Courtenay Becker-Dey

FULL NAME: Courtenay Becker Dey
NAME FOR PUBLICATION: Courtenay Becker Dey
CLASS:    Europe
POSITION: Skipper
US SAILING TEAM:   1989-1994
YACHT CLUB:  American Yacht Club, Rye, NY
HIGH SCHOOL:  Rye High School, graduated 1983.
COLLEGE:  Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, FL, graduated 1987, BA.
BIRTHDATE:  4/27/65           MARITAL STATUS:  Married to Jimmy.
BIRTHPLACE:  Greenwich, CT             HOMETOWN: Rye, NY
HEIGHT:  5'7"  WEIGHT:  135            SAILING SINCE AGE:  5
OCCUPATION:  Athlete

SAILING RESUME:
1996

• Olympic Trials (1st/19 boats)
• Sea Pines Spring Singlehanded, Hilton Head (3rd/20 boats)
• Miami OCR (14th/52 boats)
• SPORT, St. Petersburg (13th/48 boats)
• Early Bird Regatta, Savannah, GA (4th/13 boats)

1995

• Fall OCR, Savannah, GA (4th/27 boats)
• America's Cup, Navigator for America3
• Rolex International Women's Keelboat Champs, RI (4th/38 J/24s)
• CORK, Canada (14th/45 boats)

1994

• ABYC OCR, Long Beach (2nd/24 boats)
• Norcal Spring Open, Santa Cruz, CA (2nd/13 boats)
• Miami OCR (3rd/31 boats)
• SPORT, St. Petersburg, FL (2nd/28 boats)
• LYC Midwinters (1st/17 boats)
• Savannah Spring OCR, GA (5th/17 boats)

1993

• Europe World Champs, Denmark (4th/126 boats)

SIGNIFICANT ACHIEVEMENTS:
1996

• Olympic Representative

1990

• Rolex Yachtswoman of the Year
• American Yacht Club's Yachtsman of the Year
• USOC's Athlete of the Year for Yachting

1989

• Thistle National Champion

1987

• Eckerd College Sailing Team Captain, and M.V.P. for four years.

	A native of Rye, New York, Dey started sailing competitively at
age 9 and as a junior sailor was a frequent winner on Long Island
Sound.  She enjoyed a distinguished record as an intercollegiate
sailor, capping her college sailing career with a third place
finish at the Women's Intercollegiate Yacht Racing Association
Nationals in 1987.  She won the bronze, the silver and the gold
medal at the USYRU Women's Singlehanded Championships in 1987,
1989 and 1988 respectively.

	Olympic sailing has always been a goal and in 1989 Dey began
campaining a sailboard and the Europe.  That year her success
earned her spots on the US Sailing Team in both the Lechner
(board) and Europe classes.  In 1990 she focused on sailing the
Europe, ultimately finishing second at the '92 Olympic Trials.

	Back sailing the Europe after sailing the America's Cup on the
almost all-women America3 Team as navigator, Dey was considered a
favorite to win the '96 Olympic Trials even though she had not
sailed enough regattas to be ranked on the 1995 US Sailing Team.

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