Andrew Maloney (born 2 June 1990) is a New Zealand professional

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born on 2 June 1990.

Sailing career

From the Murrays Bay Sailing Club, he finished third in both the 2005 and 2006 World Championships in the Splash class. He finished 13th in the

2011 ISAF Sailing World Championships The 2011 ISAF Sailing World Championships was held in Perth, Western Australia, this was the third edition of the ISAF Sailing World Championships. It is the world championships for all disciplines used at the upcoming Olympics. As it used to a ...

in a

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, he then finished third at the 2012 Laser World Championships. He also sailed for Oman Sail in the

2012 Extreme Sailing Series The 2012 Extreme Sailing Series was the sixth year of the series and the second year of it being a fully global event. The series started in Muscat, Oman on 28 February and ended in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on 29 November and was scheduled to take ...

. At the

2013 America's Cup The 34th America's Cup was a series of yacht races held in San Francisco Bay on September 2013. The series was contested between the defender Oracle Team USA representing the Golden Gate Yacht Club, and the challenger Emirates Team New Zealand ...

, Maloney was part of the New Zealand team that won the Youth America's Cup, sailing alongside Peter Burling,

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and Guy Endean. He attempted to qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics in the Laser class, but missed out on a spot in the New Zealand Olympic team to eventual bronze medallist,

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. His sister, Alex Maloney, is a professional sailor who won Silver at the 2016 Summer Olympics in a 49erFX with Sam Meech's sister, Molly. Maloney joined

Team New Zealand Team New Zealand or TNZ is a sailing team based in Auckland, New Zealand representing the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron. Team New Zealand became a household name in their home country following their consecutive wins in the America's Cup i ...

in November 2016. He added in muscle to bulk up for a

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role on the boat. The role turned out to be as a "cyclor", after Team New Zealand decided to install pedal powered grinders. Maloney was part of the crew that won the

2017 America's Cup The 2017 America's Cup was the 35th staging of the America's Cup yacht race. The challenger, Emirates Team New Zealand, won by a score of 7 to 1 over the defender, Oracle Team USA. It was held on the Great Sound in Bermuda from June 17 to June 2 ...

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Andy Maloney
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at Yachting New Zealand 1990 births Living people New Zealand male sailors (sport) Team New Zealand sailors Extreme Sailing Series sailors 2017 America's Cup sailors 2021 America's Cup sailors Finn class world champions World champions in sailing for New Zealand Finn class sailors Laser class sailors 420 class sailors {{NewZealand-yachtracing-bio-stub