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Penny Clark

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    Penny Clark
    Penny Clark
    Great Britain

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    Name

    Penny Clark

    Nation

    Great Britain

    Place of Birth

    Wolverhampton

    Class

    470, Europe, ILCA 6, 49erFX, 505

    Q&A

    General Interest

    Windsurfing, walking, cycling and spending time with my husband

    First Event Won

    1990 UK Youth Nationals

    Hometown

    Lee-on-Solent, Hampshire

    Yacht Club

    Stokes Bay Sailing Club

    Best Sporting Achievement

    Bronze medal at the Pre-Olympic Test Event in China 2006 & being selected for Beijing 2008.

    Racing Age

    8

    Starting Age

    4

    Most Influential Person

    My Dad. He drove me round the circuit as a youth, coached me and still encourages me.

    Ambitions

    Olympic Gold in Beijing

    First Event Competed

    1984 UK Optimist Nationals, International debut - ISAF Youth Worlds 1990, NED

    Boat First Sailed

    Optimist

    Why This Sport

    I really enjoy it.