| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nickname | Lu |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Born | 9 November 1989 Sydney |
| Height | 167 cm (66 in) (2012) |
| Weight | 63 kg (139 lb) (2012) |
| Sport | |
| Country | Australia |
| Sport | Sailing |
| Event | Elliott 6m — Women |
Medal record | |
Lucinda Whitty (born 9 November 1989) is an Australian sailor. She represented Australia at the 2012 Summer Olympics in sailing.
Nicknamed Lu, Whitty was born on 9 November 1989 in Sydney. [1] Jeremy Whitty is her father and has competed in several sailing races. [1] She has siblings and they are active in competitive sailing. [1] She attended Lane Cove Public School before going to high school at SCEGGS Darlinghurst. [1] She enrolled at the University of Technology, Sydney in 2008 and as of 2012 was working on a Bachelor of Business. [1] As of 2012 [update], she lives in Sydney. [1]
Whitty is 167 centimetres (66 in) tall and weighs 63 kilograms (139 lb). [1]
Whitty is a sailor, acting as a bowman. [1] As a five-year-old, she started participating in the sport. [1] The boat she competes in is Only Racing and is operated by teammate Olivia Price. [1] Her primary training base is Sydney, with a secondary training base in Weymouth. [1] She is a member of the Middle Harbour Yacht Club. [1] She has a sailing scholarship from the Australian Institute of Sport and New South Wales Institute of Sport. [1]
Whitty made her Australian national team debut at the 2007 Youth Olympic Festival. [1] At the 2009 ISAF Women's Match Racing Championship, she came in first. [1] She competed in the 2009 ISAF Match Racing World Championships with Nicky Souter, and came away with a first-place finish. [1] In 2010, she was named the Australian Female of the Year Sailor. [1] The same year, she earned the title of Australian University Female Sportswoman of the year and the 2010 Female Sailor of the Year. [1]
In 2011, Whitty, Nina Curtis and Olivia Price formed their Elliott 6m team in response to an announcement that the class of boat would be an Olympic event in London. [1] [2] She competed in the Perth 2011 ISAF Sailing World Championships. [2] Her team finished eighth. [2] At ISAF Nations Cup Grand Final in Sheboygan, her team finished third in match racing. [1] At the 2011 Weymouth & Portland International Regatta in Weymouth, Great Britain, her team finished fifth in match racing. [1] At the 2011 European Championships in Helsinki, Finland, her team finished seventh in match racing. [1] At the 2012 ISAF Sailing World Cup in Weymouth, her team finished first. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] At the 2012 ISAF Sailing World Cup in Miami, her team finished second. [2] [5] At the 2012 ISAF Sailing World Cup in Spain, her team finished third. [2] [5] She competed in the 2012 ISAF Women's Match Racing World Championship in Gottenburg, Sweden. [7] Going into the event, her team was ranked sixth in the world. [2] With five wins and two losses, her team finished third in their group in the group stage. [7] This was her team's final competition before the Olympics. [2]
Whitty was selected to represent Australia at the 2012 Summer Olympics in sailing. [1] [2] [6] [8] [9] [10] She was named to the Elliott 6m team in June 2012. [2] [9] In the lead up to the Olympic Games, she participated at a national team training camp at the Australian Institute of Sport's Italian training centre. [9] In the 2012 games, Whitty, Curtis and Price got a silver medal for Australia. [11]
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- ^ "ISAF Women's Match Racing World Championship — Off to a good start". Sail-World.com. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
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- ^ "Match racers grab silver".
- Lucinda Whitty at World Sailing
- Lucinda Whitty at World Sailing (archived)
- Lucinda Whitty at Olympedia
- Lucinda Whitty at the Australian Olympic Committee
- Living people
- 1989 births
- Sportswomen from New South Wales
- Australian Institute of Sport sailors
- Sailors at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Elliott 6m
- Olympic sailors for Australia
- Australian female sailors (sport)
- Olympic silver medalists for Australia
- Olympic medalists in sailing
- New South Wales Institute of Sport alumni
- Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Sailors (sport) from Sydney
- 21st-century Australian women