Lisa Darmanin will join her cousin, Jason Waterhouse, in
the Nacra 17 mixed multi-hull at the Rio 2016 Olympic
Games.
The pair have been sailing together for eight years,
having first won international gold together in 2009 at the
ISAF Youth Worlds in Buzios, Brazil.
They both grew up on Sydney’s Northern Beaches and
currently train at Middle Harbour Yacht Club.
NAME
Lisa Darmanin
EVENT
Mixed Multihull
CLASS
Nacra 17
SAILING PARTNER
Jason Waterhouse
POSITION
Crew
COACH
Andrew
Landenberger
2015 was a successful year for Darmanin and
Waterhouse, winning both the Rio Test Event and the
Sailing World Cup - Weymouth and Portland. They also
finished second at the World Championship in Denmark
in July. In January 2016 they won silver at the Sailing
World Cup Miami.
Darmanin was named Yachting Australia’s Female Sailor
of the Year in 2015.
Waterhouse and Darmanin are coached by 1996
Olympic Silver Medallist, Andrew Landenberger.
CLUB
Manly 16 foot Skiff
Sailing Club
DATE OF BIRTH
27 August 1991
HOMETOWN
Balgowlah Heights,
NSW
www.nacra17class.com
The Nacra 17 is a new
class for Rio 2016, after
the multihull discipline
was not included at the
London 2012 Olympic
Games. The introduction
of the Nacra also marks
the first time that a mixed
gender discipline has
appeared on the Olympic
sailing program.
Recent Results
 2016 Sailing World Cup, Hyeres, April 2016,
Hyeres, France – 5th
 2016 Nacra 17 World Championship, February
2016, Clearwater, USA – 5th
 2016 Sailing World Cup, Miami, January 2016,
Miami, USA – 2nd
 2015 Aquece Rio International Sailing Regatta
(Rio Test Event), August 2015, Rio, Brazil – 1st
 2015 Nacra 17 World Championship, July 2015,
Aarhus, Denmark – 2nd