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10 November 2009 Busan, Korea
ISAF has just announced that Anna was voted the ISAF Rolex World Woman Sailor of the Year for 2009. And the male winner is Torben Grael from Brazil.
Anna Tunnicliffe female winner and Torben Grael,
male winner of the ISAF Rolex World Sailor of the Year Awards 2009
Photo: Rolex / Daniel Forster
Thank you to everyone for all of your support.
Photo: from ISAF website
And the press announcement on US Sailing's website.
Sail Hard,
Anna
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Representing the USA, Anna Tunnicliffe won the Gold Medal in the Women's Laser Radial dinghy at the 2008 Olympic Games in Qingdao, China. Anna was the ISAF world's Number One-ranked women's Radial sailor from April 9, 2008 to May 2010. She was voted 2009 & 2011 ISAF Rolex World Sailor of the Year. Now Anna, skipper of Team Maclaren, has teamed up with Molly O'Bryan Vandemoer and Debbie Capozzi to take on the world and go for Gold in 2012 London Olympic Games in Women's Match Racing and the team is currently ranked #1 in the ISAF WMR rankings.