Kate MacGregor (born 12 January 1991) is an English sailor. 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. , MacGregor is tall and weighs . She is a member of Poole Yacht Club and is coached by Maurice Paardenkooper. She studied for a Business degree at Southampton Solent University but put her studies on hold to focus on her sailing career. She won a gold medal at the

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held in

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, Australia. In 2010, MacGregor teamed up with her older sister

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 ...

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 ...

and

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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 Sally Barkow (born 10 July 1980) is an American Olympic sailor. She won the 2004 and 2005 ISAF Women's Match Racing World Championship, is a three-time winner of the International Women’s Keelboat Championship, and competed at the 2008 Summer Ol ...

. At the 2011 Sailing World Championships in Perth, Australia, MacGregor reached the final of the match-racing event, as part of a crew with Lush and Lucy 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, France by beating Barkow's crew 3–0 in the final. MacGregor was selected to compete for Great Britain at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the newly created Elliott 6 metres match-racing event. She will compete alongside her sister

and

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

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with the round robin group stage being held from 29 July to 4 August 2012. They were defeated in the quarter finals of the Sailing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Elliott 6m by the Russian team.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:MacGregor, Kate 1991 births Living people English female sailors (sport) Sportspeople from Poole Alumni of Solent University Extreme Sailing Series sailors Olympic sailors for Great Britain Sailors at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Elliott 6m