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Sailing At The 2012 Summer Olympics – Elliott 6m
The Women's Elliott 6m was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 2012 Summer Olympics program in Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy. The competition followed a match race format. It consisted of a round-robin a quarter finals, semi-finals, petit-final and final series. The top eight crews from the round-robin were seeded into the quarter finals. Summary A total of 98 matches were sailed: * Sixty-seven matches were sailed in the round robin (including the rematch between FIN and POR. Finland originally won the round robin race against Portugal, but this was annulled after a protest by Portugal due to a Portuguese boat getting stuck at the turning mark. Finland won the rescheduled race as well.) * The quarter finals (best 3 out of 5) 16 matches were sailed. * Semi-finals, best 2 out of 3 (best 3 out of 5) was planned. Russia appealed the decision to stop the semi-finals after 3 matches and the results of 4th match of the petite final to Court of Arbitration for Sport, CA ...
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Weymouth And Portland National Sailing Academy
The Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy is a centre for the sport of sailing on the Isle of Portland, Dorset, on the south coast of England. The academy building is located in Osprey Quay on the northern tip of the island, and the waters of Portland Harbour and Weymouth Bay, adjacent to the site, are the main areas used for sailing. Local, national and international sailing events have been held at the site since it was opened in 2000, and in 2005 WPNSA was selected to 2012 Summer Olympic venues, host the sailing events at the 2012 Summer Olympics, 2012 Olympic and 2012 Summer Paralympics, Paralympic Games. History The academy was formed as a not-for-profit company in 1999 and officially opened on 1 April 2000. It occupied converted naval premises until a clubhouse was built, which was opened in June 2005 by the Princess Royal. GBP, £7.85 million of funding for the project was donated by charities, individuals and local councils; the National Lottery (United King ...
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Annie Lush
Annie Lush (born 11 April 1980) is an English sailor. She was born in Poole, Dorset. , Lush is tall and weighs . Lush attended Cambridge University, where she was awarded Blues in rowing, sailing and rugby. Lush was a candidate for selection for the 2008 Summer Olympics in the Yngling three-person keelboat class with crewmates Lucy MacGregor and double Olympic gold medallist Shirley Robertson. Despite winning the bronze medal at the 2007 World Championships, the trio were overlooked for selection in favour of Sarah Ayton, Sarah Webb and Pippa Wilson who ended up winning gold in the Olympic event. In 2010 Lush teamed up with sisters Lucy and Kate MacGregor and Mary Rook to win gold at the ISAF women's match racing World Championship in Newport, Rhode Island, United States. The British crew won the final 3–2 over an American team helmed by two-time world title-winner Sally Barkow. At the 2011 Sailing World Championships in Perth, Australia, Lush reached the final of th ...
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Lucy MacGregor
Lucy MacGregor (born 28 November 1986) is an English sailor. She was born in Poole, Dorset. , MacGregor is tall and weighs . She attended Bournemouth School for Girls and is a member of Poole Yacht Club. She started sailing at the age of six in Poole Harbour. MacGregor was candidate for selection for the 2008 Summer Olympics in the Yngling three-person keelboat class with crewmates Annie Lush and double Olympic gold medallist Shirley Robertson. Despite winning the bronze medal at the 2007 World Championships, the trio were overlooked for selection in favour of Sarah Ayton, Sarah Webb and Pippa Wilson who ended up winning gold in the Olympic event. In 2010 MacGregor teamed up with her younger sister Kate MacGregor, Annie Lush and Mary Rook to win gold at the ISAF women's match racing World Championship in Newport, Rhode Island, United States. The British crew won the final 3–2 over an American team helmed by two-time world title-winner Sally Barkow. At the 2011 Sa ...
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Marie Riou
Marie Riou (born 21 August 1981) is a French sailor who competed in the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Elliott 6m class with Claire Leroy and Élodie Bertrand coming 6th overall. In the 2017–18 Volvo Ocean Race, she sailed on ''Dongfeng Race Team''. In The Ocean Race in 2023 she reached fourth place in the IMOCA 60 Biotherm skippered by Paul Meilhat Paul Meilhat (born 17 May 1982) is a French people, French sailor and navigator. He was a high level 49er dinghy sailor with Olympic aspirations before moving into offshore sailing. From 2015 to the end of 2018 he was skipper of the IMOCA 60 - .... She and the rest of the crew of Biotherm completed their journey in Genoa. Paul Meilhat's finishing crew were Riou, Mariana Lobato and Alan Roberts. The boat had its own reporter and she travelled with them. The voyage had taken six months and over a hundred days of sailing in seven legs. References External links * 1981 births Living people French female sailors ...
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Élodie Bertrand
Élodie Bertrand (born 9 January 1981) is a French sailor who competed in the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Elliott 6m class with Claire Leroy Claire Leroy (born 9 March 1980 in Nantes) is a French sailor. In 2007 and 2008 she won the world championships in female match racing. She was named the International Sailing Federation's female World Sailor of the Year for 2007. Leroy compet ... and Marie Riou coming 6th overall. The same team had won the bronze medal at the 2011 World Championships. References External links * * * * 1981 births Living people French female sailors (sport) Olympic sailors for France Sailors at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Elliott 6m 21st-century French sportswomen {{France-yachtracing-bio-stub ...
