Alison Young

Alison Young (born 29 May 1987) is a British sailor. She was the first British woman to be world champion in a solo Olympic dinghy class.

Life Young was born in Wolverhampton, England on 29 May 1987. She started sailing on a lake in the River Severn valley when she was nine at the Trimpley Sailing Club.

She competed in the Laser Radial class event at the 2012 Summer Olympics where she placed 5th.

At the 2016 Laser World Championships, she won gold in the laser radial class and in doing so became the first British woman to become world champion in a solo Olympic dinghy class. Her best World Championship performance before this was 4th in 2012. and she finished tenth.