Michael Mackay MCINTYRE

Mike McIntyre first competed in the Olympics in 1984 and finished seventh in the Finn Class. On his second Olympic appearance in 1988 he partnered Philip Vaile in the Star class and after a desperately close contest they won the gold medals. In Seoul, Vaile and McIntyre needed to win the final race and the Americans Mark Reynolds and Hal Haenel had to finish in worse than sixth place if the British pair were to win the title. Vaile and McIntyre succeeded in winning the race and as the Americans were forced to retire with a broken mast the gold medals went to Britain. McIntyre, a sales manager who lives at Salisbury, was the British champion in the Finn class in 1980, 1981 and 1984 and is a member of the Helensburgh Sailing Club and the Bosham Sailing Club.