Maggie Shea
{{short description|American sailor}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2022}}
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| fullname = Margaret Shea
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| nationality = American
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1989|7|13}}
| birth_place = Wilmette, Illinois, U.S.
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| classes = 49er FX
| club = Kilroy Realty, Chicago Yacht Club
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{{MedalSport|Women's sailing}}
{{MedalCountry|{{USA}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}
{{MedalBronze|2014 Cork|Match race}}
{{MedalBronze|2020 Geelong|49er FX}}
{{MedalCompetition|Pan American Games}}
{{MedalSilver|2019 Lima|49er FX}}
{{MedalBronze|2023 Santiago|49er FX}}
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Margaret "Maggie" Shea ({{IPAc-en|ʃ|eɪ}} {{respell|SHAY}}; born July 13, 1989){{cite web |url=https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/maggie-shea_1950401|title=SHEA Maggie|date=2025 |access-date=13 January 2025}} is an American sailor who is a Pan American Games medallist and a two-time medallist in the World Championships.{{Citation needed|date=August 2021}}
Career
After graduating from Connecticut College, where she led the Camels to a second-place finish in the 2011 ISCA Women's Finals,{{cite web | url=https://scores.collegesailing.org/s11/sperry-top-sider-icsa-women-finals/ | title=Sperry Top-Sider/ICSA Women's FINALS | Spring 2011 | date=May 24, 2011 }} Shea dedicated herself to professional sports, being one of the founders of the Epic Racing team, in the Match Race category. As a member of the team, she won a bronze medal at the 2014 World Championships.{{cite web |url=https://www.ussailing.org/athletes/maggie-shea/ |title=Maggie Shea |website=ussailing.org |publisher=US Sailing |access-date=February 17, 2021}}
In 2019, Shea won the silver medal at the Pan American Games, in the 49er FX class. Her partner was her compatriot Stephanie Roble. The team was defeated by the Brazilian Olympic champion duo, Martine Grael and Kahena Kunze, who won nine of the twelve races. Much more balanced was against Argentina's Victoria Travascio and María Sol Branz, which ended with an advantage of one point less lost to the Americans after the Argentines were disqualified from the medal race.{{cite web |url=https://gauchazh.clicrbs.com.br/esportes/noticia/2019/08/martine-campea-olimpica-e-filha-de-torben-grael-conquista-ouro-no-pan-cjz63p2fm00jz01od1hk71f4i.html |title=Martine, campeã olímpica e filha de Torben Grael, conquista ouro no Pan |trans-title=Martine, Olympic champion and daughter of Torben Grael, wins gold at the Pan |website=gauchazh.clicrbs.com.br |date=August 10, 2019 |language=pt-br |access-date=February 17, 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://wrsd.lima2019.pe/panam/resPAG2019/pdf/PAG2019/SAL/PAG2019_SAL_C74FA_SALW49ERFX------------------------.pdf |title=RESULTADO GLOBAL DE FLOTA |trans-title=OVERALL FLEET RESULT |website=lima2019.pe |language=es |access-date=February 17, 2021 |quote=SHEA Margaret}}
In 2020, Shea won her first major result at the international level, the bronze medal in the 49er & 49er FX World Championships of the 49er FX class, in Geelong, Australia. With this result, she and her partner Roble earned the right to represent the United States at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.{{cite web |title=US Team forming for Tokyo 2020 |url=https://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/2020/02/15/us-team-forming-for-tokyo-2020/ |website=sailingscuttlebutt.com |publisher=Scuttlebutt Sailing News |date=February 15, 2020 |access-date=February 17, 2021}}
References
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External links
- {{World Sailing|maggie-shea|id=USAMS75}}
- {{Olympics.com profile|maggie-shea}}
- {{Olympedia|147233}}
- {{Team USA|new_id=maggie-shea|old_id=SH/Maggie-Shea|archive=20221027033241}}
- [https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/maggie-shea_1950401 Maggie Shea] at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
- {{2019 Pan American Games profile|sailing/athlete-profile-n1136450-shea-margaret|Margaret Shea}}
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Category:Sportspeople from Wilmette, Illinois
Category:American female sailors (sport)
Category:Sailors at the 2020 Summer Olympics – 49er FX
Category:Olympic sailors for the United States
Category:21st-century American sportswomen
Category:Sailors at the 2019 Pan American Games
Category:Sailors at the 2023 Pan American Games
Category:Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games
Category:Medalists at the 2023 Pan American Games
Category:Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States in sailing
Category:Pan American Games bronze medalists for the United States in sailing
Category:Connecticut College Camels sailors
Category:Sailors at the 2024 Summer Olympics – 49er FX
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