| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jennifer Margaret Armstrong | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 3 March 1970 (age 54) Dunedin, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 171 cm (5 ft 7 in) [1] | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 59 kg (130 lb) [1] | ||||||||||||||
| Spouse | Erik Stibbe | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
| |||||||||||||||
Jennifer Margaret Armstrong OAM (born 3 March 1970) is an Olympic sailor from New Zealand. After competing for her native country at the 1992 Olympics, she moved to Australia in 1996 and won a historic sailing gold for her adopted country at the 2000 Olympics.
Armstrong was born in 1970 in Dunedin, New Zealand, to John and Robyn Armstrong. [1] [2] Armstrong attended Otago Girls' High School there. [3]
In Dunedin, Armstrong is a member of the Ravensbourne Boating Club. [4] She went to the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain and competed in the Europe class for New Zealand, coming fourth in that competition. [2] Armstrong is listed as New Zealand Olympian number 592. [5]
Armstrong is married to Erik Stibbe, a Dutch born [6] sailing coach. They moved to Australia in 1996 when he secured a contract to coach Australian Olympic solo dinghy sailors. [2] [7] In Australia she was affiliated with the Middle Harbour Yacht Club in Mosman, New South Wales. [1]
Armstrong attended the 2000 Summer Olympics for Australia in her new home city Sydney and competed in the 470 class with Zimbabwean-born Belinda Stowell. They won Australia's first gold medal in sailing in 28 years. [2] [8]
On 16 January 2001, Armstrong was awarded the Australian Sports Medal. [9] Ten days later on 26 January 2001, she was awarded the Order of Australia medal for service to sport as a gold medallist at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games. [10]
At the 470 World Championships, Armstrong and Stowell won silver in both 2000 and 2001. Armstrong and Stowell were crowned female Australian Yachtsman of the Year for both the 2000–01 and the 2001–02 seasons. [11]
Armstrong and Stowell again competed for Australia at the 2004 Summer Olympics in the 470 class and in that year, they came 14th. [12] Armstrong retired from international sailing after the 2004 Olympics. [13]
In 2016, Armstrong and her husband joined the Otago Yacht Club. [14]
In 2017, Armstrong and Stowell were inaugural inductees in the Australian Sailing Hall of Fame. [15]
New Zealand competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. The New Zealand Olympic Committee was represented by 97 athletes and 60 officials. Former Olympic swimmer Dave Gerrard was the team's chef de mission.
The Men's Finn was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 2004 Summer Olympics program in Agios Kosmas Olympic Sailing Centre. Eleven races were scheduled and completed with one discard. 25 sailors, on 25 boats, from 25 nations competed.
The Men's 470 was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 2004 Summer Olympics program in Agios Kosmas Olympic Sailing Centre, in the 470 dinghy. Eleven races were scheduled and completed. 54 sailors, on 27 boats, from 27 nation competed.
The Mixed Laser was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 2004 Summer Olympics program in Agios Kosmas Olympic Sailing Centre. Eleven races were scheduled and completed with one discard. 42 sailors, on 42 boats, from 42 nation competed.
New Zealand competed at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. The team consisted of four competitors: an athlete, a boxer, and two swimmers. Porritt was also the team's manager, and he won the nation's first medal in athletics.
Belinda Josephine Stowell is an Australian sailor and Olympic champion. She won a gold medal in the 470 class with Jenny Armstrong at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.
Thomas Mark Mikael Johanson is a Finnish sailor and Olympic champion. He won a gold medal in the 49er Class with Jyrki Järvi at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. In 2008–2009, he was a crew member on yacht Ericsson 3 and in 2011–12 on yacht PUMA Ocean Racing in the Volvo Ocean Race.
Jenny Marie Egnot is a New Zealand yachtswoman.
Joanna Ayela Aleh is a New Zealand sailor. She is a national champion, a former world champion, and an Olympic gold medallist.
Allan Julie is a Laser sailor from the Seychelles. Julie is a five-time Olympian, and a gold medalist in the same sailing class at the 2011 All-Africa Games in Maputo, Mozambique.
Jonathan George "Jonty" Farmer was a New Zealand sailor who represented his country at the 1968 and 1976 Summer Olympics.
John Edgar Scholes was an Australian-born New Zealand sailor.
Carlo Croce is an Italian former yacht racer who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics and the 1976 Summer Olympics. He was born in Genoa, Italy.
Luciano Zinali is an Italian former yacht racer who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics and the 1976 Summer Olympics. He was born in Piombino, Italy.
Toni James Dunlop is a New Zealand rower and has represented New Zealand three times at the Olympics.
Ralph Hamilton Roberts was a New Zealand sailor and sports administrator.
Anna Louise Wilson is a United States-born Olympic swimmer from New Zealand.
Gordon Wilson Ingate OAM is an Australian sailor who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics, sailing in the Tempest class keelboat. He also finished a close second overall in the 1972 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race, skippering the famous yacht Caprice of Huon, beaten only by USA America's Cup sailor Ted Turner sailing a converted 12-metre, American Eagle.
Jennifer Norton "Jeni" Lidgett is an Australian sailor. She competed in the women's two-person 470 dinghy class for Australia at two Olympic Games.
