Saskia tidey biography
TIDEY Saskia ; Date of Birth: ; Age: 31 ; Gender: Female ; Function: Athlete.
Saskia Tidey was a relative latecomer to sailing, taking up the sport competitively aged 14 after watching coverage of the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing....
Saskia Tidey
Irish/British sailor
Saskia Tidey (born 11 June 1993 in Dublin, Republic of Ireland) is a sailor who has represented both Ireland and Great Britain in international sailing regattas.[1]
She represented Ireland at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the 49er FX class.[2][3]
In January 2017, Tidey confirmed that she hoped to represent Great Britain at the 2020 Summer Olympics due to the retirement of sailing partner Andrea Brewster and the unavailability of another suitable partner in Ireland for the 49er FX skiff event.
She qualified to represent Great Britain through her British born father Don Tidey.
On 1 October, the British Olympic Association confirmed that Tidey had been selected to represent Great Britain at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the 49er FX Skiff class alongside Charlotte Dobson.[4] They finished 6th in their event in Tokyo.[5]
With Dobson retiring after the Olympics, Tidey was paired with Freya Black i