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EVENT: Sailing Women's ILCA6 (One person Dinghy)

Greta Pilkington is one of the rising stars of New Zealand sailing and competed in the ILCA 6 (formerly Laser Radial) at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

A talented youth sailor, Pilkington won two Optimist national titles and sailed a range of different boats - including the P-Class, Starling, 29er and 49erFX - before settling on the ILCA 6.

She qualified for the youth world championships in 2020 and 2021, with both events scuppered by Covid-19, before winning the women's open title at the ILCA 6 national championships in 2022 (at the age of only 18).

She also claimed back-to-back Oceanbridge Sail Auckland titles in 2023 and 2024.

Pilkington secured two top-10 results (at

Greta Pilkington

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