Sarah Anne Macky (born 13 January 1980) is a New Zealand former sailor, who specialized in the

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class. She scored top ten finishes on her signature boat in two editions of the Olympic Games (2000 and 2004), and also trained throughout most of her sailing career for Kohimarama Yacht Club, under the tutelage of her coach and former Olympian

Leslie Egnot Leslie Jean Egnot (born 28 February 1963 in Greenville, South Carolina) is an American-born yachtswoman who competed for New Zealand at two Olympic Games and won a silver medal, with Jan Shearer, at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spai ...

. Macky made her first New Zealand team at the

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in Sydney, finishing ninth in the

class with a net grade of 79. At the 2004 Summer Olympics in

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, Macky was nominated to the New Zealand sailing squad for the second time to compete in the

class by placing sixth and obtaining a berth from the 2003 ISAF World Championships in Cadiz, Spain. There, she improved upon her ninth-place feat from the previous Games to climb slightly in eighth position at the end of eleven-race series, collecting a net total of 91 points.

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* * * 1980 births Living people New Zealand female sailors (sport) Olympic sailors for New Zealand Sailors at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Europe Sailors at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Europe Sailors (sport) from Auckland {{NewZealand-yachtracing-bio-stub