Stuart McNay (born August 1, 1981 in Boston, Massachusetts) is an American sailor, who specialized in two-person dinghy (

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) class. He represented the United States, at four Olympics: two times partner

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, in 2008 and 2012 and twice with partner Dave Hughes in 2016 and 2020.

Background

Stu learned to race at Beverly Yacht Club in Marion, Massachusetts. He was a multi time All-American in collegiate sailing at Yale University. He has raced for the US Sailing Team since 2003. As of September 2014, McNay/Biehl were ranked sixth in the world for two-person dinghy class by the

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, following their successes at the North American Championships and ISAF Sailing World Cup Series in Miami, Florida, United States.

Olympic sailing

At the

2008 Olympic Games The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...

, McNay/Biehl finished thirteenth, edging out Israel's Gideon Kliger and Udi Gal. At the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

in London, McNay competed for the second time as a helmsman in the men's 470 class by finishing thirteenth and receiving a berth from the ISAF World Championships in Perth, Western Australia. Teaming again with Biehl, they finished fourteenth-place finish in fleet of twenty-seven boats. At the

2016 Olympic Games ) , nations = 207 (including IOA and EOR teams) , athletes = 11,238 , events = 306 in 28 sports (41 disciplines) , opening = 5 August 2016 , closing = 21 August 2016 , opened_by = Vice President Michel Temer , cauldron = Vanderlei Cordeiro d ...

in Rio McNay and Hughes finished 4th in the men's 470 class, with McNay as helmsman. At the

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in Tokyo McNay and Hughes finished 9th overall in the men's 470 class, with McNay as helmsman.

Other events

At the

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, McNay and his new partner David Hughes set a best career record with a fifth-place finish in the men's 470 class to secure their spot on the U.S. sailing team for the Olympics.

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