Stuart McNay (born August 1, 1981 in Boston, Massachusetts) is an American sailor, who specialized in two-person dinghy (

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) class. He represented the

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, at four Olympics: two times partner Graham Biehl, in 2008 and 2012 and twice with partner Dave Hughes in 2016 and 2020.

Background

Stu learned to race at Beverly Yacht Club in

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. He was a multi time All-American in collegiate sailing at Yale University. He has raced for the US Sailing Team since 2003. As of September 2014, McNay/Biehl were ranked sixth in the world for two-person dinghy class by the International Sailing Federation, following their successes at the North American Championships and ISAF Sailing World Cup Series in

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Olympic sailing

At the 2008 Olympic Games, McNay/Biehl finished thirteenth, edging out Israel's Gideon Kliger and

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. At the 2012 Summer Olympics in

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, McNay competed for the second time as a helmsman in the men's 470 class by finishing thirteenth and receiving a berth from the ISAF World Championships in

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. Teaming again with Biehl, they finished fourteenth-place finish in fleet of twenty-seven boats. At the

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in Rio McNay and Hughes finished 4th in the men's 470 class, with McNay as helmsman. At the

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in Tokyo McNay and Hughes finished 9th overall in the men's 470 class, with McNay as helmsman.

Other events

At the

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, McNay and his new partner

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set a best career record with a fifth-place finish in the men's 470 class to secure their spot on the U.S. sailing team for the Olympics.

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* * * * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:McNay, Stuart 1981 births Living people American male sailors (sport) Olympic sailors of the United States Sailors at the 2008 Summer Olympics – 470 Sailors at the 2012 Summer Olympics – 470 Sailors at the 2016 Summer Olympics – 470 Sailors at the 2020 Summer Olympics – 470 Sportspeople from Boston Yale Bulldogs sailors Melges 24 class world champions 505 class world champions World champions in sailing for the United States