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McDowell, Katie
- Won 470 class at U.S. Olympic trials with Isabelle Kinsolving, then secured USA’s berth at the Olympics in the class with eighth-place finish at the 2004 World Championships
- ICSA All-American at Tufts and Brown universities
- U.S. Sailing Team member since 2001
- Teamed with Isabelle Kinsolving in 2001 to pursue the Olympics
- Left job at National Geographic Adventure magazine in 2002 to sail full time; before then, took train from New York to New Haven, Conn. each Tuesday to train with Kinsolving before returning to work the next morning
- Led Moses Brown high school to nationals three times
- Graduated from Brown University in 1998
McDowell was about 9 years old when she first learned that sailing was in the Olympics and decided that she was going to go. “I just never stopped dreaming about it.”
McDowell comes from a large extended family, including seven siblings, all of whom have sailed. “My brother (Chris) was always paving new ground for me, whether he knew it or not. If it was racing in high school or going to Europe for world championships, he made it a lot easier for me to convince my parents that I should be doing the same.”
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Born: 20-Sept-75
Hometown: Barrington, RI
Sport: Sailing
Event: 470 Women, Skipper
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