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City Tech Student Competes in 2004 Summer Olympics
When people ask City Tech architectural technology student Jessica Crisp what she did on her summer vacation, she will be able to regale them with stories from Athens, where she is competing in windsurfing in the 2004 Summer Olympics.
The 34-year-old, an Australian national who was born in Sydney, is competing with the Australian Olympic team in the Mistral class of the windsurfing competition. She took a leave of absence from City Tech this spring to prepare for the games, but will be back in the fall to finish her associate’s degree.
Crisp, whose father won the Admirals Cup in 1979, finished fifth among women competing in the Mistral class at the 2000 Summer Olympics, which were held in Sydney. In the 2003 World Sailing Championships held in Cadiz, Spain, she placed fourth (Mistral class) and in the 2003 Sail Melbourne she came in third (Mistral class).
Under “interesting facts” in her profile that appears on the Olympics website, it says: “Jessica is well known to sailing. She competed at the World Championships in 1997 finishing 6th and in 1998, 1999 and 2000 finishing 5th every time. Her career highlights are winning the PWA World Cup twice. The sportsperson who most influenced her is French professional windsurfer Natalie Le Lievre.
Crisp, whose name was drawn in the Green Card Lottery and will soon have permanent resident status in the U.S., makes Greenwich Village her home.
See Crisp’s profile → (off-site)
