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Giles Scott is a Team GB sailor, who has won the Finn Gold Cup on four occasions
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Scott’s net worth is believed to be between $1 million and $5 million
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Ahead of the Tokyo Olympics, Scott is a great medal hope for Team GB
Giles Scott is a star of Team GB. A gold medal-winning sailor, Scott is looking to defend his title at the Tokyo Olympics.
He’s a four-time Finn Gold Cup winner, and heads to the Games among Team GB’s best sports betting medal hopes.
Sailing is a niche sport, but that changes at the Olympics. Alongside track cycling, gymnastics and countless others, the interest in sailing sky rockets in an Olympic year.
That’s particularly the case when Team GB has a medal hope like Scott. For more on Giles Scott net worth, his previous medals, we’ve got you covered in this article…
Giles Scott Net Worth
Figures for Giles Scott net worth aren’t easy to find. Estimations vary across the internet, but Celebsagewiki.com estimates Scott has a net worth somewhere between $1 million and $5 million.
Although he’s experienced Olympic glory, Scott’s career likely hasn’t been as lucrative as some other Team GB icons.
Where Dina Asher-Smith and Jason Kenny have been at the centre of marketing campaigns and moved into celebrity status, Scott doesn’t have quite the same profile.
Success in the sailing world still means he’s got a healthy net worth, particularly for the stage he’s at in his career.
There’s plenty more to come from the Huntingdon-born sailor – more news about his net worth is bound to appear if he can go back-to-back at the Tokyo Games.
Giles Scott Sailing
Born in the UK, Scott moved to Canada when he was one. The Ottawa River was home to his first sailing experience.
Obviously, this was just the beginning for Scott, who became increasingly interested in the sport when he returned to the UK a few years later.
Grafham Water in Cambridgeshire was an inland reservoir which brought Scott back to sailing. His parents encouraged the hobby, and were keen for him to make it into a competitive pastime.
A degree in geography from Southampton followed. Scott got his first taste of glory in 2005 at the World Youth Sailing Championships. Finishing first, this was just the start of an already decorated career for Scott.
Although successful in the Laser in 2005, Scott made a leap a couple of years later, joining the Finn heavyweight dinghy class. He was again Junior World Champion in 2008, and joined the British sailing team in 2009.
Giles Scott Finn
Scott hasn’t looked back since moving into the Finn. It’s the heavyweight dingy class at the Olympics, and has been a class dominated by Scott over the last few years.
It all started with a gold at the Finn World Championship in 2011. Further titles followed in 2014, 2015 and 2016.
Scott is the second-most successful person in the Finn World Championship of all-time, only bettered by his Americas Cup teammate, Sir Ben Ainslie. The four world titles is two behind Ainslie.
Ainslie is also the only other sailor in Finn World Championship history to complete a threepeat.
After years of British dominance, Scott hasn’t recorded a top three finish since his last title in 2016. He finished down in ninth in the 2021 World Championship in Porto, four places ahead of fellow Brit Henry Wetherell.
Giles Scott Rio 2016
With the early 2010s belonging to Scott, he headed to the Rio Olympics in 2016 among the favourites to take home a gold. He did just that. With a day to spare, Scott was the Olympic champion in the Finn.
That triumph was not just Scott writing himself into the history books. It was a glorious achievement for Team GB, who have won more sailing golds than any other nation.
The Finn has been a happy place for Brits in the Olympics, with British athletes winning gold in the last five Olympics.
Giles Scott Medals
Obviously, the gold in Rio is the highest point of Giles Scott’s medal-laden career. He won by a massive margin, finishing ahead of Vasilij Zbogar and Caleb Paine.
It would be unjust to not mention Scott’s other medals, however. Twice a junior champion, winning in the Laser in 2005 and the Finn in 2008, Scott has been a star on the water for longer than many careers last.
Moving into the men’s field, Scott was Finn world champion in Perth in 2011, an achievement he notched again in Santander three years later.
He defended the title twice more, picking up yet more gold medals to add to his collection in Takapuna and Gaeta.
The 2011 success was a major breakthrough after getting bronze in the Finn World Championship in San Francisco the previous year.
On top of that, there’s also been European celebrations with Scott winning three golds and two silvers at the Finn European Championships.
Giles Scott Age
So, how old is Giles Scott? Well, Giles turned 34 on June 23rd 2021. Born in 1987, Scott has years left at the top of sailing if he chooses to extend his career.
Where we are used to seeing athletes call it a day in their mid or late-thirties, sailors can go way beyond that.
Fellow British star Ben Ainslie is a good example of this. The former Olympic champion is 44 years old and continues to compete at the highest level.
Tokyo isn’t Scott’s last chance at Olympic glory. In fact, he could yet be going strong into the 2030s.
Giles Scott Instagram
With under 70 posts, Giles Scott’s Instagram isn’t the busiest page on the social media platform. He has just over 3,200 followers. Ben Ainslie, in contrast, is approaching the 40,000 mark.
Scott posts @gilesscott87. It’s mainly action shots from sailing, with an occasional insight into how the Gold Cup winner spends his time on dry land.
This summer’s Olympics will see the spotlight shine on Scott. Whether he brings home a medal or not, that social media following is likely to grow.
Fans will look to his Instagram, too, as his Twitter account hasn’t been posted on since November 2018.
*Credit for the main photo belongs to Gregorio Borgia / AP Photo*
FIRST PUBLISHED: 21st June 2021
