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2016 In Sailing
The following were the scheduled events of sailing for the year 2016 throughout the world. Events Olympic classes events Olympic Games *7–20 August: 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil ** Men's 470 *** : *** : *** : ** Women's 470 *** : *** : *** : ** Men's 49er *** : *** : *** : ** Women's 49er FX *** : *** : *** : ** Men's Finn *** : *** : *** : ** Men's Laser *** : *** : *** : ** Women's Laser Radial *** : *** : *** : ** Mixed Nacra 17 *** : *** : *** : ** Men's RS:X *** : *** : *** : ** Women's RS:X *** : *** : *** : World championships *9–14 February: 49er & 49er FX World Championships in Clearwater, United States **Men's 49er *** : *** : *** : **Women's 49er FX *** : *** : *** : *20–27 February: RS:X World Championships in Eilat, Israel **Men's RS:X *** : *** : *** : **Women's RS:X *** : *** : *** : *20–27 February: 470 World Championships in San Isidro, Argentina **Men's 470< *** : *** : *** : **Women's ...
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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 ...
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Sailing At The 2016 Summer Olympics – 49er
The Men's 49er was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 2016 Summer Olympics program in Rio de Janeiro and took place between 12–18 August at Marina da Glória. 13 races (the last one a medal race) were held. The medals were presented by Barbara Kendall, IOC member, New Zealand and Adrienne Greenwood, Vice President of World Sailing World Sailing (WS) is the world governing body for the sport of sailing recognized by the International Olympic Committee and the International Paralympic Committee (IPC). History The creation of the International Yacht Racing Union (IYRU) beg .... Schedule Results References * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sailing at the 2016 Summer Olympics - Men's 49er Men's 49er 49er (dinghy) Men's events at the 2016 Summer Olympics ...
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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 – 49er FX Olympic sailors of Denmark Olympic medalists in sailing Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics {{Denmark-sport-bio-stub ...
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Jena 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 – 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 ...
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Molly Meech
Molly Meech (born 31 March 1993) is a New Zealand sailor. Meech won the 2013 49er FX World Championship and a silver medal at the 2016 Olympics alongside Alex Maloney. During the 2015 ISAF Sailing World Cup The 2015 ISAF Sailing World Cup was a series of sailing Sailing employs the wind—acting on sails, wingsails or kites—to propel a craft on the surface of the ''water'' (sailing ship, sailboat, raft, windsurfer, or kitesurfer), on ''ice ..., Meech and Maloney competed in the women's 49erFX competitions, winning in Miami and coming second in Weymouth. They again won in Miami to start the 2016 season. Her brother, Sam also competed for New Zealand at the 2016 Olympics. References External links * * * * 1993 births Olympic sailors of New Zealand Living people New Zealand female sailors (sport) Sailors at the 2016 Summer Olympics – 49er FX Olympic silver medalists for New Zealand Olympic medalists in sailing Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olym ...
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Alex Maloney
Alexandra Maria Maloney (born 19 March 1992) is a New Zealand sailor. Maloney is the sister of sailor Andy Maloney. In 2007 in Cagliari, Italy she won a World Championship medal in the Optimist class. Maloney won the 2013 49er FX World Championship and a silver medal at the 2016 Olympics alongside Molly Meech. During the 2015 ISAF Sailing World Cup The 2015 ISAF Sailing World Cup was a series of sailing Sailing employs the wind—acting on sails, wingsails or kites—to propel a craft on the surface of the ''water'' (sailing ship, sailboat, raft, windsurfer, or kitesurfer), on ''ice ..., Meech and Maloney competed in the women's 49erFX competitions, winning in Miami and coming second in Weymouth. They again won in Miami to start the 2016 season. References External links * * Olympic sailors of New Zealand Living people New Zealand female sailors (sport) 1992 births Sailors at the 2016 Summer Olympics – 49er FX Olympic silver medalists for New Zea ...
