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2017 In Sailing
The following were the scheduled events of sailing for the year 2017 throughout the world. Events Olympic classes events World championships *19β26 August: Women's Laser Radial World Championship in Medemblik, Netherlands *** : *** : *** : *7β15 July: 470 World Championships in Thessaloniki, Greece **Men's 470 *** : *** : *** : **Women's 470 *** : *** : *** : *28 August β 2 September: 49er & 49er FX World Championships in Porto, Portugal **Men's 49er *** : *** : *** : **Women's 49er FX *** : *** : *** : *1β10 September: Finn Gold Cup in BalatonfΓΆldvΓ‘r, Hungary ** : ** : ** : *5β10 September: Nacra 17 World Championship in La Grande-Motte, France *** : *** : *** : *12β19 September: Laser World Championship in Split, Croatia *** : *** : *** : *16β23 September: 2017 RS:X World Championships in Enoshima, Japan **Men's RS:X *** : *** : *** : **Women's RS:X *** : *** : *** : Sailing World Cup *22 January β 11 June: 201 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sailing (sport)
The sport of sailing involves a variety of competitive sailing formats that are sanctioned through various sailing federations and yacht clubs. Racing disciplines include matches within a fleet of sailing craft, between a pair thereof or among teams. Additionally, there are specialized competitions that include setting speed records. Racing formats include both closed courses and point-to-point contests; they may be in sheltered waters, coast-wise or on the open ocean. Most competitions are held within defined classes or ratings that either entail one type of sailing craft to ensure a contest primarily of skill or rating the sailing craft to create classifications or handicaps. On water, a sailing competition among multiple vessels is a regatta, which usually consists of multiple individual races, where the boat crew that performs best in over the series of races is the overall winner. There is a broad variety of kinds of races and sailboats used for racing from large yacht to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eilidh McIntyre
Eilidh Jane McIntyre (born 4 June 1994) is a British sailor, who won the gold medal alongside Hannah Mills in the 470 event at the 2020 Summer Olympics. She won the 2019 470 World Championships, and came second at the 2017 470 World Championships. She finished third at the 2015 470 European Championships, and second at the 2019 and 2021 events, as well as having won multiple ISAF Sailing World Cup medals. Career McIntyre joined the British Sailing Team at the age of 15. In 2013, McIntyre and Sophie Weguelin won the Kiel Week 470 event. In 2014, the pair won the US Sailing's Miami Olympic Classes Regatta. McIntyre won multiple medals at the 2015 ISAF Sailing World Cup. McIntyre and Weguelin came third at the 2015 470 European Championships. The pair failed to qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics. After the 2016 Summer Olympics, McIntyre teamed up with Hannah Mills, as Mills' former partner Saskia Clark retired after the Games. McIntyre and Mills came second at the 2017 47 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martine Grael
Martine Soffiatti Grael (born 12 February 1991) is a Brazilian sailor in the 49er FX class. Together with Kahena Kunze she won the 49er FX class at the 2014 ISAF Sailing World Championships and at the 2016 Rio Olympics, and 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Career Martine Grael is the daughter of Olympic gold medalist in sailing Torben Grael. Her brother Marco and uncle Lars also sailed in the Olympics. She sailed with ''Team AkzoNobel'' in the 2017β18 Volvo Ocean Race. Achievements References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Grael, Martine 1991 births Living people Brazilian female sailors (sport) Sportspeople from NiterΓ³i 420 class sailors 470 class sailors 49er FX class world champions Pan American Games silver medalists for Brazil Sailors at the 2015 Pan American Games Olympic gold medalists for Brazil Sailors at the 2016 Summer Olympics β 49er FX Sailors at the 2020 Summer Olympics β 49er FX Olympic sailors of Brazil Medalists at the 2016 Summer O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katja Salskov-Iversen
Katja Steen Salskov-Iversen (born 19 August 1994) is a Danish sailor in the 49er FX 49er or Forty-Niner most often refers to: *A miner or other person that took part in the 1849 California Gold Rush *San Francisco 49ers, an American football team 49er or Forty-Niner may also refer to: Sports * Charlotte 49ers, athletic tea ... class. Together with Jena Hansen she won a bronze medal at the 2016 Olympics. References 1994 births Living people Danish female sailors (sport) Olympic bronze medalists for Denmark Sailors at the 2016 Summer Olympics β 49er FX Olympic sailors of Denmark Olympic medalists in sailing Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics {{Denmark-sport-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jena Mai Hansen
Jena Mai Hansen (born 10 December 1988) is a Danish sailor in the 49er FX and Musto Skiff classes. Together with Katja Salskov-Iversen Katja Steen Salskov-Iversen (born 19 August 1994) is a Danish sailor in the 49er FX 49er or Forty-Niner most often refers to: *A miner or other person that took part in the 1849 California Gold Rush *San Francisco 49ers, an American football te ... she won a bronze medal at the 2016 Olympics. In 2017-18, she was a crewmember on the yacht Vestas 11th Hour Racing on legs 2, 3, 8, 9, 10, 11 in the Volvo Ocean Race. References 1988 births Living people Danish female sailors (sport) Olympic bronze medalists for Denmark Sailors at the 2016 Summer Olympics β 49er FX Olympic sailors for Denmark Olympic medalists in sailing Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Volvo Ocean Race sailors Hellerup Sejlklub sailors {{Denmark-sport-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Hussl
