Lucy MacGregor

{{Short description|English sailor (born 1986)}}

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Lucy MacGregor (born 28 November 1986) is an English sailor. She was born in Poole, Dorset.{{cite web|title=Lucy MacGregor: Team GB|url=http://www.teamgb.com/athletes/lucy-macgregor|accessdate=12 July 2012}}

{{As of|2012}}, MacGregor is {{convert|1.58|m}} tall and weighs {{convert|63|kg}}. She attended Bournemouth School for Girls and is a member of Poole Yacht Club.{{cite web|title=ISAF Sailor biog page|url=http://www.sailing.org/biog.php?memberid=56564|publisher=ISAF|accessdate=12 July 2012}} She started sailing at the age of six in Poole Harbour.{{cite news|title=Lucy MacGregor: Team GB|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/Team-GB/competitors/8662489/Lucy-Macgregor-Team-GB-London-2012-Olympics.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120613034050/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/Team-GB/competitors/8662489/Lucy-Macgregor-Team-GB-London-2012-Olympics.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=13 June 2012|accessdate=12 July 2012|newspaper=The Telegraph online}}

MacGregor was candidate for selection for the 2008 Summer Olympics in the Yngling three-person keelboat class with crewmates Annie Lush and double Olympic gold medallist Shirley Robertson. Despite winning the bronze medal at the 2007 World Championships, the trio were overlooked for selection in favour of Sarah Ayton, Sarah Webb and Pippa Wilson who ended up winning gold in the Olympic event.

In 2010 MacGregor teamed up with her younger sister Kate MacGregor, Annie Lush and Mary Rook to win gold at the ISAF women's match racing World Championship in Newport, Rhode Island, United States. The British crew won the final 3–2 over an American team helmed by two-time world title-winner Sally Barkow.{{cite web|title=Macgregor claims world match racing title|url=http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/28092010/58/macgregor-claims-world-match-racing-title.html|publisher=Yahoo Sport|accessdate=12 July 2012|date=27 September 2010}} At the 2011 Sailing World Championships in Perth, Australia, MacGregor reached the final of the match-racing event, as part of a crew with Lush and Kate MacGregor, where they were beaten 4–0 by the United States boat skippered by Anna Tunnicliffe.{{cite news|title=Poole crew avenge World Championship loss to USA with victory at ISAF World Cup|url=http://www.thisisdorset.co.uk/Poole-crew-avenge-World-Championship-loss-USA/story-15053209-detail/story.html|accessdate=12 July 2012|date=27 January 2012|publisher=thisisdorset.co.uk|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130114021848/http://www.thisisdorset.co.uk/Poole-crew-avenge-World-Championship-loss-USA/story-15053209-detail/story.html|archivedate=14 January 2013|df=dmy-all}} The three won a gold medal at the 2011 World Cup event in Hyères, France by beating Barkow's crew 3–0 in the final.{{cite news|title=GB women win six medals at sailing World Cup regatta|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/sailing/13244524|accessdate=12 July 2012|date=29 April 2011|publisher=BBC Sport}}{{cite news|last=Leven|first=Kate|title=Lucy MacGregor's crew wins gold for Britain at Semaine Olympique Francaise in Hyeres|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/sailing/8484076/Lucy-MacGregors-crew-wins-gold-for-Britain-at-Semaine-Olympique-Francaise-in-Hyeres.html|accessdate=12 July 2012|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=29 April 2011}}

MacGregor was selected to compete for Great Britain at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the newly created Elliott 6 metres match-racing event. She competed alongside her sister Kate MacGregor and Annie Lush.{{cite news|title=London 2012: Luke Patience and Stuart Bithell picked in 470 class for Team GB|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/sailing/16448367|accessdate=12 July 2012|date=9 January 2012|publisher=BBC Sport}} Together the three were nicknamed the "Match Race Girls".{{cite news|last=Warner |first=Michelle |title=Best of British Celebration Day with Skandia Team GBR at Cowes Week |url=http://www.islandpulse.co.uk/b2/best-of-british-celebration-day-with-skandia-team-gbr-at-cowes-week-9680/ |accessdate=12 July 2012 |date=10 July 2012 |publisher=Island Pulse |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120816080157/http://www.islandpulse.co.uk/b2/best-of-british-celebration-day-with-skandia-team-gbr-at-cowes-week-9680/ |archivedate=16 August 2012 }}{{cite news|title=100 days to go: Match Race Girls from Dorset look forward to sailing events|url=http://www.dorsetecho.co.uk/news/9656231.100_days_to_go__Match_Race_Girls_from_Dorset_look_forward_to_sailing_events/|accessdate=12 July 2012|newspaper=Dorset Echo|date=18 April 2012}} The event took place at the Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy with the round robin group stage being held from 29 July to 4 August 2012.{{cite web|title=Women's Elliott 6m|url=http://www.london2012.com/sailing/event/elliott-6m-wmr/groups.html|publisher=Official site of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games|accessdate=12 July 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120713121014/http://www.london2012.com/sailing/event/elliott-6m-wmr/groups.html|archivedate=13 July 2012|df=dmy-all}} The team finished in seventh place.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/lucy-macgregor-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418040354/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/lucy-macgregor-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 April 2020|title=Lucy Macgregor Bio, Stats, and Results|website=Olympics at Sports-Reference.com|access-date=15 June 2016}}

In 2013, MacGregor won the inaugural Women's International match Racing Series tour.{{Cite web|url=http://www.wimseries.com/lucy-macgregor-wins-inaugural-wim-series-title/|title=Lucy Macgregor Wins Inaugural WIM Series Title | Women's International Match Racing Series}}