Stuart McNay

Stuart McNay
Personal information
Full name Stuart McNay
Nickname(s) Stu[1]
Nationality  United States
Born (1981-08-01) 1 August 1981
Boston, Massachusetts, United
States
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight 64 kg (141 lb)
Sailing career
Class(es) Dinghy
Club Beverly Yacht Club and New York Yacht Club[1]
Coach Jay Kehoe, Zack Leonard, Nigel Cochrane, Morgan Reeser, Luther Carpenter[1]

Stuart McNay (born August 1, 1981 in Boston, Massachusetts) is an American sailor, who specialized in two-person dinghy (470) class.[1][2] He represented the United States, at three Olympics: two times partner Graham Biehl, in 2008 and 2012 and once with partner Dave Hughes. Stu learned to race at Beverly Yacht Club in Marion, Massachusetts. He was a multi time All-American in collegiate sailing at Yale University. He has raced for the US Sailing Team since 2003.[1][3] As of September 2014, McNay/Biehl were ranked sixth in the world for two-person dinghy class by the International Sailing Federation, following their successes at the North American Championships and ISAF Sailing World Cup Series in Miami, Florida, United States.[4]

At the 2008 Olympic Games, McNay/Biehl finished thirteenth, edging out Israel's Gideon Kliger and Udi Gal.[5][6]

At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, McNay competed for the second time as a helmsman in the men's 470 class by finishing thirteenth and receiving a berth from the ISAF World Championships in Perth, Western Australia.[7][8] Teaming again with Biehl, they finished fourteenth-place finish in fleet of twenty-seven boats.[9][10]

Two years later, at the 2014 ISAF Sailing World Championships, McNay and his new partner David Hughes set a best career record with a fifth-place finish in the men's 470 class to secure their spot on the U.S. sailing team for the Olympics.[11][12]

McNay and Hughes finished 4th in the 2016 Olympics Games in Rio.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Stuart McNay". London 2012. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
  2. ↑ "Stuart McNay". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
  3. ↑ "Meet the Team – Stuart McNay and Graham Biehl, Men's 470". US Sailing. 1 August 2012. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
  4. ↑ "Shifty Winds in Miami, but French and British Still Lead". 470 World Championships. 30 January 2014. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
  5. ↑ "Men's 470 Class". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
  6. ↑ Bien, Louis (24 July 2012). "Team USA Sailing: Stu McNay Competes In 2nd Olympic Games". SB Nation. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
  7. ↑ "USA and Australia Dominate at Sail Melbourne". 470 World Championships. 14 November 2011. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
  8. ↑ "U.S. Olympic sailing team adds 8". Associated Press. ESPN. 22 December 2011. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
  9. ↑ "Men's 470". London 2012. Retrieved 27 November 2012.
  10. ↑ "Olympics 'Heck of a Wake-up Call' for U.S. Sailing". KNSD. 8 August 2012. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
  11. ↑ "ISAF Worlds, Day 9: US 470's Earn Career-Best Finishes, Paine (Finn) Goes Through to Medal Race". US Sailing. 19 September 2014. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
  12. ↑ "Aussies And Austrians Strike 470 Gold In Santander". ISAF. 20 September 2014. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
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