Freya Black
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| Nationality | British | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 22 May 2001 Redhill, Surrey, England | ||||||||||||||
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| Class | 49erFX | ||||||||||||||
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Freya Black (born 22 May 2001) is a British sailor who won a bronze medal at the 2024 49erFX European Championship. She has been selected to represent Great Britain at the 2024 Summer Olympics.
Career
Having got her first taste of sailing with her two older sisters at the age of nine,[1] Black had a stellar junior career which included becoming a national and European champion.[1][2]
In 2022 she moved into the senior ranks and was paired with Saskia Tidey in the women's 49erFX.[1][3]
The duo won gold at the Lanzarote International Regatta in February 2023.[4][5] They then finished fifth at the 2023 Sailing World Championships in The Hague, Netherlands, during the following month in a result which qualified the boat for the 2024 Summer Olympics.[1][2][6]
In October 2023, Black's place at the Olympics in Paris was officially confirmed when the Great Britain sailing squad was announced by Team GB.[7][8][9]
In February 2024, Black was named in the Athena Pathway team for the inaugural Women's America's Cup to be held in Barcelona, Spain, in September and October that year.[10][11]
Alongside Tidey, she came 14th at 49erFX World Championship in Lanzarote, Spain, in March 2024.[12][13]
Black won her first major senior medal in May 2024, when she and Tidey took bronze at the 49erFX European Championship in La Grande-Motte, France.[14][15]
Personal life
Black is a philosophy, politics and economics student at the University of Exeter but paused her studies to focus on her Olympic ambitions.[1][2]
References
- ^ a b c d e "Team GB profile of Freya Black". Team GB. Retrieved 2024-06-08.
- ^ a b c "Meet the Team - Freya Black". British Sailing Team. Retrieved 2024-06-08.
- ^ "Dun Laoghaire Two-Time Olympian Saskia Tidey Announces Paris 49erFX Campaign with Team GB". Afloat. Retrieved 2024-06-08.
- ^ "Tidey and Black Win their First 49erFX Gold Together in Lanzarote". Afloat. Retrieved 2024-06-08.
- ^ "Lanzarote International Regatta - Day 4". Sail World. Retrieved 2024-06-11.
- ^ "2023 World Championships – 49er and 49erFX Titles for Holland and Sweden". Sail Web. Retrieved 2024-06-08.
- ^ "Team GB reveals first athletes for Paris 2024". Team GB. Retrieved 2024-06-08.
- ^ "Paris 2024 Olympics: Team GB reveals 10-strong sailing team". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2024-06-08.
- ^ "Great Britain announce sailing team for Paris 2024". olympics.com. Retrieved 2024-06-11.
- ^ "Sailing: British team announced for first ever Women's America's Cup". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2024-06-08.
- ^ "British team for the Women's and Youth America's Cup announce sailing squad and major new sponsorship from Cobham-Ultra". Athena Pathway. Retrieved 2024-06-08.
- ^ "49er/49erFX Worlds – Britain close but fail to medal again". Sail Web. Retrieved 2024-06-08.
- ^ "GRUMMETT AND HAWES SCOOP SENSATIONAL 4TH AT 49ER WORLDS". British Sailing. Retrieved 2024-06-11.
- ^ "Freya Black wins first major medal as countdown to 2024 Olympics in Paris continues". Kent Online. Retrieved 2024-06-08.
- ^ "Championship glory for Belgium, Uruguay and Great Britain". 49.org. Retrieved 2024-06-11.