Kate MacGregor (born 12 January 1991) is an English

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. She was born in

Poole Poole () is a coastal town and seaport on the south coast of England in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole unitary authority area in Dorset, England. The town is east of Dorchester, Dorset, Dorchester and adjoins Bournemouth to the east ...

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. , MacGregor is tall and weighs . She is a member of Poole Yacht Club and is coached by Maurice Paardenkooper. She studied for a Business degree at

Southampton Solent University Southampton Solent University (formerly and commonly known as Solent University) is a public university based in Southampton, United Kingdom. It has approximately 10,500 students (2019/20). Its main campus is located on East Park Terrace near ...

but put her studies on hold to focus on her sailing career. She won a gold medal at the

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held in

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, Australia. In 2010, MacGregor teamed up with her older sister

Lucy MacGregor Lucy MacGregor (born 28 November 1986) is an English sailor. She was born in Poole, Dorset. , MacGregor is tall and weighs . She attended Bournemouth School for Girls and is a member of Poole Yacht Club. She started sailing at the age of six ...

Annie Lush Annie Lush (born 11 April 1980) is an English sailor. She was born in Poole, Dorset. , Lush is tall and weighs . Lush attended Cambridge University, where she was awarded Blues in rowing, sailing and rugby. Lush was a candidate for selection ...

and Mary Rook to win gold at the ISAF women's match racing World Championship in

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, United States. The British crew won the final 3–2 over an American team helmed by two-time world title-winner

Sally Barkow Sally Barkow (born 10 July 1980) is an American Olympic sailor. She won the 2004 and 2005 ISAF Women's Match Racing World Championship, is a three-time winner of the International Women's Keelboat Championship, and competed at the 2008 Summer Oly ...

. At the 2011 Sailing World Championships in

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, Australia, MacGregor reached the final of the match-racing event, as part of a crew with Lush and Lucy MacGregor, where they were beaten 4–0 by the United States boat skippered by

Anna Tunnicliffe Anna Tunnicliffe Tobias (born October 17, 1982) is an American sailor and CrossFit competitor. In 2008 she won an Olympic gold medal in the Laser Radial single handed sailing class. In 2009 and 2011, she won the ISAF Sailing World Cup in Lase ...

. The three won a gold medal at the 2011 World Cup event in

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, France by beating Barkow's crew 3–0 in the final. MacGregor was selected to compete for

Great Britain at the 2012 Summer Olympics Great Britain and Northern Ireland, represented by the British Olympic Association (BOA), competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom, from 27 July to 12 August 2012 as the host nation and the team of selected athletes was o ...

in the newly created Elliott 6 metres match-racing event. She will compete alongside her sister

and

. Together the three are nicknamed the "Match Race Girls". The event took place at the

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with the round robin group stage being held from 29 July to 4 August 2012. They were defeated in the quarter finals of the

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by the Russian team.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:MacGregor, Kate 1991 births Living people English female sailors (sport) Sportspeople from Poole Alumni of Southampton Solent University Extreme Sailing Series sailors Olympic sailors for Great Britain Sailors at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Elliott 6m 21st-century English sportswomen