Andrew Palfrey
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nickname | Dog |
| Born | 26 January 1967 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) |
| Weight | 96 kg (212 lb) |
| Sailing career | |
| Class | Keelboat |
| Club |
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Andrew Palfrey (born 26 January 1967) is a professional Australian sailor and Olympian competing in 2008 games men's keelboat class the (Star).[2]
Olympic sailing
[edit]Together with his partner and America's World Cup competitor Iain Murray, he was named one of the country's top sailors in the all-male keelboat for the 2008 Summer Olympics, finishing in a distant fourteenth position. A full-time of the Royal Prince Alfred Yacht Club in Sydney, Palfrey trained for the Games under the tutelage of his Irish-born coach Euan McNichol.[3]
Palfrey competed for the Australian sailing squad, as a 41-year-old crew member in the Star class, at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.[4][5] Leading up to their maiden Games, he and 50-year-old skipper Murray secured the Australians a definite top-nine finish in their respective boat at the 2007 ISAF Worlds in Cascais, Portugal.[6] The Australian duo stormed from behind at the very start to a fantastic runner-up finish in the midway of the series, before a streak of substandard outcomes in heavy winds, however, sent both Palfrey and Murray to the back of the 16-boat fleet. They sailed powerfully to eighth on the final leg, but their overall score was not enough to let the Aussies enter into the medal race, sitting them in a lowly fourteenth position with 96 net points.[7]
Andrew is a multiple world Champion in the Etchells Class, having won with Cameron Miles in 2000 and then again with John Betrand and Tom Slingsby 10 years later in 2010.
He coached the Swedish America's Cup Team, Artemis Racing for the 2013 America's Cup in San Francisco.
He won the 5.5 world Championships in 2022 with peter Morton, and in the same class won the 2022 Scandinavian Gold Cup representing Great Britain.
Andrew now sails professionally around the world and coaches many high profile professional teams. He has secured multiple world championships wins as sailor and coach and is highly sought after for his unique skills, sailing ability and technical analysis.
References
[edit]- ^ "Andrew PALFREY Profile & Bio, Photos & Videos". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 20 July 2012.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Andrew Palfrey". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
- ^ Coomber, John (22 May 2008). "Mid-life crisis? Iain Murray hitches himself to a Star". www.theroar.com.au. The Roar. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
- ^ "Australian Olympic Sailing Team Announced". World Sailing. 18 October 2007. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
- ^ "Aussie sailors set to dominate". World Sailing. 25 July 2008. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
- ^ "Slingsby wins world Laser championship in Portugal". The Australian. 11 July 2007. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
- ^ "Beijing 2008: Men's Star Class". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 14 July 2012. Retrieved 5 September 2013.
External links
[edit]- Official website
- Andrew Palfrey at World Sailing
- Andrew Palfrey at Olympics.com
- Andrew Palfrey at Olympedia
- Andrew Palfrey at the Australian Olympic Committee
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- 1967 births
- Living people
- Australian male sailors (sport)
- Sailors (sport) from Melbourne
- Olympic sailors for Australia
- Sailors at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Star
- 5.5 Metre class world champions
- Etchells class world champions
- World champions in sailing for Australia
- Sportsmen from Victoria (state)
- Australian yacht racing biography stubs