Windsurfing Career – Allison Shreeve

Allison Shreeve was a professional and Olympic class windsurfer for 16 years. She travelled to 24 countries competing at the highest level in 4 different windsurfing classes; Olympic (Mistral One Design & RS:X), Formula (Course racing), Slalom (Downwind racing), Speed (average speed over 500m). Below are some of her results and career highlights.

In her early years, Allison excelled as a track and field athlete, breaking state records in Javelin and relay as well as competing in 9 events at state level athletics, state runner up in indoor and outdoor cricket, and representing her school in hockey, basketball, touch football and swimming. When she was 15 years old she tried windsurfing as a school sport and fell in love with the challenge and complexity of the sport.

WATCH BELOW SOME CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

Allison’s Windsurfing Career Highlights

4 x World Champion Windsurfer 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
Set new World Speed Record (“A” Class) 27.7 knots – St. Maries de la Mer, France 2005
Member of Australian National Olympic Squad 1999-2011
Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder 2004-06
New South Wales Institute of Sport Scholarship holder 1998-2005
Member of the ISAF (international Sailing Federation) testing team to choose the new board for the 2008 Olympics
Ranked 4^th in ISAF World Ranking (RS:X Olympic Class)
Part of the international racing and development teams for Neil Pryde, F2, Deboichet

2010

10^th Sail Melbourne – Melbourne, Australia

4^th SIRS (Sydney International Regatta) – Sydney, Australia

1^st (14th open men’s fleet) Formula National / Oceanic Titles – Hawks Nest, Australia

1^st (8th open men’s fleet) Heat 5 Formula Summer Series – Hawks Nest, Australia

2009

Bass Strait Challenge – Windsurfed 115km across Bass Strait for Coast Care’s ‘Life on the Edge’ Campaign

1^st (10th open men’s fleet) NSW State Championships – Botany Bay, Sydney

2^nd Formula World Championships – Santa Pola, Spain

1^st (7^th open men’s fleet) German Windsurf Cup – Boltenhagen, Germany

5^th Formula European Championships – Sopot, Poland

4^th Allegro Cup, Formula – Leba, Poland

2008

1^st (5th men’s fleet) National Australian Slalom Championships – Botany Bay, AUS

2^nd Formula World Championships – Portimao, Portugal

1^st (3rd open men’s fleet) US National Championships – Worthington, US

1^st Sopot Grand Prix – Sopot, Poland

1^st (8th open men’s fleet) British Open, Formula – Christchurch, UK

1^st (2nd open men’s fleet) Whitwell, Rutland waters regatta, Formula – Rutland, UK

1^st Portugal Windsurfing Grand Prix, Formula – Sines, Portugal

2007

1^st Slalom Australian National Championships – Sydney, Australia

1^st Formula World Championships – Tallinn, Estonia

1^st Baltic cup, Formula – Tallinn, Estonia

5^th Holland Regatta RSX – Medemblik, Holland

13^th Hyeres Regatta RSX – Hyeres, France

8^th Sail Auckland – Auckland, NZL

4^th NZL RS:X Nationals – Takapuna, Auckland

1^st RS:X Australian and Oceanic Championships – Sandringham, VIC Australia

3^rd Sail Melbourne RS:X – Sandringham, VIC Australia

1^st Sail Melbourne RS:X – Warm up regatta, Parkdale, VIC Australia

2006

Australian Female Sailor of the Year

Nominated for NSW Athlete of the Year

Ranked No.1 in the world in Formula Windsurfing

1^st Sydney International Regatta RS:X – Sydney, NSW Australia

10^th Pre Olympics RS:X Test event – Qingdao, China

1^st Formula World Championships – Korea

3^rd PWA World Tour 2006

3^rd Slalom World Championships and PWA Slalom 42 – Alcati, Turkey

3^rd PWA Slalom 42 – Sotovento, Fuerteventura

5^th Kiel Week RS:X – Kiel Germany

13^th RS:X European Championships – Cesme, Turkey

21^st Holland Regatta RS:X – Medemblik, Holland

1^st Formula Europeans Championships – Portimao, Portugal

1^st South American Slalom Championships -Puerto Madryn, Argentina

1^st South American Formula Championships – Puerto Madryn, Argentina

1^st South American RS:X Championships – Puerto Madryn, Argentina

1^st Oceanic Formula Championships – South West Rocks, NSW Australia

2^nd Sail Melbourne RS:X – Sandringham, VIC Australia

1^st Oceanic RS:X Championships – Sandringham, VIC Australia

1^st Sail Melbourne RS:X Warm up regatta – Parkdale, VIC Australia

1^st Australian Formula Championships (5th overall) – Elwood, VIC Australia

2005

Ranked No.1 in the world in Formula Windsurfing

Euro Cup Champion

Set new World Speed Record (“A” Class) 27.7 knots – St. Maries de la Mer, France

Australian Female Sailor of the Year Finalist

1^st Formula World Championships – Elwood, VIC Australia

1^st Euro Cup – Silvaplana, Switzerland

3^rd IFCA Slalom World Championships – Sotavento, Fuerteventura

4^th ISA Speed Grand Prix – Sotavento, Fuerteventua

1^st ISA Speed Grand Prix (production board) – Sotavento, Fuerteventura

1^st Slalom European Championships – Cesme, Turkey

1^st Formula European Championships – Rhodes, Greece

1^st DWC Slalom / Formula (23rd overall) – Nordenay

1^st DWC Slalom / Formula (13th overall) – Dranske

1^st Mistral Australian Championships – Sydney, NSW Australia

1^st Formula Australian Championships – Elwood, VIC Australia

1^st Formula Oceanic Championships – Elwood, VIC Australia

1^st Formula Victorian Championships – Elwood, VIC Australia

1^st Oceanic Formula Championships – South West Rocks, NSW Australia

1^st Formula NSW Championships – Sydney, VIC Australia

1^st Oceanic RS:X Championships – Sandringham, VIC Australia

1^st Sail Melbourne RS:X Warm up regatta – Parkdale, VIC Australia

1^st Australian Formula Championships (5th overall) – Elwood, VIC Australia

2004

PWA World Tour World Champion

Allison first tried windsurfing as a school sport when she was 15 year old. Her first coach Mark Jordan from Jordans Boating Centre saw potential and taught her for free after school and on weekends. Allison’s sail number AUS911 came about because Mark’s number was AUS9 and it was easy to tape a 11 with black tape to borrow sails at regattas without replacing the numbers.

9 months later, Allison won her first Australian youth championships in the Mistral One Design Olympic class and qualified for the ISAF Youth World Championships in South Africa. She then competed at the next Youth Worlds in Finland the year after and finally in Sydney coming 2nd at the 2000 ISAF World Youth Championships. Allison then went on to open Olympic class and started climbing the ranks over the next few years being coached by Yachting Australia coaches and travelled the world to campaign for the Olympics. It was in 2004 in her rookie year in professional class that she won her first world title and earned sponsorship by F2 boards and Neil Pryde sails.