Alison Young (sailor)

Alison Young (born 29 May 1987 in Worcestershire, England) [1] is a British sailor.[2] She competed in the Laser Radial class event at the 2012 Summer Olympics where she placed 5th.[3] At the 2016 Laser World Championships, she won gold in the laser radial class [4] and in doing so became the first British woman to become world champion in a solo Olympic dinghy class. [5] Her best World Championship performance before this was 4th in 2012.[4]

Young was one of the favourites going into the Rio 2016 Olympics, finishing 8th overall. After the event Young revealed that she had suffered a broken ankle eight weeks prior to the Olympics but she refused to use this as an excuse for not finishing higher.[6]

She has qualified to represent Great Britain at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the Women's Laser Redial class.[7]

References
  1. "Alison Young profile". BBC Sport. 19 June 2012. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
  2. "Alison Young". London 2012. Archived from the original on 26 August 2012. Retrieved 10 August 2012.
  3. "Women's Laser Radial: Event Standings". London 2012. Archived from the original on 6 April 2013. Retrieved 10 August 2012.
  4. "Laser World Championships: Alison Young wins Radial gold in Rio 2016 boost". BBC Sport. 21 April 2016. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
  5. https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/apr/21/alison-young-gold-world-championships-laser-radial-sailing
  6. https://www.worcesternews.co.uk/sport/14686043.Broken_ankle_no_excuse__says_Young_after_finishing_eighth_in_Olympic_sailing/
  7. "Worcestershire ace among first to get GB Tokyo 2020 Olympics call". Worcester News. Retrieved 24 February 2020.


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