Shirley Robertson
Medal record
Women's sailing
Representing  Great Britain
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place2000 SydneyEurope class
Gold medal – first place2004 AthensYngling class
World Championships
Silver medal – second place1993 KaløvigEurope class
Silver medal – second place1998 TravemündeEurope class
Silver medal – second place2000 Salvador da BahiaEurope class
Bronze medal – third place1999 MorningtonEurope class
Bronze medal – third place2007 CascalsYngling class
European Championships
Silver medal – second place1999 Hayling IslandEurope class

Shirley Ann Robertson, OBE DL (born 15 July 1968) is a British sailor and Olympic gold medallist. She made it into the history books by becoming the first British woman to win an Olympic gold medal at consecutive games, Sydney 2000 and Athens 2004.

She won her first Olympic gold medal in the Europe class at the 2000 Summer Olympics. In the 2004 Summer Olympics, her crew in the Yngling class clinched the gold medal with one race to spare.[1]

Shirley was named female World Sailor of the Year by the International Sailing Federation in 2000, and was appointed an MBE in 2000 and an OBE in 2005.

In January 2006 she became the regular presenter of Mainsail, a CNN monthly program devoted to the sailing world. She was also a commentator for the BBC's sailing coverage at the 2008 Summer Olympics. She commentated on the sailing from Weymouth for the BBC in the 2012 Olympic Games.

Personal life

Shirley was born in Dundee, but spent her early life in Menstrie in central Scotland.

Shirley married Jamie Boag in June 2006 They currently live in Cowes, on the Isle of Wight. She also has twins called Annabel and Killian

References

  1. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Shirley Robertson". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016.


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