Eilidh McIntyre

Eilidh Jane McIntyre (born 4 June 1994) In 2014, the pair won the US Sailing's Miami Olympic Classes Regatta. McIntyre won multiple medals at the 2015 ISAF Sailing World Cup. McIntyre and Weguelin came third at the 2015 470 European Championships. McIntyre and Mills came second at the 2017 470 World Championships,

In 2019, McIntyre and Mills won a gold medal at the 470 World Championships, came second at the Olympic test event in Enoshima, Japan, and came second at the 2019 470 European Championships. In October 2019, McIntyre was awarded a place in the 470 event at the 2020 Summer Olympics, alongside Mills. During the COVID-19 pandemic, McIntyre and Mills trained in Lanzarote in the Canary Islands, as well as at the Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy.

McIntyre won the gold medal alongside Mills at the delayed 2020 Summer Olympics. The pair were ahead going into the medal race, where they needed to finish seventh or higher to win the gold medal. They eventually finished fifth in that race. In December 2021, McIntyre and Mills won the World Sailor of the Year Awards.

In 2022, McIntyre started competing with Martin Wrigley, as the 470 events at the 2024 Summer Olympics were mixed-gender.

In February 2023, McIntyre announced her retirement from sailing.

Honours McIntyre was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2022 New Year Honours for services to sailing.

Personal life McIntyre is from Hayling Island, Hampshire, England. She was privately educated at the independent Mayville High School in Southsea, England. As of 2021, McIntyre was engaged. Her Scottish father Michael won a sailing gold medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics.