Bryony Elisabeth Shaw (born 28 April 1983,

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) is a British Olympic windsurfer.

Early life

She first began windsurfing in the south of France in 1992. She attended Cheney Upper School near

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in Oxford (where her father had been teaching at

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), gaining A levels in art, maths, and biology. She had windsurfed on

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to the west of Oxford. She went to

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to study architecture, and she stayed for a year before committing to windsurfing full time in 2005.

Windsurfing

She won the bronze medal in the women's RS:X class at the 2008 Summer Olympics, the first ever women's windsurfing medal for the British Olympic team. She trains at the Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy. Shaw won silver at the 2013, 2015, and 2016 RS:X World Championships, and 5th at the

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. ;2008 Summer Olympic regatta

References

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Team GB profile

RYA profile

''Guardian'' July 2008

Gold at Skandia Sail for Gold Regatta in September 2007
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Shaw, Bryony English female sailors (sport) English windsurfers Olympic bronze medallists for Great Britain Olympic sailors for Great Britain Sailors at the 2008 Summer Olympics – RS:X Sailors at the 2012 Summer Olympics – RS:X Sailors at the 2016 Summer Olympics – RS:X Living people 1983 births Alumni of Cardiff University Olympic medalists in sailing Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics People educated at Cheney School Sportspeople from Weymouth Female windsurfers

Early life

Windsurfing

See also

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