Sharon Marie Ferris (born 17 January 1974 in
Scarborough Scarborough or Scarboro may refer to:
People
* Scarborough (surname)
* Earl of Scarbrough
Places Australia
* Scarborough, Western Australia, suburb of Perth
* Scarborough, New South Wales, suburb of Wollongong
* Scarborough, Queensland, su ...
,
Ontario
Ontario ( ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.Ontario is located in the geographic eastern half of Canada, but it has historically and politically been considered to be part of Central Canada. Located in Central C ...
, Canada) is an
Olympic sailor
A sailor, seaman, mariner, or seafarer is a person who works aboard a watercraft as part of its crew, and may work in any one of a number of different fields that are related to the operation and maintenance of a ship.
The profession of the s ...
for New Zealand.
Ferris competed at the
1996 and
2004 Olympics.
She sailed on ''
Amer Sports Too
''Amer Sports Too'' is a Volvo Ocean 60
The Whitbread 60 (W60), later known as the Volvo Ocean 60 (VO60), was a class of ocean racing yacht built to a " box rule" specifying key design parameters of the 10 smaller yachts which took part the ...
'' in the
2001–02 Volvo Ocean Race.
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1974 births
Living people
New Zealand female sailors (sport)
Olympic sailors for New Zealand
Sailors at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Europe
Sailors at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Yngling
Volvo Ocean Race sailors
Canadian emigrants to New Zealand
Sportspeople from Scarborough, Ontario
21st-century New Zealand people
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