Leo Takahashi

Leo Takahashi
Personal information
NationalityJapanese, New Zealander
Born (1998-12-18) 18 December 1998
Atami, Japan
Sport
Sailing career
Class(es)49er, AC40, F50, Optimist

Leo Takahashi (Japanese: 高橋 稜, Takahashi Ryō, born 18 December 1998) is a Japanese sailor. Takahashi was born in Japan to a New Zealand father and a Japanese mother. He was first introduced to sailing as a young child by his father, a member of the first Japanese America’s Cup Challenger. Leo moved to New Zealand when he was seven, and took up the sport himself at age eight in Murrays Bay, Auckland.