Stuart McNay

Stuart McNay
Personal information
Full name Stuart McNay
Nickname(s) Stu[1]
Nationality  United States
Born 1 August 1981
Boston, Massachusetts, United
States
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight 64 kg (141 lb)
Class(es) Dinghy
Club Beverly Yacht Club[1]
Coach Kevin Burnham[1]

Stuart McNay (born August 1, 1981 in Boston, Massachusetts) is an American sailor, who specialized in two-person dinghy (470) class.[1][2] He represented the United States, along with his partner Graham Biehl, in two editions of the Olympic Games (2008 and 2012), and has also been training for Beverly Yacht Club in Beverly, Massachusetts throughout most of his sporting career under his longtime coach and mentor Kevin Burnham.[1][3] As of September 2014, McNay is ranked sixth in the world for two-person dinghy class by the International Sailing Federation, following his successes at the North American Championships and ISAF Sailing World Cup Series in Miami, Florida, United States.[4]

McNay made his official debut at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he paired up with crew member Graham Biehl in the men's 470 class. The American duo finished thirteenth in a ten-round opening series with a net score of 105, edging out Israel's Gideon Kliger and Udi Gal by a tight, three-point gap from the final standings.[5][6]

At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, McNay competed for the second time as a helmsman in the men's 470 class by finishing thirteenth and receiving a berth from the ISAF World Championships in Perth, Western Australia.[7][8] Teaming again with Biehl in the opening series, the American duo sailed from behind to post a net score of 108 points and establish a satisfying fourteenth-place finish in fleet of twenty-seven boats.[9][10]

Two years later, at the 2014 ISAF Sailing World Championships, McNay and his new partner David Hughes set a best career record with a fifth-place finish in the men's 470 class to secure their spot on the U.S. sailing team for the Olympics.[11][12]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "Stuart McNay". London 2012. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
  2. ↑ "Stuart McNay". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
  3. ↑ "Meet the Team – Stuart McNay and Graham Biehl, Men’s 470". US Sailing. 1 August 2012. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
  4. ↑ "Shifty Winds in Miami, but French and British Still Lead". 470 World Championships. 30 January 2014. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
  5. ↑ "Men's 470 Class". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
  6. ↑ Bien, Louis (24 July 2012). "Team USA Sailing: Stu McNay Competes In 2nd Olympic Games". SB Nation. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
  7. ↑ "USA and Australia Dominate at Sail Melbourne". 470 World Championships. 14 November 2011. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
  8. ↑ "U.S. Olympic sailing team adds 8". Associated Press (ESPN). 22 December 2011. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
  9. ↑ "Men's 470". London 2012. Retrieved 27 November 2012.
  10. ↑ "Olympics 'Heck of a Wake-up Call' for U.S. Sailing". KNSD. 8 August 2012. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
  11. ↑ "ISAF Worlds, Day 9: US 470's Earn Career-Best Finishes, Paine (Finn) Goes Through to Medal Race". US Sailing. 19 September 2014. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
  12. ↑ "Aussies And Austrians Strike 470 Gold In Santander". ISAF. 20 September 2014. Retrieved 21 September 2014.

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