BETSY ALISON (USA)|
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College All American, 5-time Rolex Sailor of the Year,
US Sailing Hall of Fame 2011, multiple world champion in keelboats and match racing,
25 years as US Paralympic coach. Then in early 2022 doctors found a large tumour on her hip; after 18 months of treatment and accepting it was not the time to return to a performance dinghy, Alison jumped in a Hansas 303 Paralympic keelboat for the 2023 World Championship in Holland. And you probably know how that worked out...
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| Why they won |
| ‘Betsy is the ultimate sailor and
coach, always positive in the
face of adversity, focusing on
solutions not problems!’ – Brian
Todd; ‘I sailed both with and
against Betsy and she is one of
the fiercest competitors I know,
I wasn’t at all surprised she won
a(nother) world championship
even after such a horrible year.
Go, Bets!’ – Carol Cronin; ‘What
she went through, it is a miracle
to walk with crutches let alone
win a dinghy world title’ – Amy
Close; ‘Go, go, Bets!!!!’ – Moose
McClintock. |
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