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As part of This Girl Can month, we caught up with student\u00a0Matilda Nicholls, who\u00a0represents\u00a0the British Sailing Team and\u00a0is one of our scholars.\u00a0Hear what Matilda has to say about her sailing journey…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Q: How did you first get into sailing? <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I was super lucky to have grown up in Bermuda when I was younger. It meant that I got to learn to sail on such incredible waters from the age of 8 to 13. I used to walk down from school to the Yacht Club each Wednesday with my friends to go sailing and as we got older we would start to race against each other on the weekends.\u202f <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Q: What do you enjoy most about sailing?\u202f <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I love the incredible people that are involved with my sport. Many friends that I first met at international competitions when I was 12, and I am still competing against almost 10 years later. It is a sport filled with competitive, hardworking individuals but equally, we are always looking out for one another.\u202f <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Q: What\u2019s the best place you have travelled to with sailing and why? <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u202fThe most amazing place I\u2019ve travelled to for sailing has got to be Lago di Garda in Italy. It\u2019s an incredible lake surrounded by mountains and amazing scenery. There is always plenty of wind for sailing and it\u2019s just a gorgeous place to explore after a day of training or competing.\u202f <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Q: What do you enjoy most about being a student at University of Exeter? <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I really enjoy the environment here at Exeter that has been created by the students and University together. I love being able to walk onto Campus, into the gym or into town each day and always seeing a familiar face. I feel very proud to be a part of this University and all it has to offer for us both as individuals and collectively.\u202f <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Q: How has the TASS sailing hub supported you whilst at University of Exeter? <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is no way that I would have been able to balance a full-time degree and life as a professional athlete without the support from the TASS sailing hub here at Exeter. I always feel comfortable asking for help when I need it whether it be academic, sporting or wellbeing related. The elite sporting environment that the University maintains here is also an amazing place to grow and thrive in as an athlete.\u202f<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Matilda Nicholls (student and scholar)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As part of This Girl Can month, we caught up with student\u00a0Matilda Nicholls, who\u00a0represents\u00a0the British Sailing Team and\u00a0is one of our scholars.\u00a0Hear what Matilda has […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2053,"featured_media":139,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[33,23,31,13,25],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nThis Girl Can-Matilda Nicholls- Interview - Sport News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/sportnews\/2023\/02\/20\/this-girl-can-matilda-nicholls-interview\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"This Girl Can-Matilda Nicholls- Interview - Sport News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"As part of This Girl Can month, we caught up with student\u00a0Matilda Nicholls, who\u00a0represents\u00a0the British Sailing Team and\u00a0is one of our scholars.\u00a0Hear what Matilda has […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/sportnews\/2023\/02\/20\/this-girl-can-matilda-nicholls-interview\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Sport News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-02-20T10:56:32+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-06-23T10:07:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/sportnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/217\/2023\/06\/Matilda-Nicolls-Sailing.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"bc426\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"bc426\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/sportnews\/2023\/02\/20\/this-girl-can-matilda-nicholls-interview\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/sportnews\/2023\/02\/20\/this-girl-can-matilda-nicholls-interview\/\",\"name\":\"This Girl Can-Matilda Nicholls- Interview - Sport News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/sportnews\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/sportnews\/2023\/02\/20\/this-girl-can-matilda-nicholls-interview\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/sportnews\/2023\/02\/20\/this-girl-can-matilda-nicholls-interview\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/sportnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/217\/2023\/06\/Matilda-Nicolls-Sailing.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-02-20T10:56:32+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-06-23T10:07:28+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/sportnews\/#\/schema\/person\/100c3d14543ea59805c3ffe29733a250\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/sportnews\/2023\/02\/20\/this-girl-can-matilda-nicholls-interview\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/sportnews\/2023\/02\/20\/this-girl-can-matilda-nicholls-interview\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/sportnews\/2023\/02\/20\/this-girl-can-matilda-nicholls-interview\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/sportnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/217\/2023\/06\/Matilda-Nicolls-Sailing.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/sportnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/217\/2023\/06\/Matilda-Nicolls-Sailing.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":800,\"caption\":\"2021 ILCA 6 (Radial) World Championship, Al Mussanah, Practice racing. 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