Sean O'Brien
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Sean O'Brien (born January 6, 1984), is a Professional Windsurfer, owner of his own website & graphic design company and owner of his own Professional Sports Team. He is based in Brisbane, Australia and spends most of the year living in Europe, competing on the Professional Windsurfing World Tour.
As a windsurfer, he has won numerous Australian and Oceanic titles, both as a youth and adult as well as being ranked in the Top 10 in the world for Formula windsurfing (2007). In 2007, Sean completed the hat-trick of winning the Formula windsurfing Australian Championships, Oceanic Championships and the RS:X Australian Championships in one season. This qualified Sean for the Australian National Olympic Squad and also hoisted him inside the Top 10 rankings in the World for Formula Windsurfing.
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[edit] History
Sean was brought up in Brisbane, Australia, living at home with his older sister Katrina, and parents Robyn and John. After finishing high-school at Marist College Ashgrove, Sean completed a Bachelor of Psychology at University of Queensland in Brisbane.
Sean had proved his worth in a variety of sports outside of windsurfing, including competing in Pan-Pacific School Games and many National Titles for athletics (discus) and also representing Queensland for soccer in his younger years.
[edit] Media attention
Over the past few years, Sean has attracted the media's attention, including being interviewed on Channel 7's morning show, Sunrise with former World Champion, Steve Allen and also a sizeable feature on Channel 9's afternoon children's show, HotSource. This was on top of many magazine and newspaper articles including Boards, Freesail, Motion and Deutsch magazines as well as sizeable internet coverage around the globe.
[edit] AUS120.com
In 2007, Sean released a new version of his personal windsurfing website, AUS120.com, which included a blogging platform and interactive input from the public in the form of comments, pingbacks and editing. During his European Summer on tour living in the Netherlands and competing on the Windsurfing World Tour, Sean wrote daily reports and summaries of many of his travelling adventures. This attracted a large audience around the world, helping Sean to receive up to 60,000 individual hits on his websites in some months.
[edit] Results
[edit] 2007
- 1st Australian RS:X Championships (Melbourne, Australia)
- 1st Australian Formula Championships (Perth, Australia)
- 1st Oceanic Formula Windsurfing Championships (Perth, Australia)
- 9th Overall, Formula Windsurfing Euro-Cup Event (Isle of Wight, England)
- 15th Overall, Formula Windsurfing Euro-Cup Event (Silvaplana, Switzerland)
- 5th Overall, Formula Windsurfing Dutch National Championships (Almere, Netherlands)
[edit] Professional status
- Member of Australian National Olympic Squad, 2006
- Part of the racing and development team for Gaastra Sails
- Member and founder of TEAM-AUS.com.au, an elite performance sporting team based in Australia
[edit] Sporting achievemenets
- Ranked #11 in the World for Formula windsurfing
- Formula Windsurfing Australian Champion 2006, 2007
- RS:X Olympic Class Australian Champion 2007
- Ranked #1 in Olympic and Formula class in Australia
- Formula Windsurfing Oceanic Champion 2005, 2007
[edit] See also
[edit] References
Wikipedia article: Sean O'Brien
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