Jeni Lidgett
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Jennifer Norton Lidgett |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Born | 19 November 1964 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
Spouse | Peter Danks |
| Sport | |
| Sailing career | |
| Class | Women's 470 |
Jennifer Norton "Jeni" Lidgett (born 19 November 1964) is an Australian sailor. She competed in the women's two-person 470 dinghy class for Australia at two Olympic Games.[1]
Lidgett learnt to sail at the Davey's Bay Yacht Club where her father was commodore.[2]
At the Barcelona 1992 Olympics, as skipper with Addy Bucek as crew, she finished 9th in the 470 event. At Savannah, Georgia, the 1996 Olympic sailing venue, she and Bucek finished 7th in the 470 event.[3]
The 470 World Championships in Toronto, Canada 1995 saw Lidgett and Bucek finish 12th.[4]
Personal
[edit | edit source]Lidgett was born in Melbourne on 17 November 1964, daughter of Athol and Julie Lidgett. She is married to Peter Danks and has three sons, Sam, Ted and David.[5]
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Jeni Lidgett-Danks at World Sailing (archive)
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- Jennifer Norton Lidgett at Olympics.comLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Jenny Lidgett at OlympediaLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
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- 1964 births
- Living people
- Australian female sailors (sport)
- Sailors at the 1992 Summer Olympics – 470
- Sailors at the 1996 Summer Olympics – 470
- Olympic sailors for Australia
- Sailors (sport) from Melbourne
- Sportswomen from Victoria (state)
- 20th-century Australian sportswomen
- Australian sailing biography stubs