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Claire Leroy
Claire Leroy (born 9 March 1980 in Nantes) is a French sailor. In 2007 and 2008 she won the world championships in female match racing. She was named the International Sailing Federation's female World Sailor of the Year for 2007. Leroy competed for France at the 2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, were an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the .... References External links * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Leroy, Claire ISAF World Sailor of the Year (female) 1980 births Living people French female sailors (sport) Sailors (sport) from Nantes Sailors at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Elliott 6m Olympic sailors for France 21st-century French sportswomen ...
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Molly O'Bryan Vandemoer
Molly Brigid O'Bryan Vandemoer (born April 13, 1979) is an American sailor who competed in the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Elliott 6m class with Anna Tunnicliffe and Deborah Capozzi coming 5th overall. With Tunnicliffe and Capozzi, she also won the World title in 2011 and came second in 2012. Previously, she was a High School National Champion, and competed with the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa The University of Hawaii at Mānoa is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Honolulu, Hawaii, United States. It is the flagship campus of the University of Hawaiʻi system and houses the main offic ... sailing team, where she was the captain of the women's and co-ed teams, was named three-times ''ICSA All-American skipper'', and won the ICSA Women's Dinghy National Championship in 2001. She was awarded the Wayne Kight Memorial Trophy in 2001. She also won, with Anna Tunnicliffe, the Women's Snipe World Championships in 2010. S ...
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Deborah Capozzi
Deborah "Debbie" Capozzi (born July 9, 1981) is an American sailor who competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics with Sally Barkow and Carrie Howe in the Yngling, coming 7th overall. At the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Elliott 6m The Elliott 6m is an Olympic-class keelboat, designed by New Zealander, Greg Elliott. It was selected for the women's match race, match racing event for the 2012 Summer Olympics, 2012 Olympics. The Elliott 6m carries a spinnaker pole and Spinnake ... class with Anna Tunnicliffe and Molly O'Bryan Vandemoer they came 5th overall. References External links * * * * 1981 births Living people American female sailors (sport) Old Dominion Monarchs sailors Olympic sailors for the United States Sailors at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Yngling Sailors at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Elliott 6m 21st-century American sportswomen {{US-yachtracing-bio-stub ...
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Anna Tunnicliffe
Anna Tunnicliffe Tobias (born October 17, 1982) is an American sailor and CrossFit competitor. In 2008 she won an Olympic gold medal in the Laser Radial single handed sailing class. In 2009 and 2011, she won the ISAF Sailing World Cup in Laser Radial. She also won the women's world championship of the snipe class in 2010, and placed second in 2008. She was named ICSA Women's College Sailor of the Year in 2005, ISAF Rolex World Sailor of the Year in 2009 and 2011, and US Sailing's Rolex Yachtswoman of the Year every year from 2008 to 2011. Tunnicliffe also competes at the highest level in CrossFit, most recently winning the 2018 CrossFit Games Masters 35–39, and competing in the individual open division at the CrossFit Games in 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017. Her best finish was 9th overall, in 2013. She has three first-place event finishes at the Games: "The Beach" in 2014, "Sandbag 2015" in 2015, and "Rope Chipper" in 2016. On August 27, 2016, Anna Tunnicliffe married ...
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Elena Syuzeva
Yelena Vladimirovna Syuzeva (; born 29 June 1987) is a Russian sailor, from Krasnodar, who competed in the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Elliott 6m class with Ekaterina Skudina and Elena Oblova Elena Aleksandrovna Vorobeva Oblova (, born 18 April 1988 in Kolomna) is a Croatian sailor. Career She competed for Russia at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London/Weymouth sailing the '' Elliott 6m Class'' with her teammates Yekaterina Skudi ... coming 4th overall. References External links * * * 1987 births Living people Russian female sailors (sport) Olympic sailors for Russia Sailors at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Elliott 6m 21st-century Russian sportswomen {{Russia-yachtracing-bio-stub ...
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Elena Oblova
Elena Aleksandrovna Vorobeva Oblova (, born 18 April 1988 in Kolomna) is a Croatian sailor. Career She competed for Russia at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London/Weymouth sailing the '' Elliott 6m Class'' with her teammates Yekaterina Skudina and Yelena Syuzeva. She competed for Croatia at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo sailing the Laser Radial The Laser Radial or ILCA 6 is a popular one-design class of small sailing dinghy, originally built by Laser Performance and World sailing approved manufactures. It is a singlehanded boat, meaning that it is sailed by one person. The Laser Rad .... Finished 12th out of 44 participants. She also competed for Croatia at the Paris 2024 Olympics in Marseille and finished 6th out of 43 competitors. References External links * * (2020) * (2012) * * 15-Elena Vorobeva – JEDRENJE11 1988 births Living people Sportspeople from Kolomna Russian female sailors (sport) Croatian female sailors (sport) Olympic sailors for R ...
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