Pippa Wilson
| Olympic medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
Representing  Great Britain
| ||
| Women's Sailing | ||
 |
2008 Beijing | Yngling class |
| World Championships | ||
|
2007 Cascais | Yngling |
|
2008 Miami | Yngling |
| European Championships | ||
|
2008 Blanes | Yngling |
Philippa Claire Wilson MBE (born 7 February 1986 in Southampton) is an English professional sailor.
She won a gold medal in the Yngling sailing class in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, together with Sarah Webb and Sarah Ayton.[1]
Wilson was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2009 New Year Honours.[2]
Pippa started her sailing career in the well renowned youth class dinghy, the Cadet then progressed to the 29er, 420, 470 then Yngling.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "GB Yngling women breeze to gold". BBC Sport Online. 17 August 2008. Retrieved 17 August 2008.
- ^ "No. 58929". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2008. p. 23.
External links
[edit]- Pippa Wilson at World Sailing
- Pippa Wilson at World Sailing (archived)
- Pippa Wilson at Olympics.com
- Pippa Wilson at Olympedia
- Pippa Wilson at Team GB
  | This article about a United Kingdom Olympic medallist is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
Categories:
- Living people
- 1986 births
- English female sailors (sport)
- Sportspeople from Southampton
- Yngling class world champions
- World champions in sailing for Great Britain
- English Olympic competitors
- Olympic medalists in sailing
- Olympic sailors for Great Britain
- Olympic gold medallists for Great Britain
- Sailors at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Yngling
- Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Members of the Order of the British Empire
- Extreme Sailing Series sailors
- 21st-century English sportswomen
- British Olympic medallist stubs
- British sailing biography stubs
- English sportspeople stubs