Stuart McNay

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Stuart McNay
Personal information
Nickname(s)Stu [1]
NationalityFlag of the United States.svg  United States
Born (1981-08-01) August 1, 1981 (age 41)
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight65 kg (143 lb)
Sailing career
Class(es) 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 [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 four Olympics: two times partner Graham Biehl, in 2008 and 2012 and twice with partner Dave Hughes in 2016 and 2020.

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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 September 2014, McNay/Biehl were ranked sixth 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]

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 overall in the men's 470 class, with McNay as helmsman. [12]

Other events

At the 2014 ISAF Sailing World Championships, McNay and his new partner David Hughes set a best career record with a fifth-place finish in the men's 470 class to secure their spot on the U.S. sailing team for the Olympics. [13] [14]

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References

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  12. ↑ https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/tokyo-2020/results/sailing/470-men [ bare URL ]
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