Michael Mackay McIntyre

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(born 29 June 1956) is a British

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, who was the Olympic champion in the

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class event at the

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in Seoul. He also competed at the

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in Los Angeles, and won multiple British Finn class championships. In 1989, McIntyre was awarded an

for services to yachting.

Career

At the age of 12, McIntyre was a Scottish schools swimming champion. He was a member of

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and

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Sailing Clubs. McIntyre won the British Finn class Championships in 1980, 1981, and 1984. McIntyre competed at the

in Los Angeles, finishing seventh in the Finn class. McIntyre competed at the

in Seoul and won a gold medal in the

class, together with

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. McIntyre was the skipper of the team, and the pair had been in fourth place going into the final race. The pair won the event after the American pair of Mark Reynolds and Hal Haenel had to retire in the final race due to a broken

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; the Canadian team who were ahead of the Britons also retired from the race, due to a damaged

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. It was the first Olympic Star class medal by a British team since

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, when Colin Ratsey and Peter Jaffe finished second in the event. McIntyre retired from sailing after the 1988 Olympics. In 2012, McIntyre made a one-off return to sailing for an event at the

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on the

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course. His race was ended by a collision with another yacht.

Personal life

McIntyre was born in

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, and his father was a

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. He grew up in

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, and attended Hermitage Academy, and later the

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. McIntyre later lived in

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, England, where he worked in

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. Despite living in England, McIntyre is an honorary president of Helensburgh Sailing Club in Scotland, and he is also a lifetime honorary member of the

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Sailing Club. McIntyre was appointed

in the

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, for services to yachting. McIntyre is married, and has multiple children. His daughter

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is a sailor, who won a gold medal in the

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event at the delayed

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:McIntyre, Michael British male sailors (sport) Sailors at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Finn Sailors at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Star Olympic sailors of Great Britain Olympic gold medallists for Great Britain Scottish Olympic medallists 1956 births Living people Members of the Order of the British Empire Sportspeople from Glasgow Olympic medalists in sailing Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Alumni of the University of Glasgow People educated at Hermitage Academy