Polly Powrie
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.jpg) Powrie in 2020 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Olivia Elizabeth Powrie | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 9 December 1987 Auckland, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 70 kg (154 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sailing career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Class(es) | 420, 470 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coach | Nathan Handley | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Olivia Elizabeth "Polly" Powrie MNZM (born 9 December 1987) is a New Zealand sailor.[1] She has won Olympic and world championship titles in the 470 class, and is also a former 420 world champion.
Biography
Powrie and her sailing partner Jo Aleh, who were known as "Team Jolly",[2] won the gold medal in the 470 class at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[3] In August 2013, exactly a year after winning their Olympic gold medal, Aleh and Powrie won the world title at the 2013 470 World Championships in La Rochelle, France.[4] She and Aleh were named ISAF Female Sailor of the Year, the first New Zealand women to win that award.[5]
Powrie is a graduate of St Cuthbert's College, Auckland.[6]
In the 2013 New Year Honours, Powrie was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to sailing.[7]
Powrie announced her retirement from Olympic sailing on 6 January 2017.[2]
References
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Polly Powrie". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 30 October 2019.
- ^ a b "Kiwi yachting star Polly Powrie retires from Olympic sailing". Stuff. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
- ^ "Kiwi sailors pulverise field to claim gold". Television New Zealand. 11 August 2012. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
- ^ "NZ yachties add world title to Olympic gold". Stuff.co.nz. 11 August 2013. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
- ^ "Aleh and Powrie named 2013 ISAF Female Sailor of the Year". Retrieved 16 April 2018.
- ^ "St Cuthbert's Olympians". Stuff.co.nz. 27 June 2012. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
- ^ "New Year honours list 2013". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 31 December 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
External links
- Polly Powrie at World Sailing
- Polly Powrie at the New Zealand Olympic Committee
- Polly Powrie at Olympedia
- Olivia Powrie at Olympics.com
- Olivia Powrie at Olympic.org (archived)
- Olivia Powrie at London2012.com at the Wayback Machine (archived 8 August 2012)
- Olivia Powrie at the Yachting NZ website at the Wayback Machine (archived 9 August 2012)
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