Olympic silver medallist Terry McLaughlin has been sailing since he was five, born into a family that has been heavily involved in the sport.

His father Paul finished fifth at London 1948 and eighth at Helsinki 1952 in the one-person dinghy. His younger brother Frank joined him at Los Angeles 1984 and followed him onto the Olympic Flying Dutchman podium four years later at Seoul 1988.

McLaughlin competed at his first world championships in 1977, going on to win the Flying Dutchman world title with Evert Bastet in 1980. He was named to that year’s Olympic team but did not compete in Moscow due to the Canadian boycott. After winning a world bronze medal with Bastet in 1982, the duo claimed Flying Dutchman silver at Los Angeles 1984.

In 1983 McLaughlin skippered Canada 1 in the Louis Vuitton Cup, which determined the challenger for that year’s America’s Cup. In 2009, 2011 and 2013 he skippered the Royal Canadian Yacht Club’s team at the New York Yacht Club Invitational Cup, winning gold in his last two appearances.

The 2013 victory helped earn him Canadian Sailor of the Year honours for the second time in his career.