Alison Young (sailor) explained

Alison Young
Birth Date:29 April 1987
Birth Place:Worcestershire, England

Alison Young (born 29 May 1987)[1] [2] is a British sailor.[3] She was the first British woman to be world champion in a solo Olympic dinghy class.

Life

Young was born in Wolverhampton, England on 29 May 1987. She started sailing on a lake in the River Severn valley when she was nine at the Trimpley Sailing Club.

She competed in the Laser Radial class event at the 2012 Summer Olympics where she placed 5th.[4]

At the 2016 Laser World Championships, she won gold in the laser radial class[5] and in doing so became the first British woman to become world champion in a solo Olympic dinghy class.[6] Her best World Championship performance before this was 4th in 2012.

Young competed at the Rio 2016 Olympics, finishing 8th overall. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the Women's Laser Radial class[7] [8] and she finished tenth.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Youll . Russell . 2021-12-14 . Triple Olympian Alison Young announces retirement from sailing . 2024-07-10 . www.expressandstar.com . en.
  2. News: Alison Young profile . 2012-06-19 . BBC Sport . en-GB . 2016-12-26.
  3. Web site: Alison Young . London 2012 . 2012-08-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120826055433/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/young-alison-1085489/ . 26 August 2012 . dead . dmy-all.
  4. Web site: Women's Laser Radial: Event Standings . London 2012 . 2012-08-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130406091327/http://www.london2012.com/sailing/event/laser-radial-women/phase%3Dsaw103101/doc%3Dsummary.html . 6 April 2013 . dead . dmy-all.
  5. News: Laser World Championships: Alison Young wins Radial gold in Rio 2016 boost . 2016-04-21 . BBC Sport . en-GB . 2016-12-26.
  6. Web site: 2016-04-21 . Alison Young secures historic sailing gold medal at world championships . 2021-08-08 . the Guardian . en.
  7. Web site: Worcestershire ace among first to get GB Tokyo 2020 Olympics call . Worcester News . 2 October 2019 . en . 2020-02-24.
  8. Web site: Sailing YOUNG Alison - Tokyo 2020 Olympics . dead . 2021-07-27 . Tokyo 2020 Olympics . . en-us . https://web.archive.org/web/20210727223605/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/sailing/athlete-profile-n1468385-young-alison.htm . 27 July 2021.

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