{{Short description|British sailor (born 1994)}} {{Use British English|date=March 2021}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2021}} {{Infobox sailor | name = Eilidh McIntyre<br><small>[[Order of the British Empire|MBE]]</small> | image = | caption = | full_name = Eilidh Jane McIntyre | nationality = British | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1994|6|4|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Winchester]], England | classes = [[470 (dinghy)|470]] | club = Hayling Island<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sailing.org/sailor/eilidh-mcintyre?ref=GBREM35 |title=Eilidh McIntyre |publisher=[[World Sailing]] |accessdate=21 February 2023}}</ref> | coach = | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|[[Sailing (sport)|Sailing]]}} {{MedalCountry | {{GBR2}} }} {{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}} {{MedalGold|[[2020 Summer Olympics|2020 Tokyo]] |[[Sailing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's 470|470]]}} {{MedalCompetition|[[470 European Championships]]}} {{MedalBronze|2013 Formia|470}} {{MedalBronze|2015 Aarhus|470}} {{MedalSilver|2019 Sanremo|470}} {{MedalSilver|2021 Vilamoura|470}} {{MedalCompetition|[[470 World Championships]]}} {{MedalSilver|[[2017 470 World Championships|2017 Thessaloniki]]|470}} {{MedalGold|2019 Enoshima|470}} | show-medals = yes | updated = }}
'''Eilidh Jane McIntyre''' (born 4 June 1994)<ref name=GBProfile/> is a British former sailor, who won the gold medal alongside [[Hannah Mills]] in the [[Sailing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's 470|470 event]] at the [[2020 Summer Olympics]]. She won the 2019 [[470 World Championships]], and came second at the [[2017 470 World Championships]]. She finished third at the 2015 [[470 European Championships]], and second at the 2019 and 2021 events, as well as having won multiple [[Sailing World Cup]] medals. In 2022, McIntyre was awarded an [[Order of the British Empire|MBE]] for services to yachting.
==Career== McIntyre joined the British Sailing Team at the age of 15.<ref name=Guardian/> In 2013, McIntyre and [[Sophie Weguelin]] won the [[Kiel Week]] [[470 (dinghy)|470]] event.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.yachtsandyachting.com/news/170379/Kiel-golds-for-GBR-Finn-and-470-sailors |title=Kiel Week golds for GBR Finn and 470 sailors |work=Yachts and Yachting |date=26 June 2013 |accessdate=13 May 2021}}</ref> In 2014, the pair won the [[US Sailing's Miami Olympic Classes Regatta]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://usopen.ussailing.org/event-background-past-champions/ |title=World Cup Miami and Miami OCR Event Background |publisher=US Open Sailing Series |accessdate=13 May 2021}}</ref> McIntyre won multiple medals at the [[2015 ISAF Sailing World Cup]].<ref name=Euro>{{cite news |url=https://www.eurosport.com/sailing/tokyo-2020/2021/tokyo-2020-bad-thoughts-drive-me-on-hannah-mills-team-gb-sailing-partner-eilidh-mcintyre_sto8296151/story.shtml |title=TOKYO 2020: 'BAD THOUGHTS DRIVE ME ON' - EILIDH MCINTYRE, TEAM GB SAILING PARTNER OF HANNAH MILLS |work=[[Eurosport]] |date=29 April 2021 |accessdate=11 May 2021}}</ref> McIntyre and Weguelin came third at the 2015 [[470 European Championships]].<ref name=GBProfile/> The pair failed to qualify for the [[2016 Summer Olympics]].<ref name=Euro/><ref name=Telegraph/> After the 2016 Summer Olympics, McIntyre teamed up with [[Hannah Mills]], as Mills' former partner [[Saskia Clark]] retired after the Games.<ref name=Telegraph>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sailing/2020/01/27/have-language-people-might-not-understand-gb-sailor-eilidh/ |title='We have our own language other people might not understand' - GB sailor Eilidh McIntyre reveals secret to success with Hannah Mills |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |url-access=subscription |date=27 January 2020 |accessdate=11 May 2021}}</ref> McIntyre and Mills came second at the [[2017 470 World Championships]],<ref name=GBProfile/> and the 2018 World Cup event in [[Hyères]], France.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.dorsetecho.co.uk/sport/16192468.sailing-hannah-mills-eilidh-mcintyre-win-silver-france/ |title=Sailing: Hannah Mills and Eilidh McIntyre win silver in France |work=[[Dorset Echo]] |date=29 April 2018 |accessdate=11 May 2021}}</ref>
