Kate MacGregor explained

Kate MacGregor (born 12 January 1991) is an English sailor. She was born in Poole, Dorset.[1]

, MacGregor is tall and weighs .[1] She is a member of Poole Yacht Club and is coached by Maurice Paardenkooper.[1] She studied for a Business degree at Southampton Solent University but put her studies on hold to focus on her sailing career.[1] [2] She won a gold medal at the 2007 Australian Youth Olympic Festival held in Sydney, Australia.[3]

In 2010, MacGregor teamed up with her older sister Lucy MacGregor, Annie Lush and Mary Rook to win gold at the ISAF women's match racing World Championship in Newport, Rhode Island, United States. The British crew won the final 3 - 2 over an American team helmed by two-time world title-winner Sally Barkow.[4] At the 2011 Sailing World Championships in Perth, Australia, MacGregor reached the final of the match-racing event, as part of a crew with Lush and Lucy MacGregor, where they were beaten 4 - 0 by the United States boat skippered by Anna Tunnicliffe.[5]

The three won a gold medal at the 2011 World Cup event in Hyères, France by beating Barkow's crew 3 - 0 in the final.[6] [7]

MacGregor was selected to compete for Great Britain at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the newly created Elliott 6 metres match-racing event. She will compete alongside her sister Lucy MacGregor and Annie Lush.[8] Together the three are nicknamed the "Match Race Girls".[9] [10] The event took place at the Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy with the round robin group stage being held from 29 July to 4 August 2012.[11] They were defeated in the quarter finals of the Sailing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Elliott 6m by the Russian team.[12]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kate MacGregor: Team GB . 12 July 2012.
  2. Web site: Kate MacGregor: Team GB . https://web.archive.org/web/20111018170012/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/Team-GB/competitors/8662487/Kate-Macgregor-Team-GB-London-2012-Olympics.html . dead . 18 October 2011 . The Telegraph online . 12 July 2012.
  3. News: Kate Macgregor: 'The moment I knew I wanted to sail' . 12 July 2012 . Bournemouth Echo . 31 March 2012.
  4. Web site: Macgregor claims world match racing title . Yahoo Sport . 12 July 2012 . 27 September 2010.
  5. News: Poole crew avenge World Championship loss to USA with victory at ISAF World Cup . 12 July 2012 . 27 January 2012 . thisisdorset.co.uk . dead . https://archive.today/20130114021848/http://www.thisisdorset.co.uk/Poole-crew-avenge-World-Championship-loss-USA/story-15053209-detail/story.html . 14 January 2013.
  6. News: GB women win six medals at sailing World Cup regatta . 12 July 2012 . 29 April 2011 . BBC Sport.
  7. News: Leven . Kate . Lucy MacGregor's crew wins gold for Britain at Semaine Olympique Francaise in Hyeres . 12 July 2012 . The Telegraph . 29 April 2011.
  8. News: London 2012: Luke Patience and Stuart Bithell picked in 470 class for Team GB . 12 July 2012 . 9 January 2012 . BBC Sport.
  9. News: Warner . Michelle . Best of British Celebration Day with Skandia Team GBR At Cowes Week . 12 July 2012 . 10 July 2012 . Island Pulse . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120816080157/http://www.islandpulse.co.uk/b2/best-of-british-celebration-day-with-skandia-team-gbr-at-cowes-week-9680/ . 16 August 2012.
  10. News: 100 days to go: Match Race Girls from Dorset look forward to sailing events . 12 July 2012 . Dorset Echo . 18 April 2012.
  11. Web site: Women's Elliott 6m . Official site of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games . 12 July 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120713121014/http://www.london2012.com/sailing/event/elliott-6m-wmr/groups.html . 13 July 2012.
  12. Web site: 8 August 2012 . Britain lose out to Russia . 19 December 2021 . Eurosport . en.

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