Betsy Alison

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Betsy Alison
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Full nameElizabeth Gelentis Alison
Born (1960-03-25) March 25, 1960 (age 63)
Sailing career
College teamTufts University

Elizabeth "Betsy" Gelentis Alison (born March 25, 1960) is an American sailor who has been voted Rolex Yachtswoman of the Year five times. She was inducted into the United States' National Sailing Hall of Fame in 2011

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Sailing history

Alison started sailing sunfish [1] as a child at the behest of her father and, while she did not initially enjoy it, she rapidly enjoyed being with her friends on Barnegat Bay. [2] Starting in 1977, Alison sailed on Upper Mystic Lake while a college student at Tufts University, and there she learned the technical aspects of racing from her teammates. In 1981 she was received honorable mention for college All-American sailor. [2]

Alison has won numerous events during her sailing career. In 1985, Alison won her first Rolex International Women's Keelboat championship, thereby receiving the Bengt Julin trophy. [3] [2] She won four additional times, and the original trophy was retired to her after 1997 when she earned it for the third consecutive year. [4] In 1998 Alison won Women's Match Racing event at the ISAF Sailing World Championships held in Dubai, UAE and was honored with her first ISAF World Sailor of the Year award. [5] [6] Sailing with Lee Icyda and Suzy Leech, [1] Alison won the 2003 Open Yngling World Championship held in Rostock, Germany which was the first time an all-woman's crew won the Open Yngling World Championship. [7]

in 1998 Alison began coaching the US team for the World Disabled Sailing Championship and is the US Sailing Team Sperry Top-Sider Paralympic coach. [2] She played a key role in the 1996 revision of the Disabled Sailing Manual revision and, as of 2021, Alison is the Chair of the Para World Sailing Committee. [8]

Awards

In 1990 and 1991 she won the Mrs. Charles Francis Adams Trophy. In 2009, Alison received the Gay S. Lynn Memorial Trophy for her work with adaptive sailing and sailors with disabilities. [9] In 2011 Alison was in the first group of sailors, and the only woman, elected into the United States' National Sailing Hall of Fame. [2] In 2015, Alison won the President's Development Award from the International Sailing Federation (ISAF, known as World Sailing as of 2015) who recognized her for outstanding achievement in her work on the Para World Sailing Championships in 2015. [10]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Betsy ALISON, Lee ICYDA & Suzy LEECH (USA)". sailing.org. Retrieved October 9, 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Alison, Betsy". National Sailing Hall of Fame. Retrieved October 9, 2021.
  3. ↑ Johnstone, Stu. "International Women's Keelboat Championship- Open for Entries!". jboats.com. Retrieved October 9, 2021.
  4. ↑ "Bengt Julin Trophy". US Sailing. Retrieved October 9, 2021.
  5. ↑ "ISAF Rolex World Sailor of the Year Awards 1998". sailing.org. 1998. Archived from the original on July 18, 2012. Retrieved October 9, 2021.
  6. ↑ "AmericaOne Newsline - 1998 ISAF Nominees". www.americaone.org. Retrieved October 9, 2021.
  7. ↑ "Alison, Icyda and Leech Beat 88 Boat Fleet to Take The Title". sailing.org. July 28, 2003. Archived from the original on April 26, 2012. Retrieved October 9, 2021.
  8. ↑ "Betsy Alison and Adaptive Sailing Instruction – Sail Sport Talk". July 6, 2021. Archived from the original on October 9, 2021. Retrieved October 9, 2021.
  9. ↑ "Gay S. Lynn Memorial Trophy". US Sailing. Retrieved October 9, 2021.
  10. ↑ Cronin, Mike (November 13, 2015). "Betsy Alison Wins ISAF President's Development Award for Para World Sailing Initiative". US Sailing. Retrieved October 9, 2021.
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