Krystal Weir (born 15 January 1985) is an Australian sailor. She finished tenth at the 2008 Summer Olympics.[1] She was selected to represent Australia at the 2012 Summer Olympics in sailing in the Women's Laser Radial class event, where she finished in twelfth.[1]
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| Nationality | Australian | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 15 January 1985 Melbourne, Victoria | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 168 cm (5 ft 6 in) (2012) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 65 kg (143 lb) (2012) | ||||||||||||||
| Website | www | ||||||||||||||
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| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Sailing | ||||||||||||||
| Event | Laser Radial | ||||||||||||||
| Sailing career | |||||||||||||||
| Club | Sandringham Yacht Club | ||||||||||||||
| Coach | Laura Baldwin and Lex Bertrand | ||||||||||||||
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| Regional finals | Catholic | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Personal
editWeir was born on 15 January 1985 in Melbourne, Victoria[2][3] and spent her childhood in Victoria.[3][4] As of 2012[update], she lives in Melbourne, Victoria.[2][3]
Weir is 168 centimetres (5 ft 6 in) tall and weighs 65 kilograms (143 lb).[2]
Sailing
editWeir is a sailor[2] and has been described by as "Australia's glamour girl in the world of sailing".[5] She started sailing as an eleven-year-old at the Elwood Sailing Club.[3] She was coached by Lex Bertrand[5][6] and is now coached by Laura Baldwin who became her coach in 2011.[6] She has a sailing scholarship with the Victorian Institute of Sport,[5][6][7] and is a member of the Sandringham Yacht Club.[6] Part of her past training included being thrown overboard by her then coach into Port Phillip Bay.[5][6] It also included trying to collect tennis balls, ping pong balls and straws that were thrown into the water by her coach while not tipping her boat over.[5][6] She arrived in London a month before the start of the Games in order to better prepare.[3][6][7]
Weir won a World Championship[8] in 2004 in the Laser Radial class.[6] She competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the three-crew Yngling team, where she finished tenth alongside teammates Karyn Gojnich and Angela Farrell.[5][6][7] She originally was not named to the team, only making the event after another sailor injured herself in a mountain biking accident.[6]
At the 2011 ISAF Sailing World Cup in Melbourne, Weir finished third.[9] In 2012, she spent three months competing in Europe.[7] At the 2012 ISAF Sailing World Cup in the Netherlands, she came in first in round five in the Laser Radial class.[9] At a 2012 ISAF Sailing World Cup event, she came in second.[9] At the 2012 Skandia Sail for Gold Regatta, she finished eighth in the Women's Laser Radial class.[4]
Weir was selected to represent Australia at the 2012 Summer Olympics in sailing in the Women's Laser Radial class event.[2][3][5][7][10]
References
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- ^ a b "Krystal Weir Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
- ^ a b c d e "London 2012 - Krystal Weir". Australia: Australian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
- ^ a b c d e f "The Road to London: Krystal Weir, Olympic sailing champion -". ABC Victoria — Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). 20 June 2012. Archived from the original on 20 April 2014. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
- ^ a b "Australian sailors win four gold medals on Olympic waters — Yacht & Boat". Yachtandboat.com.au. 12 June 2012. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
- ^ a b c d e f g Langmaid, Aaron (4 July 2012). "Krystal Weir clear on golden goal". News.com.au. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j King, Simon (7 July 2012). "Sailor takes rocky road to golden waters". Sydney: The Australian. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
- ^ a b c d e Fisher, Jan (2 July 2012). "Smooth sailing on Olympic journey — Local News — News — General". Melbourne Weekly Bayside. Archived from the original on 31 December 2012. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
- ^ "Olympic sailors eye record medal haul". Nine MSN. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
- ^ a b c "ISAF Sailing World Cup standings — Australians top three classes". Sail-World.com. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
- ^ "London 2012 Olympic Games — Aussie sailors aim to bash the Poms". Sail-World.com. Retrieved 11 July 2012.