Allison Shreeve

Allison Shreeve (born 5 February 1982) is an Australian Olympic athlete who was the Formula World Windsurfing Champion in 2005. [citenews|url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/windsurfers-take-the-breeze/2005/12/12/1134236003159.html |title=Windsurfers take the breeze|work=The Age|date= December 12, 2005]

In November 2005, Shreeve set a new world speed sailing record (A class) at 27.7 Knots (51.3 km/h) at St Maries de la Mer. She topped this with a record of 33.05 (61.2 km/h) knots at Fuerteventura in late July, 2006. [citenews|url=http://www.outdoornewswire.com/v/current/htdocs/etc/sa.php/63617465676f72794e616d653d57696e6473757266696e672663617465676f72794c6162656c3d57696e6473757266696e67266c6f636174696f6e3d323030352f31312f313133323637373735372672737349643d32313131 |title=Shreeve Breaks World Record|publisher=Outdoor News Wire |date=November 22, 2005]

History

In her younger years, Allison was home schooled and grew up in a rural property. After finishing high school at Port Macquarie High, she was accepted into Sydney University to study Civil and Structural Engineering, which had her move back to Sydney.

In 1998, during Port Macquarie High School's summer program, Allison chose windsurfing, despite she had a promising and successful future in track and field athletics after securing many titles and records at local zone, regional, and state levels. Mark Jordan saw potential in Shreeve and coached her for free, helping her go on to win the Australian Youth Champion title several times.

Media attention

In the last few years, Allison Shreeve attracted reasonable attention for her success in the sport. Many newspapers came out emphathizing with her, because, as many claimed, she had the looks, she had the medals to prove it, and she had the personality, yet she was not able to find a financial sponsor. Because of a lack of sponsor, she had been forced to sleep in her car. An underlying reason is because windsurfing is very small in Australia.

In 2006, Allison Shreeve was featured on the American TV channel Nickelodeon showcasing her gear and telling the audience of what windsurfing is like. Allison Shreeve was featured in Who magazine, which reported her eating habits and how she keeps fit. She told Who that she had a 50-minute run, injury-prevention gym exercises, and 500 sit-ups per day. As for diet, she says she chooses salads, steak, vegetables, and occasional chocolate. She also advised people not to eat after 7PM - three hours before you go to bed. She was featured in a full-length interview on Life FM. Initially however, because she was low profiled, she was ignored. She was sent many support messages through Christian30 and was later replayed on radio because people wanted to get to know her as she became famous.

Results

2006

*Australian Female Sailor of the Year
*1st Lady and 5th overall, Australian National Formula Championships (Elwood, Melbourne)
*1st Sail Melbourne warm up Regatta (Parkdale, Melbourne)
*1st RS:X oceanic Championships (Sandringham, Melbourne)
*2nd Sail Melbourne RS:X (Sandringham, Melbourne)
*1st FW Oceanic Championships (South West Rocks)
*1st South American RS:X Championships (Puerto madryn, Argentina)
*1st South American Formula Championships (Puerto madryn, Argentina)
*1st South American Slalom Championships (Puerto Madryn, Argentina)
*1st Formula Europeans Championships (Portimao, Portugal)
*21st Holland Regetta RS:X (Medemblik, Holland)
*13th RS:X Europeans (Cesme, Turkey)
*5th Kiel week RS:X (Kiel, Germany)

2005

*1st NSW Formula State Championships (Dolls Point, Sydney)
*1st Sail Melbourne VIC Formula State Championships (Elwood, Melrbouen)
*1st Oceanics Championships (Elwood, Melbourne)
*1st Australian Formula National Championships (Elwood, Melbourne)
*1st Mistral National Championships (St George, Sydney)
*1st Lady and 13th overall DWC Dranske/Rugen (Slalom/Fmrula)
*1st Lady and 23rd overall DWC Norderney (Slalom/Formula)
*1st Formula European Championships (Rhodes, Greece)
*1st Slalom European hampionships (Cesme, Turkey)
*1st ISA Speed Grand Prix - Production board (Sotavento, Fuerteventura)
*4th ISA Speed Grand Prix (Sotavento, Fuerteventura)
*3rd IFCA World Slalom Championships (Sotavento, Fuerteventura)
*1st Silvaplana Euro Cup (Silvaplana, Switzerland)
*1st Formula World Championships (Elwood, Melbourne)

Professional status

*Member of Australian National Olympic Squad
*Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder 2004-06
*New South Wales Institute of Sport Scholarship holder 1998-2005
*Member of the ISAF (international Sailing Federation) testing team to choose the new board for the 2008 Olympics
*Part of the international racing and development teams for Neil Pryde, F2, Deboichet

porting achievemenets

*Ranked number 1 in the World in Formula Windsurfing
*Formula Windsurfing WOrld Champion 2005
*New World Speed Record (A Class) of 27.7 knots
*Ranked number 1 in Olympic and Formula class in Australia
*Olympic RS-X class Oceanic Champion 2006
*Formula and Slalom class Oceanic and Formula champion 2005
*Australian National Formula Champion 2005 and 2006

ee also

*Windsurfing
*Robby Naish
*Bjorn Dunkerbeck

References

External links

* [http://www.aus911.com/ Official Website]
* [http://www.myspace.com/allisonshreeve Official MySpace]