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Paul is currently the World number one Laser sailor, an Olympic Gold medallist, British, European and World Champion. 

The Laser is one of the two single handed dinghies which are sailed at the Olympics by men, the second being the Finn dinghy which triple Olympic Gold medallist Ben Ainslie now sails.  Ben was an inspiration to Paul whilst he was growing up but soon the pair became friends and rivals.

In 2000 Paul went to the Sydney Olympics as Ben's training partner and caught medal fever determined to represent his country in future Olympics. He achieved this aim in 2004, but narrowly missed out on bronze medal in Athens finishing in fourth place.

In 2006 Paul won four gold medals and one silver.  He won both the pre-Olympic test events in Qingdao, and subsequently was selected to represent Great Britain in the Laser class at the 2008 Olympic Games.  Paul went on to win gold at the games in Beijing 2008, putting the heartache of Athens well and truly behind him.  Following his Olympic glory, Paul was awarded the BBC Yorkshire Sports Personality of the Year 2008 and also an MBE in the New Year Honours list 2009. 2009 proved to be another remarkable year for Paul as he won five of the six regattas he sailed in, was crowned World Champion and claimed the British Olympic Association Athlete of the Year Award for Sailing.

Paul, 32, was born in Sheffield, Yorkshire and was taught to sail by his father around Rotherham at a young age. When he is not in a boat, you can find Paul giving accomplished motivational and inspirational talks or getting stuck into a number of different sports such as windsurfing, mountain biking, kiteboarding and playing golf.  He is a member of Volvo Car (UK)'s sponsorship initiative, ‘Team Volvo for Life', and a part of Team Visa sponsorship programme.

With London 2012 fast approaching and the Olympic regatta being held in Weymouth, Paul's training base, his sights are set on adding another gold medal to his tally from his home port.

MOTIVATIONAL / INSPIRATIONAL SPEAKER


"All Gold Medals have a story behind them, Paul Goodison's speech outlining the obstacles he had to overcome for Olympic Glory are particularly relevant for companies operating in the current economic climate. Paul is degree educated and this was apparent in his insightful and articulate speech. He is an effective public speaker and engaged with the audience very well.  We are definitely planning further events with him in the short term as  his value is going to sky rocket as we get nearer to 2012 as he is a sure bet to be a star of the games."
Chief Executive, Pro-Sheffield and Pro-Executive 

"We have received very positive feedback from your session.  You covered off the key points and it was very well received by the large analyst audience (apparently you got easily the biggest cheer & applause on the day!!)"
Accenture

"The feedback on Paul has been superb from all the attendees, they enjoyed the video and the talk he gave and he really motivated the team.  He gave us a good insight into teamwork which linked very well with our theme for the day and gave some good "real life" examples of challenges and how to get back up to the top.

"He kept the talk motivating, humorous, relevant and interesting and helped to make the event a big success. I would definitely recommend Paul for future events and look forward to working with him again in the future."
Visa Europe