Alison Young (born 29 May 1987)[1][2] is a British sailor.

[3] She was the first British woman to be world champion in a solo Olympic dinghy class.

She competed in the Laser Radial class event at the 2012 Summer Olympics where she placed 5th.

[4] At the 2016 Laser World Championships, she won gold in the laser radial class[5] and in doing so became the first British woman to become world champion in a solo Olympic dinghy class.

She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the Women's Laser Radial class[7][8] and she finished tenth.