In 2019, McIntyre and Mills won a gold medal<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sailing.org/news/88909.php |title=British and Australian teams claim 470 world titles |publisher=Sailing.org |date=12 August 2019 |accessdate=28 May 2021 |archive-date=4 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210804083243/https://www.sailing.org/news/88909.php |url-status=dead }}</ref> at the 470 World Championships, came second at the Olympic test event in [[Enoshima]], Japan,<ref name=Telegraph/><ref name=Inside>{{cite web |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1105099/mills-and-mcintyre-aim-to-retain-title |title=Mills and McIntyre bid to retain 470 World Championship title in Vilamoura |publisher=Inside the Games |date=7 March 2021 |accessdate=11 May 2021}}</ref> and came second at the 2019 470 European Championships.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.470.org/default/events/event/text/2019-470-open-european-championship/page/0/return/index |title=Regatta Information |website=470.org}}</ref> In October 2019, McIntyre was awarded a place in the [[Sailing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's 470|470 event]] at the [[2020 Summer Olympics]], alongside Mills.<ref name=GBProfile/> After the Olympics were postponed from 2020 to 2021, British Sailing confirmed that their squad selection were unchanged, and so McIntyre was still selected for the Games.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/sailing/52279028 |title=Tokyo Olympics: Hannah Mills delays retirement to compete at 2021 Games |work=[[BBC Sport]] |date=14 April 2020 |accessdate=15 February 2021}}</ref> During the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], McIntyre and Mills trained in [[Lanzarote]] in the [[Canary Islands]],<ref name=BBCJan21>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/sailing/55635656 |title=Tokyo Olympics: Eilidh McIntyre & Hannah Mills maintain focus amid games uncertainty |work=[[BBC Sport]] |date=13 January 2021 |accessdate=11 May 2021}}</ref> as well as at the [[Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy]].<ref name=Inside/> In January 2021, McIntyre was critical of a suggestion by [[Matthew Pinsent]] that the Olympics should be delayed until 2024.<ref name=BBCJan21/> In March 2021, McIntyre and Mills competed at the 470 World Championship, their first event for 18 months.<ref name=Inside/> At the 2021 470 European Championships, the pair finished second.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.teamgb.com/article/mills-and-mcintyre-claim-silver-at-470-euros/pWA6CGBJTbQHGieym2yMN |title=MILLS AND MCINTYRE CLAIM SILVER AT 470 EUROS |work=[[Team GB]] |date=7 May 2021 |accessdate=11 May 2021}}</ref>
McIntyre won the gold medal alongside Mills at the delayed 2020 Summer Olympics.<ref>{{Cite web |title=GB pair Hannah Mills and Eilidh McIntyre win gold in 470 class |url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/en/news/gb-win-gold-in-470-class-making-hannah-mills-the-most-successful-female-british- |access-date=2021-08-04 |website=Tokyo 2020 |language=en-US |archive-date=4 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210804101516/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/en/news/gb-win-gold-in-470-class-making-hannah-mills-the-most-successful-female-british- |url-status=dead}}</ref> The pair were ahead going into the medal race, where they needed to finish seventh or higher to win the gold medal. They eventually finished fifth in that race.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/aug/04/olympic-sailing-team-gb-hannah-mills-eilidh-mcintyre |title=Hannah Mills and Eilidh McIntyre win Team GB's third Olympic sailing gold |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=4 August 2021 |accessdate=16 August 2021}}</ref> In December 2021, McIntyre and Mills won the [[World Sailor of the Year Awards]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sail-world.com/news/244459/Rolex-Sailors-of-the-Year-Winners-announced |title=Rolex Sailors of the Year - Mens and Womens Winners announced |publisher=World Sailing |date=2 December 2021 |accessdate=3 December 2021}}</ref>
