Annalise Murphy (born 1 February 1990) is an Irish

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who won a silver medal in the

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. She competed at the

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2021, in

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Life

She is a native of a suburb of

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. Her mother Cathy McAleavy, competed as a sailor in the

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. competing in the 470 class at the Olympics in Seoul in 1988.

Career

Murphy competed at the

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in the Women's Laser Radial class. She won her first four days of sailing at the London Olympics and, on the fifth day, came in 8th and 19th position. On the sixth day of sailing, she came 2nd and 10th and slipped down to second, just one point behind the Belgian world number one. She was a very strong contender for the gold medal but in the medal race she was overtaken on the final leg by her competitors and finished in 4th, her personal best at a world-class regatta. Murphy won her first major medal at an international event when she won gold at the 2013 European Sailing Championship. She was nominated for the 2013 RTÉ Sports Person of the Year in December 2013. On 16 August 2016, Murphy won the silver medal in the

at the

. In December 2016, she was honoured as the Irish Times/Sport Ireland 2016 Sportswoman of the Year. In 2017, Annalise Murphy was chosen as the grand marshal of the Dublin St Patrick's Day parade in recognition of her achievement at the Rio Olympics.

Volvo Ocean Race 2017-18

In a change of career direction, Annalise joined Dee Cafari's team competing as a team member on a Volvo 65 yacht.

Significant results

2016: Summer Olympics, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – 2013: European Championships, Dublin, Ireland – 2012: Summer Olympics, London, UK – 4th 2011: World Championships, Perth, Australia – 6th 2010: Skandia

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regatta – 10th 2010: Became the first woman to win the Irish National Championships. 2009: World Championships – 8th

Television and radio

On 11 August 2012, Murphy was a guest on ''

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''. On 15 May 2013, she was a guest on ''

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'' on

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, and was interviewed by Alan Hughes on

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's ''

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''. She appeared on '' The Late Late Show'' on 2 September 2016.

References

External links

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1990 births Living people Irish female sailors (sport) Olympic sailors for Ireland Olympic medalists in sailing Olympic silver medalists for Ireland Sailors at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Laser Radial Sailors at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Laser Radial Sailors at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Laser Radial Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from County Dublin Volvo Ocean Race sailors People educated at The High School, Dublin Alumni of University College Dublin People from Rathfarnham Sportspeople from South Dublin (county) 21st-century Irish sportswomen {{Ireland-yachtracing-bio-stub