Mara Stransky Explained

Mara Stransky
Birth Date:13 February 1999
Birth Place:New South Wales, Australia[1]
Nationality:Australian
Sport:Sailing
Club:Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron

Mara Stransky (born 13 February 1999) is an Australian competitive sailor.[2] [3] She spent her teenage years living permanently onboard the family 50ft catamaran.[4]

Stransky competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo 2021, in Laser Radial.[5] She finished 14th in the field of 44.[6] Detailed results.

In 2022 she won the Australian Sailing Female Sailor of the Year Award after winning the ILCA 6 class at Kiel Week along with top-10 finishes at the World Championships, Hyères Olympic Week and Allianz World Cup Almere regattas.[7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mara Stransky . . 27 July 2021 . 28 July 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210728004454/https://www.olympics.com.au/olympians/mara-stransky/ . live .
  2. Web site: Mara Stransky . olympedia.org . 27 July 2021 . 27 July 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210727093819/https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/140654 . live .
  3. Web site: Mara Stransky . members.sailing.org . 27 July 2021.
  4. News: Life at sea when you're sixteen . News.com.au . 23 August 2015 . Stephenson . Alison . 7 October 2021 . 7 October 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211007100424/https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/mara-stransky-16-on-living-a-teenagers-life-at-sea/news-story/6de229b22264d96aef117d9aa76291e8 . live .
  5. Web site: Australian Olympic Team for Tokyo 2021 . 2022-04-01 . The Roar . en-US . 15 March 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220315191131/https://www.theroar.com.au/olympics/australian-olympic-team/ . live .
  6. Web site: Sailing STRANSKY Mara - Tokyo 2020 Olympics . dead . 2021-07-27 . Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games . . en-us . 27 July 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210727230736/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/sailing/athlete-profile-n1484035-stransky-mara.htm.
  7. Web site: Slingsby, Stransky and Symonds dominate Australian Sailing Awards . 2022-12-07 . Australian Sailing . en.