Molly O'Bryan Vandemoer explained

Full Name:Molly Brigid O'Bryan Vandemoer
Nationality:American
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Molly Brigid O'Bryan Vandemoer (born April 13, 1979) is an American sailor who competed in the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Elliott 6m class with Anna Tunnicliffe and Deborah Capozzi coming 5th overall.[1] With Tunnicliffe and Capozzi, she also won the World title in 2011 and came second in 2012.[2] [3]

Previously, she was a High School National Champion, and competed with the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa sailing team,[4] where she was the captain of the women's and co-ed teams, was named three-times ICSA All-American skipper, and won the ICSA Women's Dinghy National Championship in 2001.[5] She was awarded the Wayne Kight Memorial Trophy in 2001.[6]

She also won, with Anna Tunnicliffe, the Women's Snipe World Championships in 2010.

She is currently the director of the Peninsula Youth Sailing Foundation (PYSF).[7]

Notes and References

  1. News: Tunnicliffe, Vandemoer and Capozzi Qualify for 2012 US Olympic Team . March 10, 2013 . ISAF . May 8, 2012.
  2. Web site: PERTH 2011 ISAF SAILING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS - Match racing - Women - Elliott 6m . November 6, 2014 . www.sailing.org . ISAF .
  3. Web site: ISAF WOMEN'S MATCH RACING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP - PAST RESULTS . November 6, 2014 . www.sailing.org . ISAF .
  4. Web site: EYE ON OLYMPICS: VANDEMOER GUIDES U.S. SAILORS . July 3, 2012 . hawaiiathletics.com.
  5. Web site: Media guide . January 8, 2021 . www.teamusa.org.
  6. Web site: Wayne Kight Memorial Trophy . January 8, 2021 . sdyc.org . San Diego YC.
  7. Web site: Coaches . 2022-11-23 . Peninsula Youth Sailing Foundation . en-US.