Hannah Blore is a
Welsh
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professional
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
Wrexham
Wrexham ( ; cy, Wrecsam; ) is a city and the administrative centre of Wrexham County Borough in Wales. It is located between the Welsh mountains and the lower Dee Valley, near the border with Cheshire in England. Historically in the count ...
,
Wales
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. Now living in the Devon area.
Blore started sailing on the "Flash" at
Gresford
Gresford (; cy, Gresffordd ) is a village and community in Wrexham County Borough, Wales.
According to the 2001 Census, the population of the community, which also includes the village of Marford, was 5,334, reducing to 5,010 at the 2011 cens ...
Sailing club from the age of seven, under the instruction of Harry Bainbridge.
She competed with both the Welsh and GBR National squads. Blore has also competed in the women's single-handed Europe class (previously the women's Olympic Class), in 2007 she gained 3rd in the UK national ranking. Blore has competed in the Byte class dinghy for the past seven years. She was 2nd in the 2002 Byte National championships, and has competed and ranked 1st place 2003, 2004, 2005 in the Inland Championships and in 2005 won five of the six races to take the national championship title.
Blore first gained her world title In 2005 at
Lake Garda
Lake Garda ( it, Lago di Garda or ; lmo, label=Eastern Lombard, Lach de Garda; vec, Ƚago de Garda; la, Benacus; grc, Βήνακος) is the largest lake in Italy.
It is a popular holiday location in northern Italy, about halfway between ...
, Italy.
[BBC North East Wales Hall of Fame]
In 2006 she came second behind Elizabeth Yin of Singapore. She regained her World title in 2008 in
Weymouth, Great Britain.
References
External links
Wrexham Evening Leader interview
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Welsh sailors
Sportspeople from Wrexham
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)