Editing Russell Coutts (section)

==Awards==
In New Zealand, Coutts was honoured with appointment as a [[Member of the Order of the British Empire]] (MBE) in the [[1985 New Year Honours (New Zealand)|1985 New Year Honours]]<ref name="MBE">[http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/49970/supplements/29 ''London Gazette'' (Supplement), No. 49970, 28 December 1984]; retrieved 10 January 2013.</ref> and then elevation to the rank of [[Commander of the Order of the British Empire]] (CBE) in the [[1995 Birthday Honours (New Zealand)|1995 Queen's Birthday Honours]], in both instances for services to yachting.<ref name="CBE">{{cite web |date=19 October 2012 |title=Queen's Birthday honours list 1995 |url=https://dpmc.govt.nz/publications/queens-birthday-honours-list-1995 |access-date=6 September 2020 |publisher=Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet}}</ref> He was made a [[New Zealand Order of Merit|Distinguished Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit]] (DCNZM) in the [[2000 Birthday Honours (New Zealand)|2000 Queen's Birthday Honours]] "for services to yachting, especially the [[2000 America's Cup challenge]]",<ref name="DCNZM">{{cite web |date=5 June 2000 |title=Queen's Birthday honours list 2000 (including special list for East Timor) |url=https://dpmc.govt.nz/publications/queens-birthday-honours-list-2000-including-special-list-east-timor |access-date=4 July 2020 |publisher=Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet}}</ref> and redesignated as a [[New Zealand Order of Merit|Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit]] (KNZM) in [[2009 Special Honours (New Zealand)|August 2009]].<ref name="KNZM">{{cite web |date=5 April 2011 |title=Special honours list 1 August 2009 |url=https://dpmc.govt.nz/publications/special-honours-list-1-august-2009 |access-date=4 July 2020 |publisher=Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet}}</ref>

Coutts has been named [[International Sailing Federation|ISAF]] Sailor of the Year twice.{{citation needed|date=April 2016}} Other awards include:
* 1984 – New Zealand Yachtsman of the Year
* 1994 – [[Silbernes Lorbeerblatt]],<ref name="Lorbeer_für_alle">{{cite news |title=Lorbeer für alle |url=http://www.seiten.faz-archiv.de/faz/19940702/f19940702glo01--100.html |access-date=17 May 2012 |newspaper=Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung |date=2 July 1994}}</ref> German National Award
* 1995 – Sperry World Sailor of the Year
* 1995 – Halberg Award
* 1995 – [[ISAF World Sailor of the Year]] Award
* 1996 – [[America's Cup Hall of Fame]]
* 1996 – World Trophy for Oceania
* 2003 – ISAF Rolex World Sailor of the Year Award