Krystal Weir
Personal information
NationalityAustralian
Born (1985-01-15) 15 January 1985
Melbourne, Victoria
Height168 cm (5 ft 6 in) (2012)
Weight65 kg (143 lb) (2012)
Websitewww.krystalweir.com
Sport
CountryAustralia
SportSailing
EventLaser Radial
Sailing career
ClubSandringham Yacht Club
CoachLaura Baldwin and Lex Bertrand
Achievements and titles
Regional finalsCatholic
Medal record
Representing  Australia
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2004 ManlyLaser Radial
Silver medal – second place2003 Lake GardaLaser Radial

Krystal Weir (born 15 January 1985) is an Australian sailor. She finished tenth at the 2008 Summer Olympics.[1] She was selected to represent Australia at the 2012 Summer Olympics in sailing in the Women's Laser Radial class event, where she finished in twelfth.[1]

Personal

Weir was born on 15 January 1985 in Melbourne, Victoria[2][3] and spent her childhood in Victoria.[3][4] As of 2012, she lives in Melbourne, Victoria.[2][3]

Weir is 168 centimetres (5 ft 6 in) tall and weighs 65 kilograms (143 lb).[2]

Sailing

Weir is a sailor[2] and has been described by as "Australia's glamour girl in the world of sailing".[5] She started sailing as an eleven-year-old at the Elwood Sailing Club.[3] She was coached by Lex Bertrand[5][6] and is now coached by Laura Baldwin who became her coach in 2011.[6] She has a sailing scholarship with the Victorian Institute of Sport,[5][6][7] and is a member of the Sandringham Yacht Club.[6] Part of her past training included being thrown overboard by her then coach into Port Phillip Bay.[5][6] It also included trying to collect tennis balls, ping pong balls and straws that were thrown into the water by her coach while not tipping her boat over.[5][6] She arrived in London a month before the start of the Games in order to better prepare.[3][6][7]

Weir won a World Championship[8] in 2004 in the Laser Radial class.[6] She competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the three-crew Yngling team, where she finished tenth alongside teammates Karyn Gojnich and Angela Farrell.[5][6][7] She originally was not named to the team, only making the event after another sailor injured herself in a mountain biking accident.[6]

At the 2011 ISAF Sailing World Cup in Melbourne, Weir finished third.[9] In 2012, she spent three months competing in Europe.[7] At the 2012 ISAF Sailing World Cup in the Netherlands, she came in first in round five in the Laser Radial class.[9] At a 2012 ISAF Sailing World Cup event, she came in second.[9] At the 2012 Skandia Sail for Gold Regatta, she finished eighth in the Women's Laser Radial class.[4]

Weir was selected to represent Australia at the 2012 Summer Olympics in sailing in the Women's Laser Radial class event.[2][3][5][7][10]

References

  1. 1 2 "Krystal Weir Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "London 2012 - Krystal Weir". Australia: Australian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "The Road to London: Krystal Weir, Olympic sailing champion -". ABC Victoria — Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). 20 June 2012. Archived from the original on 20 April 2014. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
  4. 1 2 "Australian sailors win four gold medals on Olympic waters — Yacht & Boat". Yachtandboat.com.au. 12 June 2012. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Langmaid, Aaron (4 July 2012). "Krystal Weir clear on golden goal". News.com.au. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 King, Simon (7 July 2012). "Sailor takes rocky road to golden waters". Sydney: The Australian. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 Fisher, Jan (2 July 2012). "Smooth sailing on Olympic journey — Local News — News — General". Melbourne Weekly Bayside. Archived from the original on 31 December 2012. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
  8. ↑ "Olympic sailors eye record medal haul". Nine MSN. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
  9. 1 2 3 "ISAF Sailing World Cup standings — Australians top three classes". Sail-World.com. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
  10. ↑ "London 2012 Olympic Games — Aussie sailors aim to bash the Poms". Sail-World.com. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
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