Stuart McNay

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Stuart McNay
Personal information
NicknameStu [1]
NationalityFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Born (1981-08-01) August 1, 1981 (age 43)
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight65 kg (143 lb)
Sailing career
Class Dinghy
ClubBeverly Yacht Club and New York Yacht Club [1]
College team Burgee of Yale University.svg   Yale University
CoachJay Kehoe, Zack Leonard, Nigel Cochrane, Morgan Reeser, Luther Carpenter, Thomas Barrows, Robby Bisi [1]

Stuart McNay (born August 1, 1981 in Boston, Massachusetts) is an American sailor, who specialized in two-person dinghy (470) class. [1] [2] He represented the United States at five Olympics: twice with partner Graham Biehl in 2008 and 2012, twice with partner Dave Hughes in 2016 and 2020 and most recently, once with Lara Dallman-Weiss in 2024. Mcnay is a national, continental, and world champion and podium finisher in dinghy and keelboat classes in the role of helm and tactician. Additionally, he coaches youth, collegiate, and adult level athletes.

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Background

Stu learned to race at Beverly Yacht Club in Marion, Massachusetts. He was a multi time All-American in collegiate sailing at Yale University. He has raced for the US Sailing Team since 2003. [1] [3] As of February 2012, McNay/Biehl were ranked fourth in the world for two-person dinghy class by the International Sailing Federation, following their successes at the North American Championships and ISAF Sailing World Cup Series in Miami, Florida, United States. [4]

Entering 2016, the Rio Olympic year, McNay/Hughes held the number three world ranking.

Olympic sailing

At the 2008 Olympic Games, McNay/Biehl finished thirteenth, edging out Israel's Gideon Kliger and Udi Gal. [5] [6]

At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, McNay competed for the second time as a helmsman in the men's 470 class by finishing thirteenth and receiving a berth from the ISAF World Championships in Perth, Western Australia. [7] [8] Teaming again with Biehl, they finished fourteenth-place finish in fleet of twenty-seven boats. [9] [10]

At the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio, McNay and Hughes finished 4th in the men's 470 class, with McNay as helmsman. [11]

At the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, McNay and Hughes finished 9th in the men's 470 class. [12]

McNay will compete in the 2024 Olympic Games in Marseille, France, in the mixed 470 class with Lara Dallman-Weiss. [13]

Other events

McNay has wins and podium finishes at Sailing Cup events and continental championships, including Gold, Silver, and Bronze at consecutive European Championships - 2015, 2017, and 2016 respectively.

At the 2014 ISAF Sailing World Championships, McNay and his new partner David Hughes secured their Olympic berth with a fifth-place finish in the men's 470 class. [14] [15]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Stuart McNay". London 2012 Olympic Games. London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on April 5, 2013. Retrieved September 21, 2014.
  2. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Stuart McNay". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on July 2, 2017. Retrieved September 21, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Meet the Team – Stuart McNay and Graham Biehl, Men's 470". US Sailing. August 1, 2012. Archived from the original on June 16, 2015. Retrieved September 21, 2014.
  4. ↑ "Shifty Winds in Miami, but French and British Still Lead". 470 World Championships. January 30, 2014. Archived from the original on September 21, 2014. Retrieved September 21, 2014.
  5. ↑ "Men's 470 Class". Beijing 2008 . NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on January 5, 2014. Retrieved September 13, 2013.
  6. ↑ Bien, Louis (July 24, 2012). "Team USA Sailing: Stu McNay Competes In 2nd Olympic Games". SB Nation . Retrieved September 21, 2014.
  7. ↑ "USA and Australia Dominate at Sail Melbourne". 470 World Championships. November 14, 2011. Archived from the original on September 21, 2014. Retrieved September 21, 2014.
  8. ↑ "U.S. Olympic sailing team adds 8". ESPN. Associated Press. December 22, 2011. Retrieved September 21, 2014.
  9. ↑ "Men's 470". London 2012 Olympic Games. London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on May 30, 2013. Retrieved November 27, 2012.
  10. ↑ "Olympics 'Heck of a Wake-up Call' for U.S. Sailing". KNSD. August 8, 2012. Retrieved September 21, 2014.
  11. ↑ "RIO 2016 SAILING 470 - TWO PERSON DINGHY MEN RESULTS". Olympics.
  12. ↑ "TOKYO 2020 SAILING 470 MEN RESULTS". Olympics.
  13. ↑ Chenard, Allison (May 17, 2024). "PARIS 2024 U.S. OLYMPIC SAILING TEAM ROSTER FINALIZED". ussailing.org.
  14. ↑ "ISAF Worlds, Day 9: US 470's Earn Career-Best Finishes, Paine (Finn) Goes Through to Medal Race". US Sailing. September 19, 2014. Retrieved September 21, 2014.
  15. ↑ "Aussies And Austrians Strike 470 Gold In Santander". ISAF. September 20, 2014. Archived from the original on May 10, 2015. Retrieved September 21, 2014.
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