Saskia Tidey (born 11 June 1993 in Dublin) is an Irish sailor, who has represented both Ireland and Great Britain in international sailing regattas. She represented Ireland at the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...

in the 49er FX class. In January 2017, Tidey confirmed that she hoped to represent Great Britain at the

2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ...

due to the retirement of sailing partner Andrea Brewster and the unavailability of another suitable partner in Ireland for the 49er FX skiff event. She qualified to represent Great Britain through her British born father Don Tidey. On 1 October, the British Olympic Association confirmed that Tidey had been selected to represent Great Britain at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the 49er FX Skiff class alongside Charlotte Dobson. They finished 6th in their event in Tokyo

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* 1993 births Living people Irish female sailors (sport) British female sailors (sport) Olympic sailors for Ireland Olympic sailors for Great Britain Sailors at the 2016 Summer Olympics – 49er FX Sailors at the 2020 Summer Olympics – 49er FX People educated at Rathdown School Sportspeople from County Dublin {{Ireland-yachtracing-bio-stub