former Olympic champion sir Ben anley was robbed at knife point of a 177,000 Rolex in Barcelona the 47-year-old Sailor was mugged by a gang while leaving a restaurant in the Spanish City on Saturday night anley who reported the theft to Barcelona police on Monday expressed his gratitude for the city's Hospitality but acknowledged that opportunistic crime can happen in any large city despite the incident anley remains focused on his goal of leading the British team to their first ever victory in the Americas cup he is currently preparing for the L botin cup which begins on Thursday this series of challenging races will determine who will compete against the defending Champions New Zealand in October ansley's British team is supported by Sir Jim ratcliff's ino's group with the help of making history anley has won medals in five consecutive Olympics from 1996 including four Golds this incident follows other high-profile robberies involving celebrities such as Nick Grimshaw and jacan josa highlighting a recent Spate of targeted thefts in Spain