Shirley Ann Robertson, OBE DL is a British sailor and Olympic gold medallist. She made it into the history books by becoming the first British woman to win an Olympic gold medal at consecutive games, Sydney 2000 and Athens 2004.
The Yngling is a sailboat that was designed by Norwegian Jan Herman Linge as a one design racer and first built in 1967.
Sarah Lianne Ayton is an English former professional sailor.
Sarah Kathleen Gosling is a British professional sailor and twice Olympic gold medalist.
Sofia Bekatorou is a Greek sailing champion.
Iain Bryden Percy is an English sailor and double Olympic champion for Great Britain.
Annemieke Marileen Bes is a sailor from the Netherlands, who represented her country for the first time at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. The Dutch Yngling helmed by Annelies Thies and crewed by Bes and Petronella de Jong took the 4th place. Bes returned to the Olympics, again in the Dutch Yngling, during the 2008 Olympics this time with fellow crewmember Merel Witteveen and helmsman Mandy Mulder. The Dutch Yngling team took the Silver Medal in Qingdao. Bes than switched to the Elliott 6m Match racing. During the 2012 Olympics the team with helmsman Renee Groeneveld and crewmembers Bes and Marcelien Bos-de Koning took 8th place in Weymouth.
Paul Martin Goodison MBE is an English Olympic gold medal-winning sailor.
Andrew James "Bart" Simpson, was an English sailor who won a gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, as crew for skipper Iain Percy in the Star class representing Great Britain. Simpson died in the capsize of the catamaran he was crewing on 9 May 2013, while training for the America's Cup in San Francisco Bay.
Rodney Stuart Pattisson, MBE is a British yachtsman. He is a double Olympic gold medalist in sailing won at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics and 1972 Munich Olympics both in the Flying Dutchman class. He also won a silver medal at the 1976 Montreal Olympics in the same class to become Great Britain’s most successful Olympic yachtsman until Ben Ainslie overtook him with 3 gold medals and a silver medal at four different Olympic Games at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Pattisson was a member of Itchenor Sailing Club.
Ian James Walker is one of Britain's most successful sailors, with two Olympic silver medals to his name. He is a member of Northampton Sailing Club and Warsash Sailing Club.
Saskia Clark, is a British sailor and Olympic Gold medalist. She competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics and she was selected, along with Hannah Mills, to sail in the 470 Women's class for Team GB. They went on to win silver at the 2012 Olympic games and a gold medal at the 2016 games.
Annie Lush is an English sailor. She was born in Poole, Dorset.
Lucy MacGregor is an English sailor. She was born in Poole, Dorset.
Stuart Bithell is a British sailor and Olympic champion. He competed with Luke Patience in the 470 class at the 2012 Summer Olympics where he won a silver medal and in the 2020 Summer Olympics where he won a gold medal in the Men's 49er class with Dylan Fletcher.
Helena Lucas MBE is a British Paralympic sailor.
Dylan James Fletcher-Scott is a British sailor and Olympic champion in Men's 49er in Tokyo 2020. Fletcher and Alain Sign placed sixth in the 49er event at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Nataliya Vladimirovna Ivanova is a Russian former sailor, who specialized in both Europe and Yngling classes. A multiple-time national champion in her respective boats, Ivanova represented her nation Russia in two editions of the Olympic Games and also trained as a member of the sailing roster at SK EShVSM Moscow.
Carol Newman Cronin is an American Olympic sailor and author who competed in the Yngling class at the 2004 Summer Olympics. She won the 2018 Women's Snipe World Championship and was third at the 2004 Women's Yngling World Championship. She also won the 2002 US Sailing's Miami Olympic Classes Regatta in the Yngling class. As tactician, she won the 1999 Rolex International Women's Keelboat Championship sailing with Pat Connerney.
The Yngling World Championship is international sailing regatta in the Yngling (keelboat) class organized by the host club on behalf of International Yngling Class Association and recognized by the World Sailing.
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