Freya Black
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| Nationality | British | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 22 May 2001 Redhill, Surrey, England | ||||||||||||||
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| Class | 49erFX | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Freya Black OLY (born 22 May 2001) is a British sailor who won a bronze medal at the 2024 49erFX European Championship. She represented Great Britain at the 2024 Summer Olympics.
Career
[edit]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]
At the Olympics in July 2024, Black and Tidey missed out on a place in the 10-boat medal race, finishing 16th.[16][17]
Personal life
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ "Today at the Games: July 31". British Sailing Team. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
- ^ "Paris 2024 Olympics – Sailing Day 4 – 49er and 49erFX Medal Race places decided". Sail Web. Retrieved 31 July 2024.