Molly Meech
 Meech at the 2016 Olympics | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 31 March 1993 (age 31) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 74 kg (163 lb)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sailing career | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Class(es) | 49er FX, 29er, ILCA 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Tauranga Yacht & Powerboat Club | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Molly Meech (born 31 March 1993[2]) is a New Zealand sailor.
Meech won the 2013 49er FX World Championship and a silver medal at the 2016 Olympics alongside Alex Maloney. During the 2015 ISAF Sailing World Cup, Meech and Maloney competed in the women's 49er FX competitions, winning in Miami and coming second in Weymouth. They again won in Miami to start the 2016 season.[3] Her brother, Sam also competed for New Zealand at the 2016 Olympics.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Molly Meech Archived 25 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine. rio2016.com
- ^ "Molly Meech – Yachting New Zealand".
- ^ "World Cup gold for NZ sailors". Stuff. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
- ^ White, Peter (30 July 2016). "Road to Rio: Sailing siblings Sam and Molly Meech". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
External links
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- Molly Meech at World Sailing
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- Molly Meech at the New Zealand Olympic Committee
- Molly Meech at Olympedia (archive)
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- New Zealand female sailors (sport)
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- Olympic silver medalists for New Zealand
- Olympic medalists in sailing
- Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- 49er FX class world champions
- World champions in sailing for New Zealand
- Sailors at the 2020 Summer Olympics – 49er FX
- Sailors at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- 21st-century New Zealand sportswomen
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