Anna Tunnicliffe

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Anna Tunnicliffe
Personal information
Full nameAnna Tunnicliffe Tobias
Nationality American
BornOctober 17, 1982 (1982-10-17) (age 41)
Doncaster, England
Alma mater Old Dominion University
Sport
College team Burgee of Old Dominion University.SVG   Old Dominion University
Medal record
Sailing
Representing Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2008 Beijing Laser Radial
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2010 St Petersburg Snipe (women's)
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2011 Perth Elliott 6m
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2008 Roquetas de MarSnipe (women's)
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2012 Gothenburg Elliott 6m
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2005 Fortaleza Laser Radial
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2009 Karatsu Laser Radial

Anna Tunnicliffe Tobias (born October 17, 1982) is an American sailor and CrossFit competitor. [1] In 2008 she won an Olympic gold medal in the Laser Radial single handed sailing class. [2] In 2009 and 2011, she won the ISAF Sailing World Cup in Laser Radial. [3] She also won the women's world championship of the snipe class in 2010, and placed second in 2008.

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She was named ICSA Women’s College Sailor of the Year in 2005, ISAF Rolex World Sailor of the Year in 2009 and 2011, [4] [5] and US Sailing’s Rolex Yachtswoman of the Year every year from 2008 to 2011.

Tunnicliffe also competes at the highest level in CrossFit, most recently winning the 2018 CrossFit Games Masters 35–39, and competing in the individual open division at the CrossFit Games in 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017. Her best finish was 9th overall, in 2013. She has three first-place event finishes at the Games: "The Beach" in 2014, "Sandbag 2015" in 2015, and "Rope Chipper" in 2016.

On August 27, 2016, Anna Tunnicliffe married her longtime CrossFit coach Brad Tobias and changed her name to Anna Tunnicliffe Tobias. She and her husband co-own T2CrossFit in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. [6]

Biography

Anna Tunnicliffe was born in Doncaster, England. Her parents owned a yacht when she was a child and introduced her to sailing. Anna moved to Perrysburg, Ohio, in the United States, with her family at the age of 12. She attended Perrysburg High School and joined the North Cape Yacht Club, racing Optimists and other small boats for the next five years. In 1999 she began sailing the Laser Radial. Her first event in this boat was at the Leiter Cup in Detroit, Michigan. Despite her small build she advanced to the Smythe Finals for her area, where she was the only woman sailing. She participated in cross country, swimming, and track at the varsity level. In her senior year she won the district track championships in the 800 meters, setting a new high school record of 2 minutes 17.56 seconds. After choosing sailing over track, she decided to go to the Old Dominion University to study and sail.

In January 2014, Tunnicliffe announced her retirement from Olympic Sailing after 12 years of competition. [7] [8] [9] She continues to pursue her professional CrossFit career.

On October 23, 2017, Anna Tobias announced that she would become a team athlete in Crossfit with a team from T2Crossfit, the box she co-owns with her husband. She also qualified to compete in the Masters division (35-39) and went on to win that division at the 2018 CrossFit Games [10]

Awards

Tunnicliffe helped to bring four national championships to ODU, including the Women’s National Championship and three Women’s Single-Handed championships. She competed as an A division skipper for the women’s team and B division skipper for the co-ed team during her junior year, and as an A division skipper for both teams as a senior. In her sophomore through senior years, Tunnicliffe was awarded women’s team all American status; she earned co-ed all American status in her senior year. For every year the Quantum Sailor of the Year award (recognizing the top American college female sailor) was given, Tunnicliffe was a finalist. She was a runner up her junior year, missing 1st by 0.02 points, and won in her senior year. She was one of three finalists for the ICSA sportsmanship trophy. [11]

Tunnicliffe was ranked 1st in the world for the women's singlehanded dinghy, the Laser Radial.

Sailing finishes

YearClass of boatEventLocationCountryFinishing Place
2002Europe – Women (Olympic Class: 1989–2004)Rolex Miami OCR Miami, FloridaUSA8
2005Laser Radial – Women's One Person DinghyRolex Miami OCRBiscayne Bay, Miami, FloridaUSA2
2005Laser Radial – Women's One Person DinghyLaser Midwinters EastClearwater Yacht Club, FloridaUSA2
2005Laser Radial – Women's One Person Dinghy Kiel Week Baltic Sea / KielGER22
2005Laser Radial – Women's One Person DinghyLaser Atlantic Coast ChampionshipBrant Beach, New JerseyUSA2
2005Laser Radial – Women's One Person DinghyLaser Radial European ChampionshipSplitCRO8
2005Match Racing – Women'sRolex Osprey Cup 2005Petersburg, FLUSA2
2005Laser Radial – Women's One Person DinghyLaser Radial World ChampionshipFortaleza, CearaBRA3
2006Laser Radial – Women's One Person DinghyRolex Miami OCRBiscayne Bay, Miami, FloridaUSA1
2006Laser Radial – Women's One Person DinghyLaser Radial North American ChampionshipFort LauderdaleUSA2
2006Laser Radial – Women's One Person DinghyLaser Midwinters EastClearwater, FloridaUSA2
2006Laser Radial – Women's One Person DinghyHRH Princess Sofia Trophy Palma de Majorca, SpainESP4
2006Laser Radial – Women's One Person Dinghy Semaine Olympique Française HyèresFRA5
2006Laser Radial – Women's One Person Dinghy ISAF World Sailing Games Lake NeusiedlAUT7
2006Laser Radial – Women's One Person DinghyLaser Radial World ChampionshipsLos AngelesUSA4
2006Laser Radial – Women's One Person DinghyQingdao International Regatta – Test EventQingdaoCHN4
2007Laser Radial – Women's One Person DinghyQingdao International Regatta – Pre-OlympicsQingdaoCHN1
2007Laser Radial – Women's One Person DinghyLaser Radial Mid Winter RegattaClearwater, Fla.USA1
2007Laser Radial – Women's One Person DinghyUSA Olympic TrialsNewport, RI.USA1
2008 Snipe Women's worlds Roquetas de Mar ESP2
2009 Laser Radial ISAF Sailing World Cup 1
2010 Snipe Women's worlds St. Petersburg, Florida USA1
2011 Elliott 6m – Women's Match Racing ISAF Sailing World Cup PerthAUS1

CrossFit Games results

YearDivisionGamesRegionalsOpen (Worldwide)
2012 [12] Individual125th
2013 [12] 9th2nd (South East)101st
2014 [12] 22nd3rd (Mid Atlantic)11th
2015 [12] 22nd3rd (Atlantic)35th
2016 [12] 10th2nd (Atlantic)56th
2017 [12] 25th5th (Atlantic)118th
2018 [12] IndividualDNP92nd
Team29th (Atlantic)275th
Masters (35–39)1st1st (online qualifier)6th
YearDivisionGamesQualifierOpen
2019 [12] Individual186th (world)
84th (United States)
Masters (35–39)1st6th (online qualifier)10th
2020 [12] Individual160th (world)
66th (United States)
Masters (35–39)11th

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