Carl Williams (sailor)

Carl Williams, also known as Carl Whiting-Williams,[1] or Tiny Williams[2] (born 1981) is a New Zealand sailor who has competed at the Summer Olympics and in multiple America's Cups.

His mother is Penny Whiting.[3] Between 1995 and 1998 Williams was part of the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron youth training scheme.[4]

Williams sailed with Team New Zealand in their unsuccessful 2003 America's Cup before joining Oracle Racing for the 2007 Louis Vuitton Cup.[5][6][7]

Williams teamed up with Hamish Pepper in the Star class and together they won the 2006 Star World Championships and represented New Zealand at the 2008 Summer Olympics, finishing ninth.[8]

In 2009 he took up cycling and entered a team into the Tour of Southland while also working with Artemis Racing in the TP52 class.[9]

References
  1. "Team New Zealand". Nzherald.co.nz. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
  2. "Tiny Williams". Tiny Williams. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
  3. "Sailing legend Penny Whiting's end of an era". Nowtolove.co.nz.
  4. "Carl Williams : New Zealand Olympian: 1109". Olympic.org.nz. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
  5. "McBeth: Not panic time yet". America's Cup. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
  6. "America's Cup final pits old against new". Nzherald.co.nz. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
  7. "BMW Oracle Racing: A Day in the Life". Sailingworld.com. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
  8. "A new Star is Born for Williams and Pepper". Sail-world.com. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
  9. "America's Cup grinder on his bike". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 27 August 2017.


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