Nina Curtis
 Curtis at the Welcome Home parade in Sydney | ||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||
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| Nationality | Australian | |||||||||
| Born |
24 January 1988 Sydney, New South Wales | |||||||||
| Residence | Sydney | |||||||||
| Height | 167 cm (66 in) (2012) | |||||||||
| Weight | 68 kg (150 lb) (2012) | |||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||
| Country | Australia | |||||||||
| Sport | Sailing | |||||||||
| Event(s) | Elliott 6m — Women | |||||||||
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Nina Curtis (born 24 January 1988) is an Australian sailor. She represented Australia at the 2012 Summer Olympics in sailing.
Personal
Curtis was born on 24 January 1988 in Sydney.[1] She attended Bilgola Plateau Primary School before going to high school at Barrenjoey High School.[1] She earned a Bachelor of Arts in Human Movement from the University of Technology, Sydney after attending from 2006 to 2008.[1] As of 2012, she lives in Sydney.[1]
Curtis is 167 centimetres (66 in) tall and weighs 63 kilograms (139 lb).[1]
Sailing
Curtis is a sailor.[1] She started competing in the sport when she was eight years old, after having her parents expose her to it since she was a toddler.[1] She has been coached by Euan McNicol since 2010.[1] From 2008 to 2010, she was coached by Dayne Sharpe.[1] Her primary training base is Sydney, with a secondary training base in Weymouth.[1] She is a member of the Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club.[1] She has a sailing scholarship from the Australian Institute of Sport and New South Wales Institute of Sport.[1] Her national team debut was at the Harken International Match Racing Regatta when she was only fifteen years old.[1] In 2007 and 2008, she competed in the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race.[1] She was named that 2010 Australian Female Sailor of the Year.[1]
At the 2007 Women's Match Racing World Championships in St Quay, France, Curtis finished second.[1] Her teammates included Nicky Souter and Lucinda Whitty.[1] At the 2009 Women's Match Racing World Championships in Lysikil, Sweden, she earned a gold medal.[1]
In 2011, Curtis, Olivia Price and Lucinda Whitty formed their Elliott 6m team.[1][2] She competed in the Perth 2011 ISAF Sailing World Championships.[2] Her team finished eighth.[1][2] At ISAF Nations Cup Grand Final in Sheboygan, her team finished third in match racing.[1] At the 2011 Weymouth & Portland International Regatta in Weymouth, Great Britain, her team finished fifth in match racing.[1] At the 2011 European Championships in Helsinki, Finland, her team finished seventh in match racing.[1] At the 2012 ISAF Sailing World Cup in Weymouth, her team finished first.[2][3][4][5][6] At the 2012 ISAF Sailing World Cup in Miami, her team finished second.[2][5] At the 2012 ISAF Sailing World Cup in Spain, her team finished third.[2][5] She competed in the 2012 ISAF Women’s Match Racing World Championship in Gottenburg, Sweden.[7] Going into the event, her team was ranked sixth in the world.[2] With five wins and two losses, her team finished third in their group in the group stage.[7] This was her team's final competition before the Olympics.[2]
Curtis has been selected to represent Australia at the 2012 Summer Olympics in sailing.[1][2][6][8][9][10] She was named to the Elliott 6m team in June 2012.[2][9] In the lead up to the Olympic Games, she participated at a national team training camp at the Australian Institute of Sport's Italian training centre.[9]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 1.21 1.22 1.23 "London 2012 - Nina Curtis". Australia: Australian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2012-07-10.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 "ISAF Women's Match Racing World Championship - Aussies ready". Sail-World.com. Retrieved 2012-07-10.
- ↑ "Australian sailors win four gold medals on Olympic waters - Yacht & Boat". Yachtandboat.com.au. 2012-06-12. Retrieved 2012-07-10.
- ↑ "Games Course Suits Aussies". The Australian. Retrieved 2012-07-10.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 "ISAF Sailing World Cup standings - Australians top three classes". Sail-World.com. Retrieved 2012-07-10.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Olympic sailors eye record medal haul". Nine MSN. Retrieved 2012-07-10.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "ISAF Women's Match Racing World Championships - Through to next stage". Sail-World.com. Retrieved 2012-07-10.
- ↑ "ISAF Women's Match Racing World Championship - Off to a good start". Sail-World.com. Retrieved 2012-07-10.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Staff writer. "Olivia is setting sail for London Olympics - People - News - Inner West Courier". Inner-west-courier.whereilive.com.au. Retrieved 2012-07-10.
- ↑ "London 2012 Olympic Games - Aussie sailors aim to bash the Poms". Sail-World.com. Retrieved 2012-07-10.