At the age of 12, McIntyre was a Scottish schools swimming champion. He was a member of
Helensburgh and
Bosham Sailing Clubs. McIntyre won the British
Finn class Championships in 1980, 1981, and 1984. McIntyre competed at the
1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul and won a gold medal in the
Star class, together with
Bryn Vaile. McIntyre was the
skipper of the team, and the pair had been in fourth place going into the final race. McIntyre retired from sailing after the 1988 Olympics. In 2012, McIntyre made a one-off return to sailing for an event at the
Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy on the
2012 Summer Olympics course. ==Personal life==