Georgia
Lewin-LaFrance

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Athlete Bio

Growing up, Georgia found her passion for sailing at the Chester Yacht Club. She soon joined the Canadian Optimist Atlantic Sailing Team, along with the Royal Nova Scotia Yacht Squadron Race Team. From a young age, Georgia knew she wanted to compete at an Olympic Games.

In the Fall 2021, her team won the bronze medal at the 2021 49erFX European Championships held in Greece, then finished 6th overall at the 2021 49erFX Sailing World Championships in Oman, posting the best Canadian performance ever at this competition that has been held since 2013. Her team was also named Georgia graduated from Queen’s University with an undergraduate degree in civil engineering. With her sister, she is aiming to medal at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.

At their first Olympic Games in Paris in 2024, they recorded Canada’s best-ever Olympic performance in 49erFX, an event which has been part of the Games program since Rio 2016, with an 11th-place finish.

Georgia and Antonia Lewin-LaFrance won the 2022 Rolex Sailors of the Year Award.

Athlete Stats

HometownChester
Class49erFX
ClubChester Yacht Club / Royal Nova Scotia Yacht Squadron

Recent Results

YEAR COMPETITION LOCATION PLACING
2024 Olympic Games Paris, FRA 11
2024 49erFX European Championship La Grande Motte, FRA 8
2024 Princess Sofia Trophy Regatta Palma, SPA 4
2024 49er and 49erFX World Championships Lanzarote, SPA 8
2023 49er, 49erFX and Nacra 17 European Championships Vilamoura, POR 10
2023 Sailing World Championships The Hague, NED 13
2023 French Olympic Week Hyères, FRA 20
2023 Princess Sofia Regatta Palma, SPA 23
2023 Lanzarote International Regatta Lanzarote, SPA 18
2022 Portugal Grand Prix – Round 1 Vilamoura, POR 13
2022 2022 49er, 49erFX and Nacra 17 World Championships St. Margarets Bay, CAN 14
2022 Sail Canada 2022 49er & 49erFX Senior Championships Kingston, ON 2
2022 2022 49er, 49erFX and Nacra 17 European Championships Aarhus, DEN 22
2022 Kiel Week Kiel, GER 3
2022 World Sailing Hempel World Cup (at the 51st Princess Sofia Trophy) Mallorca, SPA 24
2022 2022 US Open Sailing Series Miami, U.S.A. 2 (with Galen Richardson)
2021 2021 49er FX Championships Oman 6
2021 2021 49er FX European Championships Thessaloniki, GRE 3
2021 Alexander The Great Cup 2021 Thessaloniki, GRE 11
2021 2021 49er FX Canadian Senior Championships Kingston, CAN 1
2021 2021 Cascais International Week Act II Cascais, POR 17
2021 Cascais 49er and 49erFX Championships Cascais, POR 15
2021 Lanzarote International Regatta Lanzarote, ESP 24
2020 49erFX World Championships Geelong, AUS 39
2019 49erFX North American Championships Kingston, CAN 2
2019 2019 49er FX Canadian Senior Championships Kingston, CAN 1
2019 CORK OCR Kingston, ON 1
2019 2019 49er, 49erFX, and Nacra 17 Junior Worlds Championships Risor, NOR 21
2019 Kieler Woche Kiel, GER 23
2019 Hempel World Cup Miami, USA 33
2018 CORK OCR Kingston, CAN 9
2017 World Sailing Youth Worlds 6
2017 Open Europeans 25
2017 i420 Nationals 1