Kate MacGregor's hopes of an Olympic medal at London 2012 campaign ended in disappointment when she finished seventh in the Elliot 6m after being knocked out in the quarter-finals against Russia.
It has been dropped as an Olympic class for the Rio Games in 2016, so the 22-year-old from Poole has switched to the 49erFX, but is having to balance her international sailing career with finishing a degree in business management at Southampton Solent University.