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Kahena Kunze
Kahena Kunze (born 12 March 1991) is a Brazilian sailor in the 49er FX class. Together with Martine Grael she won the 49er FX class at the 2014 ISAF Sailing World Championships and a gold medal in the inaugural 49er FX race, during the 2016 Rio Olympics, a feat both repeated at Tokyo 2020. Life She is the daughter of Claudio Kunze, a former sailor who won a junior world championship in the Penguin class. Her name is an homage to the warrior Kahina Al-Kahina ( ar, الكاهنة, , the diviner), also known as Dihya, was a Berber queen of the Aurès and a religious and military leader who led indigenous resistance to the Muslim conquest of the Maghreb, the region then known as Numidia notably .... Achievements References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kunze, Kahena 1991 births Living people Sportspeople from São Paulo Brazilian female sailors (sport) 420 class sailors 49er FX class sailors Olympic sailors of Brazil Olympic gold medalists for Brazil ...
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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 2017–18 Volvo Ocean Race. Achievements References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Grael, Martine 1991 births Living people Brazilian female sailors (sport) Sportspeople from Niterói 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 – 49er FX Sailors at the 2020 Summer Olympics – 49er FX Olympic sailors of Brazil Medalists at the 2016 Summer O ...
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Sailing At The 2016 Summer Olympics – 49erFX
Sailing employs the wind—acting on sails, wingsails or kites—to propel a craft on the surface of the ''water'' (sailing ship, sailboat, raft, windsurfer, or kitesurfer), on ''ice'' (iceboat) or on ''land'' (land yacht) over a chosen course, which is often part of a larger plan of navigation. From prehistory until the second half of the 19th century, sailing craft were the primary means of maritime trade and transportation; exploration across the seas and oceans was reliant on sail for anything other than the shortest distances. Naval power in this period used sail to varying degrees depending on the current technology, culminating in the gun-armed sailing warships of the Age of Sail. Sail was slowly replaced by steam as the method of propulsion for ships over the latter part of the 19th century – seeing a gradual improvement in the technology of steam through a number of stepwise developments. Steam allowed scheduled services that ran at higher average speeds than sail ...
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Thomas Plößel
Thomas Plößel (also transliterated Plössel or Ploessel, born 29 April 1988) is a German sailor. Together with Erik Heil, he won bronze medals in the 49er events at the 2016 Summer Olympics and 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 .... References External links * * * * 1988 births Living people German male sailors (sport) Sailors at the 2016 Summer Olympics – 49er Sailors at the 2020 Summer Olympics – 49er Olympic sailors for Germany Olympic bronze medalists for Germany Olympic medalists in sailing Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Oldenburg {{Germany-sport-bio-stub ...
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Erik Heil
Erik Heil (born 10 August 1989) is a German sailor. He competes in the 49er and won a place in the Qualification for the 2016 Summer Olympics together with Thomas Plößel. They won bronze medals at the 2016 Summer Olympics and 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 .... References External links * * * * 1989 births Living people German male sailors (sport) Olympic sailors of Germany Olympic bronze medalists for Germany Olympic medalists in sailing Sailors at the 2016 Summer Olympics – 49er Sailors at the 2020 Summer Olympics – 49er Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Berlin {{Germany-sport-bio-stub ...
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Iain Jensen
Iain Valjean Jensen (born 23 May 1988 in Belmont, New South Wales) is an Australian sailor. He started sailing in his hometown of Wangi Wangi when he was five years old, with his Olympic and Artemis Racing teammate Nathan Outteridge. With Outteridge, he won the 2009 and 2011 49er World Championships and gold at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the 49ers class. The team also won silver at the 2016 Summer Olympics. He is a member of the NSW Institute of Sport in Sydney and a wing trimmer for Artemis Racing. He lives in Lake Macquarie. Career highlights * 2011 Sailing World Cup Medemblik, Netherlands – 2nd in 49er * 2011 Sailing World Cup Weymouth Great Britain – 1st in 49er * 2011 European Championships Helsinki Finland – 1st in 49er * 2011 Olympic Test Event Weymouth Great Britain – 1st in 49er * 2011 World Championships Perth Australia – 1st in 49er * 2012 Sail for Gold Regatta Weymouth Great Britain – 1st in 49er * 2012 Olympic Games London Great Britain ...
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