Hannah Snellgrove
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | British |
| Born | 9 July 1990[1] Lymington, Hampshire, England[1] |
| Sailing career | |
| Class | ILCA 6 |
Hannah Snellgrove (born 9 July 1990) is a British sailor who has represented her country at multiple world championships in the ILCA 6 class and has been selected for the 2024 Summer Olympics.
Career
Snellgrove started sailing aged seven at the Salterns club in Lymington as a way of skipping traditional sports in PE sessions.[1] She joined the British Sailing Team in 2011[1] but missed out on selection for the 2012 Summer Olympics and then, just weeks after the 2014 Sailing World Championships, she was dropped from the national squad.[2]
During the next four years she self-funded her career through performing with her folk band named Bimbling, sailing coaching and working as a reporter at a local newspaper.[1]
Snellgrove crowdfunded to pay for a new boat - raising £7,000 in just three weeks - and found new sponsors before taking part in the 2018 Sailing World Championships in Aarhus, Denmark, where she impressed the selectors enough to get back on the British team.[2]
At the 2019 Women's ILCA 6 World Championship in Japan, Snellgrove secured her best finish to date at the global event coming seventh.[3] However, she missed out on selection for the 2020 Summer Olympics.[2]
In 2022, Snellgrove suffered a back injury which left her considering retirement, but she bounced back to finish 11th at the 2023 Sailing World Championships in The Hague, Netherlands, to secure Great Britain a quota spot for the 2024 Summer Olympics.[4][5]
She finished 10th at the next edition of the Women's ILCA 6 World Championship in Mar del Plata, Argentina, in January 2024[6][7] and the following month was officially named in the team for the Paris Olympics.[8][9]
Personal life
Snellgrove studied Natural Sciences at Gonville and Caius College at the University of Cambridge[2] achieving a first-class degree.[4]
References
- ^ a b c d e "Team GB profile of Hannah Snellgrove". Team GB. Retrieved 2024-06-09.
- ^ a b c d "Paris Olympics 2024: Sailor Hannah Snellgrove on verge of Olympics after series of setbacks". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2024-06-09.
- ^ "HANNAH SNELLGROVE – FOLK SINGER, CAMBRIDGE GRADUATE AND PARIS 2024 SAILING HOPEFUL TALKS TO OLYMPICS.COM". olympics.com. Retrieved 2024-06-09.
- ^ a b "Hannah Snellgrove earns Team GB a spot at Olympics". Bournemouth Echo. Retrieved 2024-06-09.
- ^ "Sailor Snellgrove books Britain a spot at Paris 2024". Lancashire Telegraph. Retrieved 2024-06-11.
- ^ "Snellgrove scores top 10 finish at ILCA 6 World Championship". Sail World. Retrieved 2024-06-09.
- ^ "Snellgrove scores top 10 finish at ILCA 6 World Championship". Yachts and Yachting. Retrieved 2024-06-11.
- ^ "Paris Olympics 2024: Hannah Snellgrove named as 11th sailor for Team GB". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2024-06-09.
- ^ "Hannah Snellgrove named for Team GB at Paris Olympic 2024". Sail Web. Retrieved 2024-06-11.