9 May 2024

Sports history NZ: Leslie Egnot

From Afternoons, 2:32 pm on 9 May 2024

In 1995, Team New Zealand made history - winning the America's Cup for the first time and crushing the legendary sailor Dennis Connor in the process

But there was another major storyline lurking in the background of that win, a history-making team of all-women - America3  who came agonisingly close being in that final themselves.

At the helm was none other than Kiwi Olympic silver medallist, and trailblazer, Leslie Egnot. She's with us for this week's Sports History NZ.

Leslie Egnot (right) with Jan Shearer at the Barcelona Olympic Games, 1992.

Leslie Egnot (right) with Jan Shearer at the Barcelona Olympic Games, 1992. Photo: PHOTOSPORT

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