Birthday

July 22nd, 1997

Best results to-date

2018 Kiel Week (Grade 1) - 22nd

2018 Medemblik Regatta (Grade 1) - 9th

2017 U21 World Championship - 15th

2017 North American Championship - 4th

Favourite quotes

“Whether you think you can, or think you can’t - you are right” - Henry Ford

“You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take” - Wayne Gretsky

Sporting heros/ Role Models

Mike Leigh - Canadian Olympic Laser Sailor

Sam Meech - Olympic Bronze medalist (NZL)

Larisa Yurkiw - Canadian skier, multiple world cup medalist

Favourite book

No Limits, The Will to Succeed - Michael Phelps

My Story

Going back as far as I can remember, I have always wanted to go to the Olympics. That desire to achieve the pinnacle in whatever it was that I was doing is something that I can’t explain, because it has been within me my whole life. As a child, I tried a number of different sports from river kayaking to skiing to volleyball. At age 12, in 2009, I started sailing. First - a summer sailing camp at the Hollyburn Sailing Club, then, in the fall, on the North Shore Sailing Team at the West Vancouver Yacht Club. Amusingly, unlike the other sports, I was a totally untalented sailor. In fact, as I remember, I was so bad that I would have failed that first summer sailing camp had the instructor not felt bad for me and let me pass! Luckily, the lack of talent was no deterrent for me. Within my first weeks on the sailing team, I knew that I had found my passion. Sailing was going to be the sport in which I went all the way. It was at this point, at age 12, that my lifelong Olympic “dream" became a “goal” and I openly set my sights on the 2020 Olympics.

Since that day, everything that I have done has been focused on developing towards this goal. As is the case for so many people with their business or career goals, I had a vision, but no clear path to follow to get there. Because of this, I have had to figure it out as I went along. It’s been a tough journey, and tough in ways that I never anticipated. I think it’s safe to say that I’ve failed more over the course of my sailing career than most people will in their whole lives. But, my greatest strength has always been that I have been able to see each failure as the learning opportunity that it was, and develop as a result.

Although that intrinsic desire for excellence that I have had since my earliest recollections has not faded, as I evolve, my motivation has grown beyond myself. My story has been one of perseverance and resilience in the face of many obstacles. My hope is that by continuing to progress and by achieving my dream, I can serve as an example to others that if we don’t give up, if we learn from our mistakes, if we always push forward and innovate, we can achieve our dreams.