George Leonchuk ( uk, Георгій Ігорович Леончук, tr. ''Heorhiy Ihorovych Leonchuk''; born 24 May 1974 in Potsdam, German Democratic Republic) is a Ukrainian sailor.

Career highlights

;World Championships :2001 - Malcesine, 3rd, 49er (with Rodion Luka) :2002 - Hawaii, 5th, 49er (with Rodion Luka) :2003 - Cádiz, 3rd, 49er (with Rodion Luka) :2005 - Moscow, 1st, 49er (with Rodion Luka) :2006 - Aix-les-Bains, 9th, 49er (with Rodion Luka) :2007 -

Cascais Cascais () is a town and municipality in the Lisbon District of Portugal, located on the Portuguese Riviera. The municipality has a total of 214,158 inhabitants in an area of 97.40 km2. Cascais is an important tourism in Portugal, tourist de ...

, 14th, 49er (with Rodion Luka) :2008 - Sorrento, 3rd, 49er (with Rodion Luka) ;Summer Olympics :

2000 File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential election; Heads of state meet for the Millennium Summit; The International Space Station in its infant form as seen from ...

Sydney Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about towards the Blue Mountain ...

, 10th, 49er (with Rodion Luka) :

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 6 ...

- Athens, 2nd, 49er (with Rodion Luka) ;European Championships :2000 -

Medemblik Medemblik () is a municipality and a town in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland and the region of West-Frisia. It lies immediately south of the polder and former municipality of Wieringermeer. History Medemblik was a prosperous ...

, 3rd, 49er (with Rodion Luka) :2001 - Brest, 4th, 49er (with Rodion Luka) :2007 -

Marsala Marsala (, local ; la, Lilybaeum) is an Italian town located in the Province of Trapani in the westernmost part of Sicily. Marsala is the most populated town in its province and the fifth in Sicily. The town is famous for the docking of Gius ...

, 13th, 49er (with Rodion Luka) ;Other achievements :2000 - Kiel, Kiel Week, 2nd, 49er :2001 -

Spa Regatta Allianz Regatta, formerly known as the SPA Regatta, the Holland Regatta, the Delta Lloyd Regatta, and the Medemblik Regatta, is an annual sailing regatta in Almere, the Netherlands, first held in 1985 in Medemblik. It hosts the Olympic and Paraly ...

, 1st, 49er :2001 - Kiel, Kiel Week, 2nd, 49er :2002 -

, 2nd, 49er :2003 - Hyères, Semaine Olympique Française, 1st, 49er :2003 -

, 3rd, 49er :2005 - Miami,

Rolex Miami OCR US Sailing's Miami Olympic Classes Regatta is an annual sailing regatta at the US Sailing Center in Miami, the United States part of the ISAF Sailing World Cup.http://www.sailing.org/worldcup/miami_2018.php It hosts the Olympic and Paralympic c ...

, 2nd, 49er :2006 - Miami,

, 3rd, 49er :2006 - Miami, North American Championships, 3rd, 49er :2010 - Sanremo, Italian Championship, 1st,

Dragon A dragon is a reptilian legendary creature that appears in the folklore of many cultures worldwide. Beliefs about dragons vary considerably through regions, but dragons in western cultures since the High Middle Ages have often been depicted as ...

:2010 - Marstrand, Swedish Championship, 1st,

:2010 - Marstrand, BMW Dragon Gold Cup, 2nd,

External links

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49er World Championships

OUTTERIDGE And AUSTIN Win 49er World Title
1974 births Living people Ukrainian male sailors (sport) Sailors at the 2000 Summer Olympics – 49er Sailors at the 2004 Summer Olympics – 49er Sailors at the 2008 Summer Olympics – 49er Olympic sailors for Ukraine Olympic silver medalists for Ukraine Olympic medalists in sailing Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Potsdam 49er class world champions World champions in sailing for Ukraine 21st-century Ukrainian people {{Ukraine-yachtracing-bio-stub