Tom Burton (born 27 June 1990) is an Australian competitive sailor. He won the gold medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro in the men's Laser class. He was awarded an Order of Australia Medal in 2017.
In 2016 Burton was named as the Australian Sailing Male Sailor of the Year Award in Sydney.
Burton won the 2019 Laser Standard Men's World Championship in Sakaiminoto, Japan.
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Australian male sailors (sport) Olympic sailors for Australia Olympic gold medalists for Australia Olympic medalists in sailing Sailors at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Laser Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia 21st-century Australian people Sailors (sport) from Sydney Sportsmen from New South Wales