Annie Lush (born 11 April 1980) is an English

sailor A sailor, seaman, mariner, or seafarer is a person who works aboard a watercraft as part of its crew, and may work in any one of a number of different fields that are related to the operation and maintenance of a ship. The profession of the s ...

. She was born in

Poole Poole () is a large coastal town and seaport in Dorset, on the south coast of England. The town is east of Dorchester and adjoins Bournemouth to the east. Since 1 April 2019, the local authority is Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Counc ...

, Dorset. , Lush is tall and weighs . Lush attended

Cambridge University , mottoeng = Literal: From here, light and sacred draughts. Non literal: From this place, we gain enlightenment and precious knowledge. , established = , other_name = The Chancellor, Masters and Schola ...

, where she was awarded

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in rowing, sailing and rugby. Lush was a candidate for selection for the

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...

in the Yngling three-person keelboat class with crewmates Lucy MacGregor and double Olympic gold medallist

Shirley Robertson Shirley Ann Robertson, OBE DL (born 15 July 1968) is a British sailor and Olympic gold medallist. She made it into the history books by becoming the first British woman to win an Olympic gold medal at consecutive games, Sydney 2 ...

. Despite winning the bronze medal at the 2007 World Championships, the trio were overlooked for selection in favour of

Sarah Ayton Sarah Lianne Ayton (born 9 April 1980 in Ashford, Surrey) is an English former professional sailor. She won a gold medal in the Yngling sailing class in the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, together with Shirley Robertson and Sarah Webb, and ...

, Sarah Webb and

Pippa Wilson Philippa Claire Wilson MBE (born 7 February 1986 in Southampton) is an English professional sailor. She won a gold medal in the Yngling sailing class in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, together with Sarah Webb and Sarah Ayton. W ...

who ended up winning gold in the Olympic event. In 2010 Lush teamed up with sisters

Lucy Lucy is an English feminine given name derived from the Latin masculine given name Lucius with the meaning ''as of light'' (''born at dawn or daylight'', maybe also ''shiny'', or ''of light complexion''). Alternative spellings are Luci, Luce, Luci ...

and Kate MacGregor and Mary Rook to win gold at the ISAF women's match racing World Championship in

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, 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 Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is the fourth most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of 2.1 million (80% of the state) living in Greater Perth in 2020. Perth is ...

, Australia, Lush reached the final of the match-racing event, as part of a crew with Lucy and Kate MacGregor, where they were beaten 4–0 by the United States boat skippered by

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 ...

. The three won a gold medal at the 2011 World Cup event in

Hyères Hyères (), Provençal Occitan: ''Ieras'' in classical norm, or ''Iero'' in Mistralian norm) is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France. The old town lies from the sea clustered around t ...

, France by beating Barkow's crew 3–0 in the final. Lush was selected to compete for

Great Britain at the 2012 Summer Olympics Great Britain and Northern Ireland, represented by the British Olympic Association (BOA), competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom, from 27 July to 12 August 2012 as the host nation and the team of selected athletes was off ...

in the newly created Elliott 6 metres match-racing event. She competed alongside sisters

and Kate MacGregor. Together the three are nicknamed the "Match Race Girls". The event took place at the

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 wat ...

with the round robin group stage being held from 29 July to 4 August 2012. The team finished 7th in the competition. In 2013 was Annie selected for team SCA Volvo Ocean Race 2014–15, the team was based in Lanzarote, Canary Isles. Team SCA on Wikipedia.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lush, Annie Olympic sailors for Great Britain English female sailors (sport) Sailors at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Elliott 6m Alumni of the University of Cambridge World champions in sailing for Great Britain Sportspeople from Poole 1980 births Living people Volvo Ocean Race sailors