Finn Hawkins
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| Full name | Finn Barry J. Hawkins[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | British | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 10 December 2002 St. Austell, Cornwall, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Education | Truro School[2][3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  United Kingdom | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Windsurfing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Finn Hawkins (born 10 December 2002)[4] is a British windsurfer. He won a bronze medal at the 2018 World U21 Sailing Championships in Liepāja and a bronze medal, and Team GB's first, at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires.[5][6] He was subsequently a nominee for the UK Windsurfing Association's 2018 Windsurfer of the Year.[7]
Hawkins placed 26th overall in the 2020 iQFoil European Championships in Silvaplana, Switzerland, and first within the youth section.[4][8][9] He also won the U19 section of the 2020 iQFoil International Games at Lake Garda in Italy.[2][10] In 2021, Hawkins won Men's U21 gold in the inaugural iQFoil World Championships in Silvaplana.[11] He won the under 21 division at the 2022 iQFoil International Games, coming third overall.[12] In December 2023, he won silver in the iQFoil Games in Lanzarote, only losing to Luuc van Opzeeland.[13] Hawkins came third in the under 23 class at the iQFoil World Championships in February 2024 and placed 12th overall.[14][15]
In 2024, Hawkins won the U23 iQFoil World Championship at Lake Silvaplana, Switzerland, during the Vanora ENGADINWIND 2024 event.[16]
