Lucy MacGregor (born 28 November 1986) is an English

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. She was born in

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, Dorset. , MacGregor is tall and weighs . She attended

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and is a member of Poole Yacht Club. She started sailing at the age of six in

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. MacGregor was candidate for selection for the

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in the

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three-person keelboat class with crewmates Annie Lush and double Olympic gold medallist

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

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, Sarah Webb and

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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

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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

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

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

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

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in the newly created Elliott 6 metres match-racing event. She competed alongside her sister Kate MacGregor and Annie Lush. Together the three were 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. The team finished in seventh place. In 2013, MacGregor won the inaugural

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tour.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:MacGregor, Lucy 1986 births Living people British female sailors (sport) English female sailors (sport) Olympic sailors for Great Britain Sailors at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Elliott 6m Sportspeople from Poole