Nathan James Wilmot (born 13 December 1979) is a sailor, and a member of the Australian sailing team. He has won five world titles along with teammate Malcolm Page in the 470 class. They also won the Olympic test event in Qingdao in 2007 and were considered favourites to win the 470 event at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Nathan Wilmot

Wilmot in 2008
Personal information
Full name	Nathan James Wilmot
Born	13 December 1979 (1979-12-13) (age 44) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Sailing career
Class(es)	Men's 470, Men's 420
Medal record Men's sailing Representing  Australia Olympic Games 2008 Beijing Men's 470 470 World Championships 2001 Koper Men's 470 2003 Cádiz Men's 470 2004 Zadar Men's 470 2005 San Francisco Men's 470 2006 Rizhao Men's 470 2007 Cascais Men's 470 420 World Championships 2004 Melbourne Men's 420

In the Beijing Olympic games they won convincingly on points leading into the medal race which they only had to finish to win first place. They won the finale race which secured them Olympic gold. They have been now classified as the most successful 470 competitors in history.

Although successful in the dinghy classes, he is an established ocean-racing yachtsman.

He was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder.^[1]

Wilmot comes from a sailing family. His father competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics and his uncle at the 1988 Summer Olympics. Uncle Hugh Treharne was tactician on the America's Cup syndicate, Australia II in 1983.