Alex Maloney

Alex Maloney
Alex Maloney (2016)
Nationality:	New Zealand
Birthday:	March 19, 1992
Place of birth:	California , United States
Size:	158 cm
Weight:	56 kg
Society:	Murrays Bay Sailing Club (MBSC)
Boat classes:	Optimist , 49erFX
Medal table
Olympic games 1 × 0 × 0 × World championships 1 × 0 × 1 ×
Olympic games gold Rio de Janeiro 2016 49erFX  Sailing world championships gold Marseille 2013 49erFX bronze Postage 2017 49erFX

Alexandra Maria "Alex" Maloney (born March 19, 1992 in California , United States ) is a New Zealand sailor .

successes

Alex Maloney took part in the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro with Molly Meech in the boat class 49erFX . In the final medal race , the two New Zealanders were one of four boats that made the four top placements among themselves. With a second place Maloney and Meech secured the silver medal behind Martine Grael and Kahena Kunze and ahead of Jena Hansen and Katja Salskov-Iversen . At world championships she became world champion with Molly Meech in Marseille in 2013 and also won the bronze medal with her in Porto in 2017 . In the boat class Optimist , she was third in the 2007 World Championship in Cagliari .

Her father Jim and her brother Andy are also sailors.

Web links

Commons : Alex Maloney  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Alex Maloney in the database of World Sailing (English)
• Alex Maloney in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Alex Maloney at the New Zealand Olympic Committee (English)