The British Olympic Association (BOA) has today named the final three sailors officially selected to compete for Team GB at the London 2012 Olympic Games.
Stevie Morrison (born Eastbourne, lives Exmouth) and Ben Rhodes (born Southampton, lives Exmouth) will compete in the 49er class, while Alison Young (born Wolverhampton, lives Portland) will represent Team GB in the Laser Radial event. The addition of these three athletes completes the selection of a full complement of 16 sailors to compete across all ten events on the Olympic sailing programme at Weymouth and Portland this summer.
Morrison and Rhodes have been sailing together since 2001 and have both World and European titles to their names. They will be competing at their second Games, having made their Olympic debut in Beijing four years ago. Young, 24, will make her Olympic debut this summer after demonstrating great progression at senior level since winning a bronze medal at the ISAF World Youth Championships in 2005.
British sailors have established a proud tradition of excellence in Olympic competition, having won 50 medals – including 25 gold, the most of any nation – since sailing made its debut in the Olympic Games in 1900 in Paris.
The addition of the sailors brings the total number of athletes officially selected to Team GB for London 2012 to 79 across six disciplines: athletics – marathon, boxing, canoe slalom, sailing, swimming and synchronised swimming.
The athletes were formally nominated to the BOA for selection to Team GB by the Royal Yachting Association, the National Governing Body for sailing in the UK.
Team GB Chef de Mission Andy Hunt said:
Sailing Team Leader Stephen Park said:
Stevie Morrison said:
Ben Rhodes said:
Alison Young said: