Education
She attended Cheney Upper School on Cheney Lane near Headington in Oxford gaining A levels in Art, Maths and Biology, where her father had been teaching Business Studies for Doctor of Philosophy at Oxford Brookes University.
She attended Cheney Upper School on Cheney Lane near Headington in Oxford gaining A levels in Art, Maths and Biology, where her father had been teaching Business Studies for Doctor of Philosophy at Oxford Brookes University.
She lives in Tunbridge Wells. Her boyfriend is Greg King, also a British windsurfer. She first began windsurfing in the south of France in 1992.
She had windsurfed on Farmoor Reservoir to the west of Oxford.
She went to Cardiff University to study Architecture where she stayed for a year before committing to windsurfing full-time in 2004. She trains at the Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy.
Shaw ranked 8th at the 2008 RS:X World Championship, and 12th at the 2007 ISAF Sailing World Championships. 2008 Summer Olympic regatta.