Bryony Shaw
| Medal record | ||
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Representing  Great Britain
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| Sailing | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
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2008 Beijing | Sailboard |
| World Championships | ||
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2013 Buzios | Women's RS:X |
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2015 Muscat | Women's RS:X |
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2016 Eilat | Women's RS:X |
| European Championships | ||
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2015 Sicily | Women's RS:X |
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2006 Alacati | Women's RS:X |
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2012 Tel Aviv | Women's RS:X |
Bryony Elisabeth Shaw (born 28 April 1983, Wandsworth) is a British windsurfer.
Early life
She first began windsurfing in the south of France in 1992. She attended Cheney Upper School on Cheney Lane near Headington in Oxford gaining A levels in Art, Maths and Biology, where her father had been teaching Business Studies for PhD at Oxford Brookes University. She had windsurfed on Farmoor Reservoir to the west of Oxford. She went to Cardiff University to study Architecture where she stayed for a year before committing to windsurfing full-time in 2005.[1]
Windsurfing
She won the bronze medal in the women's RS:X class at the 2008 Summer Olympics, the first ever women's windsurfing medal for the British Olympic team. She trains at the Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy.
Shaw won silver at the 2013, 2015 & 2016 RS:X World Championships, and 5th at the 2014 ISAF Sailing World Championships.[2]
- 2008 Summer Olympic regatta
| Points | |||||||||||||
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| Race | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Medal race | Net | Position |
| 4 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 45 | 
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See also
- Nick Dempsey, another Olympic windsurfer from Weymouth
References
- ^ "Bryony Shaw, Sailor biography". ISAF. Retrieved 20 August 2008.
- ^ "RS:X - Women - Overall Results". Beijing Olympics 2008. ISAF. Retrieved 20 August 2008.
External links
- English female sailors (sport)
- English windsurfers
- Olympic bronze medallists for Great Britain
- Olympic sailors of Great Britain
- Sailors at the 2008 Summer Olympics – RS:X
- Sailors at the 2012 Summer Olympics – RS:X
- Sailors at the 2016 Summer Olympics – RS:X
- Living people
- 1983 births
- People from Weymouth, Dorset
- Alumni of Cardiff University
- Olympic medalists in sailing
- Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- People educated at Cheney School