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Nationality | British |
Born | Worcestershire, England, UK | 29 April 1987
Alison Young (born 29 May 1987 in Worcestershire, England) [1] is a British sailor. [2] She competed in the Laser Radial class event at the 2012 Summer Olympics where she placed 5th. [3]
At the 2016 Laser World Championships, she won gold in the laser radial class [4] and in doing so became the first British woman to become world champion in a solo Olympic dinghy class. [5] Her best World Championship performance before this was 4th in 2012. [4]
Young was one of the favourites going into the Rio 2016 Olympics, finishing 8th overall. After the event Young revealed that she had suffered a broken ankle eight weeks prior to the Olympics but she refused to use this as an excuse for not finishing higher. [6]
She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the Women's Laser Radial class. [7] [8]