Alison Young (sailor)
{{short description|British sailor (born 1987)}}
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Alison Young (born 29 May 1987){{Cite web |last=Youll |first=Russell |date=2021-12-14 |title=Triple Olympian Alison Young announces retirement from sailing |url=https://www.expressandstar.com/sport/2021/12/14/triple-olympian-alison-young-announces-retirement-from-sailing/ |access-date=2024-07-10 |website=www.expressandstar.com |language=en}}{{Cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/18505293 |title=Alison Young profile |date=2012-06-19 |newspaper=BBC Sport |language=en-GB |access-date=2016-12-26}} is a British sailor.{{cite web |title=Alison Young |url=http://www.london2012.com/athlete/young-alison-1085489/ |publisher=London 2012 |accessdate=2012-08-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120826055433/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/young-alison-1085489/ |archive-date=26 August 2012 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all}} She was the first British woman to be world champion in a solo Olympic dinghy class.
Life
Young was born in Wolverhampton, England on 29 May 1987. She started sailing on a lake in the River Severn valley when she was nine at the Trimpley Sailing Club.
She competed in the Laser Radial class event at the 2012 Summer Olympics where she placed 5th.{{cite web |title=Women's Laser Radial: Event Standings |url=http://www.london2012.com/sailing/event/laser-radial-women/phase=saw103101/doc=summary.html |publisher=London 2012 |accessdate=2012-08-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130406091327/http://www.london2012.com/sailing/event/laser-radial-women/phase%3Dsaw103101/doc%3Dsummary.html |archive-date=6 April 2013 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all}}
At the 2016 Laser World Championships, she won gold in the laser radial class{{Cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/sailing/36099143 |title=Laser World Championships: Alison Young wins Radial gold in Rio 2016 boost |date=2016-04-21 |newspaper=BBC Sport |language=en-GB |access-date=2016-12-26}} and in doing so became the first British woman to become world champion in a solo Olympic dinghy class.{{Cite web |date=2016-04-21 |title=Alison Young secures historic sailing gold medal at world championships |url=http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/apr/21/alison-young-gold-world-championships-laser-radial-sailing |access-date=2021-08-08 |website=the Guardian |language=en}} Her best World Championship performance before this was 4th in 2012.
Young competed at the Rio 2016 Olympics, finishing 8th overall.
She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the Women's Laser Radial class{{Cite web |url=https://www.worcesternews.co.uk/sport/17941965.sailing-alison-young-picked-gb-tokyo-2020-olympics/ |title=Worcestershire ace among first to get GB Tokyo 2020 Olympics call |website=Worcester News |date=2 October 2019 |language=en |access-date=2020-02-24}}{{Cite web |title=Sailing YOUNG Alison - Tokyo 2020 Olympics |url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/sailing/athlete-profile-n1468385-young-alison.htm |url-status=dead |access-date=2021-07-27 |work=Tokyo 2020 Olympics |publisher=Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games |language=en-us |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210727223605/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/sailing/athlete-profile-n1468385-young-alison.htm |archive-date=27 July 2021}} and she finished tenth.
References
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External links
- {{World Sailing|id=GBRAY5|www=alison-young}}
- {{Team GB|pZTLJNAG5yllazWH2763S}}
- {{Olympics.com|alison-young}}
- {{Olympedia}}
{{Footer World Champions Women's Laser Radial}}
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Category:Olympic sailors for Great Britain
Category:British female sailors (sport)
Category:Sailors at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Laser Radial
Category:Sportspeople from Wolverhampton