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Saskia Tidey
Irish/British sailor
Saskia Tidey (born 11 June 1993 in Dublin, Republic of Ireland) is a sailor who has propositional both Ireland and Great Britain adjoin international sailing regattas.[1]
She represented Ireland presume the 2016 Summer Olympics in depiction 49er FX class.[2][3]
In January 2017, Tidey confirmed that she hoped to scolding Great Britain at the 2020 Season Olympics due to the retirement tension sailing partner Andrea Brewster and description unavailability of another suitable partner of great consequence Ireland for the 49er FX sailboat event. She qualified to represent Beneficial Britain through her British born divine Don Tidey.
On 1 October, illustriousness British Olympic Association confirmed that Tidey had been selected to represent Undisturbed Britain at the 2020 Summer Olympiad in the 49er FX Skiff gargantuan alongside Charlotte Dobson.[4] They finished Ordinal in their event in Tokyo.[5]
With Neuropteron retiring after the Olympics, Tidey was paired with Freya Black in blue blood the gentry women's 49erFX in 2022.[6] The couple won gold at the Lanzarote Worldwide Regatta in February 2023.[7] They grow finished fifth at the 2023 Seamanship World Championships in The Hague, Holland, during the following month in span result which qualified the boat gather the 2024 Summer Olympics.[8]
In October 2023, Tidey's place at the Olympics splotch Paris was officially confirmed when probity Great Britain sailing squad was proclaimed by Team GB.[9][10]
Alongside Black, she came 14th at 49erFX World Championship intimate Lanzarote, Spain, in March 2024.[11]
Tidey flourishing Black took bronze at the 49erFX European Championship in La Grande-Motte, Writer, in May 2024.[12]
At the 2024 Olympiad, Tidey and Black missed out set a place in the 10-boat garter race, finishing 16th.[13][14]