Anna Tunnicliffe

Anna Tunnicliffe

Medal record
Competitor for  United States
Women's Sailing
Olympic Games
Gold	2008 Beijing	Laser Radial
World Championships
Gold	2011 Perth	Elliott 6m
Silver	2012 Gothenburg	Elliott 6m
Bronze	2005 Fortaleza	Laser Radial
Bronze	2009 Karatsu	Laser Radial

Anna Tunnicliffe (born October 17, 1982) is an American sailor and world-class competitor in the women's single-handed (the Laser Radial). As a member of the 2008 US Olympic team she won a gold medal in the Women's Laser Radial class.^[1] In 2008, she also placed second at the women's world championship of the snipe class held in Roquetas de Mar (Spain). In 2009 and 2011, she won the ISAF Sailing World Cup in Laser Radial.^[2] In 2010, she won the women's world snipe championship.

She was named ISAF Rolex World Sailor of the Year in 2009 and 2011,^[3][4] and US Sailing’s Rolex Yachtswoman of the Year in 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011.

Biography

Anna Tunnicliffe was born on October 17, 1982 in Doncaster, England. Anna's parents owned a yacht when she was a child and this is where she learned to like sailing. She and her family moved to the United States at the age of 12 and lived in Perrysburg, Ohio. There she attended Perrysburg High School and joined the North Cape Yacht Club where she raced Optimists and other small boats for the next five years. In 1999 she began sailing the Laser Radial. Her first event in this boat was at the Leiter Cup in Detroit, Michigan. Despite her small build she advanced to the Smythe Finals for her area, where she was the only woman sailing. She participated in cross country, swimming, and track at the varsity level. In her senior year she won district track championships in the 800 meter and set a new high school record of 2 minutes 17.56 seconds. After a hard decision between sailing and track, she decided to go to the Old Dominion University to study and sail. As a student at ODU she contributed greatly to the sailing community.

In January 2014, Tunnicliffe announced her retirement from Olympic Sailing after 12 years of competition.^[5][6][7][8]

Awards

She helped in bringing four national championships to the school including the ICSA Women’s National Championship, and three ICSA Women’s Single-Handed championships. At ODU she competed as an A division skipper for the women’s team and B division skipper for the co-ed team during her junior year. During her senior year, she competed as an A division skipper for both teams. In her sophomore through senior years, Tunnicliffe was awarded women’s team all Americans status, and co-ed all American status in her senior year. For every year the Quantum Sailor of the Year award was given, Tunnifliffe was a finalist. The Quantum sailor of the year is an award given to the top college female sailor. She was a runner up her junior year, missing 1st by only 0.02 points, but was finally given the award in her senior year. Along with all of these accomplishments, she was one of three finalists for the ICSA sportsmanship trophy.^[9]

As of now, Tunnicliffe is ranked 1st in the world for the women's singlehanded dinghy, the Laser Radial. At the 2007, US Sailing Olympic Selection Trials held in Newport and Middleton, Rhode Island, she secured a spot on the 2008 US Olympic Sailing Team.^[10]

Finishes

References

External links

• http://www.annatunnicliffe.com
• http://sailing.org
• http://www.ussailing.org
• http://www.sailgroove.org/videos/play/120029

Citations

• http://www.sailing.org/bio.asp?ID=USAAT1
• http://www.sailanna.com