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Sailing At The 2008 Summer Olympics – Tornado
The Mixed Tornado was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics program in Qingdao International Sailing Centre. Eleven races (last one a medal race) were scheduled and completed. 30 sailors, on 15 boats, from 15 nations competed. Ten boats qualified for the medal race. Race schedule Course areas and course configurations For the Tornado course areas A and E were used. The location ''(36°1'26"’N, 120°26'52"E)'' points to the center of the 0.6nm radius Yellow course area and the location ''(36°2'44"N, 120°28'9"E)'' points to the center of the 0.75nm radius Pink course area. The target time for the course was about 60 minutes for the races and 30 minutes for the medal race. The race management could choose from several course configurations. File:Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics Course area's.png, Course Areas File:Windward Leeward Tornado 2008 Sailing Olympics.png, Windward - Leeward Course (W) Windward-leeward courses * W2: Start – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Qingdao International Sailing Centre
The Qingdao International Sailing Centre () is a sailing marina located on the former site of the Beihai Shipyard by Qingdao's Fushan Bay at Shandong Province in China. It was constructed for the 2008 Summer Olympics. It hosted the Olympic and Paralympic Sailing competitions. Wind conditions vary greatly from very light winds to +15 knots. During the Olympic competitions, fog was also an occasional factor. The venue hosted “Good Luck Beijing - 2006" and in May 2008, the IFDS Qingdao International Regatta, where Olympic and Paralympic sailors got a headstart on familiarizing themselves with the venue and weather conditions. Access from the Qingdao Paralympic Village to the dock, work areas, etc. was provided by numerous golf carts making endless daytime rounds. Both ends of the work area had two cranes apiece, which could lift large keelboats like the Sonar from cradles and lower these into the water. At night, a laser light show from the main breakwater lighthouse would play from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edoardo Bianchi (sailor)
Edoardo Bianchi (born 25 May 1985) is an Italian former sailor, who specialized in the multihull ( Tornado) class. Together with his partner Francesco Marcolini, he was named one of the country's top sailors in the mixed multihull catamaran for two consecutive Olympic editions (2004 and 2008), finishing each in the top ten, respectively. A member of Yacht Club Italiano in his native Genoa, Bianchi trained most of his competitive sailing career under the tutelage of his personal coach and Barcelona 1992 Olympian Angelo Glisoni. Bianchi made his Olympic debut in Athens 2004, sailing with the 33-year-old skipper Marcolini in the Tornado class. There, the Italian duo rocketed to a solid tenth overall spot against a 17-boat fleet at the end of eleven-race series, accumulating a net grade of 78 points. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Bianchi competed for the second time with Marcolini in the Tornado class. Building up their Olympic selection, the Italian duo finished a c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luo Youjia
Luo Youjia (; born 1977-09-13 in Dongfang, Hainan) is a male Chinese sports sailor who competed for Team China at the 2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na .... He competed with Chen Xiuke. Luo Youjia's English name is Jacky. Major performances *1997/2005 National Games - 8th/7th 470 class References * http://2008teamchina.olympic.cn/index.php/personview/personsen/5142 1977 births Living people Chinese male sailors (sport) Olympic sailors for China Sportspeople from Hainan Sailors at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Tornado People from Dongfang {{PRChina-yachtracing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andriy Shafranyuk
Andriy Olehovych Shafranyuk ( uk, Андрій Олегович Шафранюк, also transliterated Shafraniuk, born 9 February 1984) is a Ukrainian former sailor, who specialized in the multihull ( Tornado) class. Together with his partner Pavlo Kalynchev, he was named one of the country's top sailors in the mixed multihull catamaran for the 2008 Summer Olympics, finishing in a distant thirteenth position. Throughout his competitive sporting career, Shafranyuk trained as a member of the sailing squad for Ukraïna Mykolaïv. Shafranyuk competed for the Ukrainian sailing squad, as a crew member in the Tornado class, at the 2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ... in Beijing. Leading up to their maiden Games, he and skipper Kalynchev formally acc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pavlo Kalynchev
Pavlo Pavlovych Kalynchev ( uk, Павло Павлович Калінчев; born 6 June 1981) is a Ukrainian former sailor, who specialized in the multihull ( Tornado) class. Together with his partner Andriy Shafranyuk, he was named one of the country's top sailors in the mixed multihull catamaran for the 2008 Summer Olympics, finishing in a distant thirteenth position. Throughout his competitive sporting career, Kalynchev trained as a member of the sailing squad for Ukraïna Mykolaïv. Kalynchev competed for the Ukrainian sailing squad, as a skipper in the Tornado class, at the 2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ... in Beijing. Leading up to their maiden Games, he and crew member Shafranyuk formally accepted a berth forfeited by New Zealand, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