David Hussl (born 23 February 1992) is an Austrian sailor. He competed in the 49er event at the 2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ..., finishing 10th. References External links * * * 1992 births Living people Austrian male sailors (sport) Olympic sailors for Austria Sailors at the 2020 Summer Olympics β 49er Place of birth missing (living people) {{Austria-yachtracing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benjamin Bildstein
Benjamin Bildstein (born 16 January 1992) is an Austrian sailor. He competed in the 49er event at the 2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ..., finishing 10th. References External links * * 1992 births Living people Austrian male sailors (sport) Olympic sailors for Austria Sailors at the 2020 Summer Olympics β 49er Place of birth missing (living people) {{Austria-yachtracing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fynn Sterritt
Fynn is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Charles Fynn (1897β1976), English cricketer * David Fynn, Irish actor, producer and screenwriter * Henry Francis Fynn (1803β1861), English traveler and trader * James Fynn (1893β1917), English recipient of the Victoria Cross * James Lindsay-Fynn (born 1975), British rower * Mark Fynn (born 1985) Zimbabwean tennis player. * Paula Fynn (born 1988), team handball player from Uruguay * Warrick Fynn (born 1985), cricketer Given name * Fynn Arkenberg (born 1996), German footballer * Fynn Hudson-Prentice Fynn Jake Hudson-Prentice (born 12 January 1996) is an English cricketer who plays for Sussex County Cricket Club. He is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium-fast. He previously played for Sussex and Derbyshire. He made his List ... (born 1996), English cricketer See also * Fynn, pseudonymous writer of '' Mister God, This Is Anna'' and its sequels (1970s), probably Sydney George Hopkins {{surn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Peters (sailor)
James or Jim Peters may refer to: * Jimmy Peters (rugby) (1879β1954), English rugby player * Jack Peters (James Peters), English football player * James A. Peters (1922β1972), American zoologist * James L. Peters (1889β1952), American ornithologist * Jim Peters (politician) (born 1937), New Zealand politician * Jim Peters (athlete) James Henry Peters (24 October 1918 in Hackney, London β 9 January 1999 in Thorpe Bay, Essex) was a long-distance runner from England. He broke the world record for the men's marathon four times in the 1950s. He was the first runner to comp ... (1918β1999), English long-distance runner * Jimmy Peters Sr. (1922β2006), Canadian ice hockey player * Jimmy Peters Jr. (born 1944), Canadian ice hockey player {{hndis, Peters, James ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stuart Bithell
Stuart Bithell (born 28 August 1986 in Rochdale) is a British sailor and Olympic champion. He competed with Luke Patience in the 470 class at the 2012 Summer Olympics where he won a silver medal and in the 2020 Summer Olympics where he won a gold medal in the Men's 49er class with Dylan Fletcher. In 2013, it was announced that Bithell and Patience would part ways, their aim for 470 gold no longer viable. While Patience continued in the 470, Bithell moved on to partner with John Pink in the 49er class. They failed to qualify for Rio 2016, losing out to Dylan Fletcher and Alain Sign. After Rio, Pink and Sign both left the class. This resulted in Bithell and Fletcher teaming up. The decision was made in Portland, while the two competed against each other in the Moth class. They worked tirelessly together to reach Tokyo 2020. Alongside Fletcher, Bithell competed in 2019's inaugural season of the SailGP, onboard Great Britain SailGP Team. He was flight controller on board. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dylan Fletcher-Scott
Dylan James Fletcher-Scott (born 3 April 1988) is a British sailor and Olympic champion in Men's 49er in Tokyo 2020. Fletcher and Alain Sign placed sixth in the 49er event at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Starting sailing at age 11 and racing at 13, Fletcher has always sailed double handers. Quickly finding himself at the front of the 405 fleet he moved up into the 29er enjoying similar success including 29er under 19 world champion in 2006 (Weymouth, 2nd in seniors). He then transitioned into the 49er climbing up the ranks collecting medals along the way. Fletcher now sails with Olympic 2012 470 Silver medalist Stuart Bithell. The team medalled at every regatta in 2017 winning both the European and World Championships. They have qualified to represent Great Britain at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the Men's 49er class. Fletcher won Olympic gold representing Great Britain at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the Men's 49er class with crew Stuart Bithell. Fletcher was appointed Memb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Porto
Porto or Oporto () is the second-largest city in Portugal, the capital of the Porto District, and one of the Iberian Peninsula's major urban areas. Porto city proper, which is the entire municipality of Porto, is small compared to its metropolitan area, with an estimated population of just 231,800 people in a municipality with only 41.42 km2. Porto's metropolitan area has around 1.7 million people (2021) in an area of ,Demographia: World Urban Areas March 2010 making it the second-largest urban area in Portugal. It is recognized as a global city with a Gamma + rating from the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
