Britain’s Ben Ainslie and Italy’s Alessandra Sensini have been announced as the winners of the ISAF Rolex Sailor of the Year Awards at a dinner in Madrid, Spain.

Ben Ainslie is the current World Champion in the Finn Class and won his third Olympic Gold medal at the 2008 Olympics in Qingdao. He is a five time World champion in the class and was the defending Olympic Champion.

Alessandra Sensini is also the current World Champion in the Womens RS:X windsurfing class, and won the Silver Medal in the same event at the 2008 Olympics.

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