Olivia Powrie
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| Nickname(s) | Polly | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | New Zealander | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 9 December 1987 Auckland, New Zealand |
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| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 154 lb (70 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Class(es) | 420, 470 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coach | Nathan Handley | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Olivia Elizabeth (Polly) Powrie MNZM (born 9 December 1987) is a New Zealand sailor. She holds Olympic and world championship titles in the 470 class, and is a former 420 world champion.
Powrie and her sailing partner Jo Aleh won the gold medal in the 470 class at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[1] 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.[2]
Powrie is a graduate of St Cuthbert's College, Auckland.[3]
Powrie was made a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the 2013 New Year's Honours, for her services to sailing.[4]
References
External links
- Olivia Powrie at the International Sailing Federation
- Olivia Powrie at London2012.com
- Olivia Powrie at the Yachting NZ website
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- Sportspeople from Auckland
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- New Zealand sailors (sport)
- Sailors at the 2012 Summer Olympics – 470
- Olympic sailors of New Zealand
- Olympic gold medalists for New Zealand
- Olympic medalists in sailing
- Members of the New Zealand Order of Merit
- ISAF World Sailor of the Year (female)
- 470 class world champions
- 420 class world champions
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- Female sailors (sport)
- Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
