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Carl Williams, also known as Carl Whiting-Williams, (born 1981) is a New Zealand sailor who has competed at the Summer Olympics and in multiple America's Cups.
His mother is Penny Whiting. Between 1995 and 1998 Williams was part of the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron youth training scheme.
Williams sailed with Team New Zealand in their unsuccessful 2003 America's Cup before joining Oracle Racing for the 2007 Louis Vuitton Cup.
Williams teamed up with Hamish Pepper in the Star class and together they won the 2006 Star World Championships and represented New Zealand at the 2008 Summer Olympics, finishing ninth.
In 2009 he took up cycling and entered a team into the Tour of Southland while also working with Artemis Racing in the TP52 class.