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Allison Shreeve

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Shreeve takes a break from training.

Allison Shreeve (born February 5, 1982) is an Australian Olympic athlete who was the Formula World Windsurfing Champion in 2005.

At Port Macquarie High School she demonstrated a high level of performance in track and field atheletics to win many titles and records at local, zone, regional, and state levels. But In 1997, Shreeve chose windsurfing as her summer program sport and found her niche. She was coached by Mark Jordan to win the Australian youth champion title several times, and in the 2000 World Youth Championships, she won the silver medal in the Olympic Mistral One Design class.

Professional Status

  • Member of Australian National Olympic Squad
  • Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder 2004-06
  • New South Wales Institute of Sport Scholarship holder 1998-2005
  • Member of the ISAF (international Sailing Federation) testing team to choose the new board for the 2008 Olympics
  • Part of the international racing and development teams for Neil Pryde, F2, Deboichet

Sporting Achievemenets

  • Australian Female Sailor of the Year 2006 (http://www.yachting.org.au/default.asp?Page=24087)
  • Ranked number 1 in the World in Formula Windsurfing
  • Formula Windsurfing World Champion 2005
  • New World Speed Record (A Class) of 27.7 knots
  • Ranked number 1 in Olympic and Formula class in Australia
  • Olympic RS-X class Oceanic Champion 2006
  • Formula and Slalom class Oceanic and Formula champion 2005
  • Australian National Formula Champion 2005 and 2006

Trivia