Olivia Price (born 2 August 1992) is an Australian sailor. She represented Australia at the 2012 Summer Olympics in sailing, and won a silver medal.[1]
 Nina Curtis and Olivia Price (on the right) at the Welcome Home parade in Sydney | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Australian |
| Born | 2 August 1992 Sydney |
| Height | 164 cm (65 in) (2012) |
| Weight | 68 kg (150 lb) (2012) |
| Sport | |
| Country | Australia |
| Sport | Sailing |
| Event | Elliott 6m — Women |
Medal record | |
Personal life
editPrice was born on 2 August 1992 in Sydney[2] and is from Drummoyne.[3] She attended Drummoyne Public School before going to high school at St Catherines School then Sydney Distance Education High School.[2] She chose distance education in order to allow herself more time to compete and train, finally earning her HSC in 2011.[2] As of 2012[update], she lives in Sydney,[2] and is part of The University of Sydney's Elite Athlete Program.[1]
Price is 164 centimetres (65 in) tall and weighs 68 kilograms (150 lb).[2]
Sailing
editPrice is a sailor, serving as a bowman and skipper.[2] She has been coached by Euan McNicol since 2010.[2] Her primary training base is Sydney, with a secondary training base in Weymouth.[2] She is a member of the Middle Harbour Yacht Club.[2] She has a sailing scholarship from the Australian Institute of Sport and New South Wales Institute of Sport.[2]
In 2008, as a sixteen-year-old, Price started competing in the ISAF World Cup Women's Match Racing Tour where she was the youngest woman in the competition, a title she held into 2012.[2] She was ranked the ISAF Women's World Ranking's number one bowman in 2010.[2] In 2010, as a crew member, she came in first at the 2010 Australian National Open Match Racing Champion and, as skipper, came in first at the 2010 Australian Women's Match Racing Champion.[2] At 2010 ISAF Sail for Gold World Cup in Weymouth, she earned a gold medal.[2] At the ISAF 2010 Women's Match Racing World Championships in Newport, Rhode Island, her team finished third.[2] In the Women's Match Racing Team category for the ISAF World Ranking List, her team was ranked first in 2010.[2]
In 2011, Price, Nina Curtis, and Lucinda Whitty formed their Elliott 6m team,[2][4] skippering the team from the start.[2] She competed in the Perth 2011 ISAF Sailing World Championships.[4] Her team finished eighth.[4] At ISAF Nations Cup Grand Final in Sheboygan, her team finished third in match racing.[2] At the 2011 Weymouth & Portland International Regatta in Weymouth, Great Britain, her team finished fifth in match racing.[2] At the 2011 European Championships in Helsinki, Finland, her team finished seventh in match racing.[2] At the 2012 ISAF Sailing World Cup in Weymouth, her team finished first.[4][5][6][7][8] At the 2012 ISAF Sailing World Cup in Miami, her team finished second.[4][7] At the 2012 ISAF Sailing World Cup in Spain, her team finished third.[4][7] She competed in the 2012 ISAF Women's Match Racing World Championship in Gottenburg, Sweden.[9] Going into the event, her team was ranked sixth in the world.[4] With five wins and two losses, her team finished third in their group in the group stage.[9] This was her team's final competition before the Olympics.[4]
Price has been selected to represent Australia at the 2012 Summer Olympics in sailing[2][4][10][11] as the team's skipper.[3][8] She was named to the Elliott 6m team in June 2012.[3][4] She was the youngest member of Australia's sailing team.[3] In the lead up to the Olympic Games, she participated at a national team training camp at the Australian Institute of Sport's Italian training centre.[3] She went into London knowing that if she earned a medal, she would be the youngest female ever to earn one in the event.[2]
She was not selected for the 49erFX class at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro and took a five-year break from sailing.[12]
Price teamed up with Evie Haseldine in September 2021.[12] Together they finished 10th sailing in the 49erFX class at the Olympic Test Event, held in Marseille in July 2023.[13] Coached by Victor Paya, they subsequently won bronze at the 2023 Sailing World Championships, winning Australia a place in the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.[14]
References
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- ^ a b "Medal madness for University of Sydney". The University of Sydney. 13 August 2012. Retrieved 14 August 2012.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w "London 2012 - Olivia Price". Australia: Australian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
- ^ a b c d e Staff writer. "Olivia is setting sail for London Olympics — People — News — Inner West Courier". Inner-west-courier.whereilive.com.au. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "ISAF Women's Match Racing World Championship — Aussies ready". Sail-World.com. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
- ^ "Australian sailors win four gold medals on Olympic waters — Yacht & Boat". Yachtandboat.com.au. 12 June 2012. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
- ^ "Games Course Suits Aussies". The Australian. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
- ^ a b c "ISAF Sailing World Cup standings — Australians top three classes". Sail-World.com. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
- ^ a b "Olympic sailors eye record medal haul". Wwos.ninemsn.com.au. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
- ^ a b "ISAF Women's Match Racing World Championships — Through to next stage". Sail-World.com. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
- ^ "ISAF Women's Match Racing World Championship — Off to a good start". Sail-World.com. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
- ^ "London 2012 Olympic Games — Aussie sailors aim to bash the Poms". Sail-World.com. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
- ^ a b "'Now or never': Unlikely duo gunning for Paris 2024". wwos.nine.com.au. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
- ^ "2023 Olympic Test Event, Marseille". Cruising Yacht Club of Australia. 17 July 2023. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
- ^ "Australian Sailing Team at Allianz Sailing World Championships - Day 8". www.sail-world.com. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
