Jonathan Bonnitcha (b 1981) is an Australian windsurfing champion and the 2006 New South Wales Rhodes Scholar.
Sporting Achievements
editBonnitcha is a competitive windsurfer and is a blue in sailing. In 2001 and 2002 he was placed 4th and 3rd respectively at the World Sailing Championships in the 29er Class.[1][2] In 2003 he was a member of the national Olympic squad for windsurfing,[3] and in 2004 he was named in the Shadow Olympic windsurfing team.[3] In 2005 he came first in the Australian Sailing Championship (Mistral Class), and was ranked top in the Australian Olympic Class Windsurfing Rankings.[3][4]
Education
editBonnitcha was educated at Hunters Hill Public School, Chatswood Public School and Newington College (1993-1998)[5] before entering the University of Sydney. He is a University of Sydney graduate in Economics and Law. He was awarded First Class Honours in Economics in 2003 and the Convocation Medal in 2004[2][3] He has twice been awarded a Senate Scholarship and the Vice-Chancellor's Scholarship for academic and sporting excellence. He was awarded a University Blue for sailing in 2002. Other awards include the University Medal, the EC Wheelwright Prize, the JK Galbraith Prize, the Paul M Sweeney Prize, and the 2006 NSW Rhodes Scholarship.[6][2]
As a student he volunteered at the Marrickville Legal Centre and on exchange studied International Economic Law and Human Rights at the University of Utrecht in the Netherlands.[3]
Other activities
editBonnitcha spent 6 months based in Barcelona as a freelance travel writer and tourism critic.[7] He was noted mainly as a food and dance critic, and for his exposition of the "pichanga aethestic". His work "Development as Tourism" was also begun at this time, before being completed in Oxford.
Family
editJonathan's sister, Jacqui (b 1985) became the first female to win the 29er World Championship in 2005.[8][9] Jonathan's brother, Paul (b 1982), crewed with Jonathan in the 2001 and 2002 29er World Titles.[10] Their mother, Jenni, is the CYCA Youth Academy coach.[9]
References
edit- ^ Jon Bonnitcha Sailor biography, International Sailing Federation (ISAF), sailing.org
- ^ a b c The University of Sydney Alumni Council Convocation Medal 2004 usyd.edu.au
- ^ a b c d e "University of Sydney student wins 2006 Rhodes scholarship" University of Sydney News, 10 November 2005, usyd.edu.au
- ^ "Jonathan Bonnitcha - Australia's new Mistral sailboard national champion" Yachting New South Wales, 18 February 2005, yachting.org.au
- ^ "Newington College Register of Past Students 1863-1998" pg17, Sydney, 1999
- ^ "Rhodes Scholarship for Bonnitcha", 10/11/2005, SydneyUniSport.com
- ^ "Jonathan Bonnitcha", People, Centre for International Sustainable Development Law (CISDL), cisdl.org
- ^ "Bonnitcha and Bell win the double" University of Sydney Sports Awards, susport.com
- ^ a b "Bonnitcha and McNicol win 29er Worlds" Cruising Yacht Club of Australia (CYCA), cyca.com.au
- ^ 2002 AUS World Bronze Medallists Yachting Australia, yachting.org.au
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