Andrew Palfrey

Andrew Palfrey (born 26 January 1967) is an Australian former sailor, who specialized in the keelboat (Star) class.[1] Together with his partner and America's World Cup competitor Iain Murray, he was named one of the country's top sailors in the all-male keelboat for the 2008 Summer Olympics, finishing in a distant fourteenth position. A full-time of the Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club in Sydney, Palfrey trained for the Games under the tutelage of his Irish-born coach Euan McNichol.[2]

Andrew Palfrey
Personal information
Full nameAndrew Palfrey
Nickname(s)Dog
Nationality Australia
Born (1967-01-26) 26 January 1967
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Height1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight96 kg (212 lb)
Sailing career
Class(es)Keelboat
ClubRoyal Prince Alfred Yacht Club
CoachEuan McNichol

Palfrey competed for the Australian sailing squad, as a 41-year-old crew member in the Star class, at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.[3][4] Leading up to their maiden Games, he and 50-year-old skipper Murray secured the Australians a definite top-nine finish in their respective boat at the 2007 ISAF Worlds in Cascais, Portugal.[5] The Australian duo stormed from behind at the very start to a fantastic runner-up finish in the midway of the series, before a streak of substandard outcomes in heavy winds, however, sent both Palfrey and Murray to the back of the 16-boat fleet. They sailed powerfully to eighth on the final leg, but their overall score was not enough to let the Aussies enter into the medal race, sitting them in a lowly fourteenth position with 96 net points.[6]

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Andrew Palfrey". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
  2. Coomber, John (22 May 2008). "Mid-life crisis? Iain Murray hitches himself to a Star". www.theroar.com.au. The Roar. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
  3. "Australian Olympic Sailing Team Announced". World Sailing. 18 October 2007. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  4. "Aussie sailors set to dominate". World Sailing. 25 July 2008. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  5. "Slingsby wins world Laser championship in Portugal". The Australian. 11 July 2007. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
  6. "Beijing 2008: Men's Star Class". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 14 July 2012. Retrieved 5 September 2013.


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