Having got her first taste of sailing with her two older sisters at the age of nine,[1] Black had a stellar junior career which included becoming a national and European champion.[1][2]
In 2022 she moved into the senior ranks and was paired with Saskia Tidey in the women's 49erFX.[1][3]
The duo won gold at the Lanzarote International Regatta in February 2023.[4][5] They then finished fifth at the 2023 Sailing World Championships in The Hague, Netherlands, during the following month in a result which qualified the boat for the 2024 Summer Olympics.[1][2][6]
In October 2023, Black's place at the Olympics in Paris was officially confirmed when the Great Britain sailing squad was announced by Team GB.[7][8][9]
In February 2024, Black was named in the Athena Pathway team for the inaugural Women's America's Cup to be held in Barcelona, Spain, in September and October that year.[10][11]
Alongside Tidey, she came 14th at 49erFX World Championship in Lanzarote, Spain, in March 2024.[12][13]
Black won her first major senior medal in May 2024, when she and Tidey took bronze at the 49erFX European Championship in La Grande-Motte, France.[14][15]
At the Olympics in July 2024, Black and Tidey missed out on a place in the 10-boat medal race, finishing 16th.[16][17]
