Bryony Shaw

Bryony Elisabeth Shaw (born 28 April 1983, Wandsworth) is a British windsurfer.

Bryony Shaw
Medal record
Representing  Great Britain
Sailing
Olympic Games
2008 BeijingSailboard
World Championships
2013 BuziosWomen's RS:X
2015 MuscatWomen's RS:X
2016 EilatWomen's RS:X
European Championships
2015 SicilyWomen's RS:X
2006 AlacatiWomen's RS:X
2012 Tel AvivWomen's RS:X

Early life

She first began windsurfing in the south of France in 1992. She attended Cheney Upper School on Cheney Lane near Headington in Oxford gaining A levels in Art, Maths and Biology, where her father had been teaching Business Studies for PhD at Oxford Brookes University. She had windsurfed on Farmoor Reservoir to the west of Oxford. She went to Cardiff University to study Architecture where she stayed for a year before committing to windsurfing full-time in 2005.[1]

Windsurfing

She won the bronze medal in the women's RS:X class at the 2008 Summer Olympics, the first ever women's windsurfing medal for the British Olympic team. She trains at the Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy.

Shaw won silver at the 2013, 2015 & 2016 RS:X World Championships, and 5th at the 2014 ISAF Sailing World Championships.[2]

2008 Summer Olympic regatta
Points
Race 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Medal race Net Position
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See also

References
  1. "Bryony Shaw, Sailor biography". ISAF. Retrieved 20 August 2008.
  2. "RS:X - Women - Overall Results". Beijing Olympics 2008. ISAF. Retrieved 20 August 2008.
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