In 2022, McIntyre started competing with [[Martin Wrigley]], as the 470 events at the [[2024 Summer Olympics]] were mixed-gender.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.dorsetecho.co.uk/news/19944167.paris-2024-dylan-fletcher-eilidh-mcintyre-find-new-partners/ |title=Paris 2024: Dylan Fletcher and Eilidh McIntyre find new partners |work=[[Dorset Echo]] |date=23 February 2022 |accessdate=15 March 2022}}</ref>
In February 2023, McIntyre announced her retirement from sailing.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.skysports.com/olympics/news/15234/12816369/eilidh-mcintyre-olympic-sailing-champion-announces-retirement-ahead-of-paris-2024| title=Eilidh McIntyre: Olympic sailing champion announces retirement ahead of Paris 2024| work=[[Sky Sports]]| date=21 February 2023| accessdate=21 February 2023}}</ref>
==Honours== McIntyre was appointed [[Member of the Order of the British Empire]] (MBE) in the [[2022 New Year Honours]] for services to sailing.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=63571|supp=y|page=N22|date=1 January 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/59828368 |title=New Year Honours 2022: Jason Kenny receives a knighthood and Laura Kenny made a dame |date=31 December 2021 |work=BBC Sport}}</ref>
==Personal life== McIntyre is from [[Hayling Island]], Hampshire, England.<ref name=GBProfile>{{cite web |url=https://www.teamgb.com/athlete/eilidh-mcintyre/3GixZlytgE1TwVCsboCELV |title=Eilidh McIntyre |publisher=[[Team GB]] |accessdate=11 May 2021}}</ref> She was privately educated at the independent [[Mayville High School, Southsea|Mayville High School]] in [[Southsea]], England.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mason |first=Louis |date=April 1, 2020 |title=Big interview: Hayling Island sailor Eilidh McIntyre on her Olympic dream being put on hold for 12 months |url=https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/sport/other-sport/big-interview-hayling-island-sailor-eilidh-mcintyre-her-olympic-dream-being-put-hold-12-months-2524968 |url-status=live |access-date=2021-12-19 |website=www.portsmouth.co.uk |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211219031819/https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/sport/other-sport/big-interview-hayling-island-sailor-eilidh-mcintyre-her-olympic-dream-being-put-hold-12-months-2524968 |archive-date=19 December 2021}}</ref> As of 2021, McIntyre was [[engaged]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.inverness-courier.co.uk/news/national/celebrations-at-hampshire-sailing-club-as-eilidh-mcintyre-wins-gold-in-tokyo-26709/ |title=Celebrations at Hampshire sailing club as Eilidh McIntyre wins gold in Tokyo |work=[[The Inverness Courier]] |date=4 August 2021 |accessdate=22 September 2021}}</ref> Her Scottish father [[Michael McIntyre (sailor)|Michael]] won a sailing gold medal at the [[1988 Summer Olympics]].<ref name=Guardian>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2020/jul/25/eilidh-mcintyre-sailing-470-olympic-games-interview |title=Eilidh McIntyre: 'I'll be nervous about the Olympics going ahead until I'm at the start line' |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=25 July 2020 |accessdate=11 May 2021}}</ref><ref name=BBC20>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/sailing/51954617 |title=Coronavirus: Eilidh McIntyre still hopeful of realising Olympic ambition |work=[[BBC Sport]] |date=19 March 2020 |accessdate=11 May 2021}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{World Sailing|id=GBREM35|www=eilidh-mcintyre}} * {{Olympics.com profile}} * {{Olympedia}} * {{Team GB}}
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