Jonathan Harris

Jonathan Bruce Harris (born 31 October 1955) is an Australian blue-water sailor who began his sailing career when he was about ten. He won a gold medal in the Mixed Three Person Sonar the 2016 Rio Paralympics. Personal Harris was born on 31 October 1955. He lost his hand as a result of a chemical explosion when he was sixteen. , he lives in Oatley, New South Wales, and owns an IT company. He also skis and cycles. Sailing Harris is a sailor and has been a member of the Cronulla Sailing Club since he was very young. He is coached by the Perth-based Grant Alderson. , he had a sailing scholarship with the New South Wales Institute of Sport.