Olivia Powrie

Olivia Powrie medal table
Olivia Powrie (2013)
sailing
New Zealand
Olympic games
gold	London 2012	470s
silver	Rio de Janeiro 2016	470s
World championships
silver	Medemblik 2010	470s
bronze	Perth 2011	470s
gold	La Rochelle 2013	470s
silver	Santander 2014	470s
silver	San Isidro 2016	470s

Olivia Elizabeth "Polly" Powrie , MNZM (born December 9, 1987 in Auckland ) is a former New Zealand sailor .

successes

Olivia Powrie, who sailed for the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron , took part in two Olympic Games with the 470 dinghy . In 2012 in London , she and Jo Aleh became Olympic champion with a total of 35 points ahead of the British and Dutch boats . At the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro , she won another medal with Jo Aleh. With 54 points they were beaten this time by the Britons Hannah Mills and Saskia Clark , but they kept all other competitors at a distance and thus won the silver medal. At world championships she won five medals with Jo Aleh with the 470 dinghy. In addition to a bronze medal and three silver medals, they became world champions in La Rochelle in 2013 . Powrie ended her athletic career in 2017.

At the end of 2012, like Aleh, she was named a member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for her Olympic success . In 2015 the World Sailing Association named Powrie and Aleh as World Sailors of the Year .

Web links

Commons : Olivia Powrie  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ New Year Honors List 2013. In: dpmc.govt.nz. December 31, 2012, accessed February 15, 2020 .