Nathan James Outteridge (born 28 January 1986) is an Australian sailor, a resident of Lake Macquarie. He was inducted into the Australian Sailing Hall of Fame in 2025.
2008 – Beijing Olympics 5th, 49er (with Ben Austin)
2012 – London Olympics 1st, 49er (with Iain Jensen )
2016 – Rio Olympics 2nd, 49er (with Iain Jensen )
He is most famous for winning a gold medal at the London Olympics in the 49er class, along with Iain Jensen. At the Rio Olympics he won silver, again with Jensen in the 49er. He campaigned for the 2020 Olympics and qualified his country for the Nacra 17 class sailing with his sister Haylee gaining a 2nd place at the World Championships.
Together with teammate Ben Austin Outteridge became the 2008 World Champion in the 49er boat by finishing in front of Britons Stevie Morrison and Ben Rhodes. In 2007 they won the bronze medal in the same event at the World Championships in Cascais, Portugal. He is an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder.
In September 2012, he joined Artemis Racing for the final ACWS event in San Francisco and has since joined for the America's Cup in 2013. Nathan was one of the helmsmen for Artemis Racing the Challenger of Record for the 2013 America's Cup. He also skippered Artemis in the Louis Vuitton challenger series for the 2017 America's Cup, losing to Emirates Team New Zealand's. He became the skipper for the defending Team New Zealand in the 2024 America's Cup. Team New Zealand successfully defended the America's Cup against Ineos Britannia. In May 2025, Emirates Team New Zealand announced Outerridge as skipper of the team's defence of the 38th America's Cup, scheduled to be held in 2027.
In 2019 Outteridge skippered the Japanese team in the inaugural SailGP season, and the following season, sailing in F50 foiling catamarans.
In 2025, it was announced that he would helm the new Artemis SailGP team, based in Sweden. This came to fruition in 2026, as Outteridge acts as Driver for the Artemis team, seeing success throughout the season.
2005 – Sydney, Sydney International Regatta, 1st, 49er
2007 – Medemblik, Breitling Regatta, 2nd, 49er
2007 – Sydney, Sydney International Regatta, 1st, 49er (with Ben Austin)
2010 – Silvaplana, International Moth Class Euro Championship, 1st, Moth
2012 – Wangi Wangi, New South Wales, 2nd, International A-Class Catamaran
2019 – SailGP Runner up skippering Team Japan, F50
Nathan Outteridge at World Sailing
Nathan Outteridge at Olympics.comNathan Outteridge at Olympic.org (archived)
Nathan Outteridge at the Australian Olympic Committee