yachtsman)|Dean Barker]].

Ashley placed 2nd two years previous at the 2006 World Championships. During the event the top-10 sailors were selected to sail the final race, called the medal race. Before the start of the medal race Ashley was in first position, only one point in front of [[Casper Bouman]] from the Netherlands. Bouman finished second in the medal race, one position in front of Ashley. Both sailors then had the same points (23), but Bouman was crowned as the World champion thanks to his better position during the medal race.

In the [[2009 New Year Honours (New Zealand)|2009 New Year Honours]], Ashley was appointed an [[New Zealand Order of Merit|Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit]], for services to board sailing.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.dpmc.govt.nz/publications/new-year-honours-list-2009 | title=New Year honours list 2009|date=31 December 2008 | publisher=Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet | access-date=17 December 2017}}</ref>

==Achievements==
{| class="wikitable"
! width="30" |Year
! width="20" |Position
! width="150" |Boat type
! width="300" |Event
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||2010 ||align="center"| [[Image:Med 2.png]] || RS:X – Men's Windsurfer || {{flagicon|ESP}} HRH [[Trofeo Princesa Sofía|Princess Sofia Trophy]]
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||2010 ||align="center"| [[Image:Med 1.png]] || RS:X – Men's Windsurfer || {{flagicon|NZL}} Singapore Airlines Sail Auckland
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||2009 ||align="center"| [[Image:Med 1.png]] || RS:X – Men's Windsurfer || {{flagicon|NZL}} Singapore Airlines Sail Auckland
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||2008 ||align="center"| [[Image:Med 1.png]] || RS:X – Men's Windsurfer || {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's sailboard|2008 Olympic Games – Men's sailboard]]
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||2008 ||align="center"| [[Image:Med 1.png]] || RS:X – Men's Windsurfer || {{flagicon|NZL}} [[2008 RS:X World Championships]]
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||2006 ||align="center"| [[Image:Med 2.png]] || RS:X – Men's Windsurfer || {{flagicon|ITA}} [[2006 RS:X World Championships]]
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||2006 ||align="center"| [[Image:Med 2.png]] || RS:X – Men's Windsurfer || {{flagicon|AUT}} [[ISAF World Sailing Games]]
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||2006 ||align="center"| [[Image:Med 3.png]] || RS:X – Men's Windsurfer || {{flagicon|ESP}} HRH Princess Sofia Trophy
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||2006 ||align="center"| [[Image:Med 2.png]] || RS:X – Men's Windsurfer || {{flagicon|NZL}} Sail Auckland International Regatta
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||2006 ||align="center"| [[Image:Med 1.png]] || RS:X – Men's Windsurfer || {{flagicon|NZL}} New Zealand RS:X National Championship
|-
||2004 ||align="center"| [[Image:Med 2.png]] || Mistral – Men || {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Semaine Olympique Française]]
|-
||2003 ||align="center"| [[Image:Med 2.png]] || Mistral – Men || {{flagicon|NZL}} Sail Auckland
|-
||2003 ||align="center"| [[Image:Med 2.png]] || Mistral – Men || {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Sail Melbourne]]
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||2002 ||align="center"| [[Image:Med 1.png]] || Mistral – Men || {{flagicon|CAN}} Youth Sailing ISAF World Championship
|-
||2002 ||align="center"| [[Image:Med 1.png]] || Mistral – Men || {{flagicon|ESP}} IMCO World Youth Championship
|}

==Club memberships==
Ashley is a member of:
*Takapuna Boating Club http://www.takapunaboating.org.nz
*The Devonport Pony Club http://www.devonportponyclub.co.nz
*The New Zealand RSX Association http://www.yachtingnz.org.nz

==References==
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==External links==
* {{World Sailing|tom-ashley|id=NZLTA1}}
* {{NZOC profile|tom-ashley}}
* {{Olympics.com profile|tom-ashley|org_archive=20201118174622}}
* {{Olympedia}}

{{Footer Olympic Champions Men's Sailboard}}
{{Footer World Champions Men's RS:X}}
{{2004 New Zealand Olympic team}}
{{2008 New Zealand Olympic team}}

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[[Category:1984 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:New Zealand windsurfers]]
[[Category:Officers of the New Zealand Order of Merit]]
[[Category:New Zealand male sailors (sport)]]
[[Category:Olympic gold medalists for New Zealand in sailing]]
[[Category:Sailors (sport) from Auckland]]
[[Category:Sailors at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Mistral One Design]]
[[Category:Sailors at the 2008 Summer Olympics – RS:X]]
[[Category:People educated at Westlake Boys High School]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:RS:X class world champions]]
[[Category:21st-century New Zealand sportsmen]]


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