Karyn Gojnich (born 27 December 1960,
née
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Davis) is an Australian sailor. She has competed for Australia at three Olympic Games, in
1988
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in the Women's Two Person Dinghy (470), and in
2004
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and
2008
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in the three-person Yngling class.
Gojnich is a board member of
Yachting Australia and in 2015 she was elected as a Vice-President of the
Oceania Sailing Federation (OSAF).
References
External links
Profileat the Australian Olympic Committee
Living people
1960 births
Sailors at the 1996 Summer Olympics – 470
Sailors at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Yngling
Sailors at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Yngling
Olympic sailors of Australia
Australian female sailors (sport)
People educated at Redlands, Cremorne
20th-century Australian people
21st-century Australian people
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