Goodison led going into the medal race and held on to top spot by finishing ahead of his nearest rival, Sweden's Rasmus Myrgren. Slovenia's Vasilij Zbogar took silver with Italy's Diego Romero winning the bronze.
Speaking about his success, Goodison admitted: "It just feels unbelievable. It's going to take a while to sink in but wow.
"I think that if the winds here had been a little bit stronger and the racing had been normal then I would have just sailed my race because I would have been more confident that I wasn't going to lose.
"But because the wind was so light and so random, the only way to guarantee winning was to do what I did."



