- Entry type: Person
- Entry ID: AWE2200
Crisp, Jessica
(1969 – )- Born 19 September, 1969, Sydney New South Wales Australia
- Occupation Sailboarder
Summary
Jessica Crisp was a pioneer in the sport of sailboarding. In 1986, two years after the Olympic debut of the sport, she won the first of two consecutive world youth titles.
In 1986 and 1989 she was crowned world windsurfing champion. In 1993 she became the first Australian, male or female, to win the highly competitive World Cup Sailboarding series. She repeated the feat in 1994.
Events
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1993 - 1994
Crisp won the title two years in a row.
Winner of the Professional Windsurfing Association World Title
Published resources
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Article
- Olympic Athletes: Jessica Crisp, 2000, http://www.abc.net.au/news/olympics/athletes/crisp.htm
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Site Exhibition
- She's Game: Women Making Australian Sporting History, Australian Women's Archives Project, 2007, http://www.womenaustralia.info/exhib/sg/sport-home.html
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Resource
- Trove: Crisp, Jessica (1969-), http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-708111