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Sailing At The 2000 Summer Olympics – Laser
The Laser (dinghy), Open Single Person Dinghy at the 2000 Summer Olympics was held from 20 to 29 September 2000 in Sydney in Australia. Points were awarded for placement in each race. Eleven races were scheduled and sailed. Each sailor had two discards. Results Notes Points are assigned based on the finishing position in each race (1 for first, 2 for second, etc.). The points are totalled from the top 9 results of the 11 races, with lower totals being better. If a sailor was disqualified or did not complete the race, 44 points are assigned for that race (as there were 43 sailors in this competition). Scoring abbreviations are defined as follows: *OCS – On course side of the starting line *DSQ – Disqualified *DNF – Did Not Finish *DNS – Did Not Start *RDG – Redress Given References Sources Results and weather take from https://web.archive.org/web/20050825083600/http://www.sailing.org/olympics2000/info2000/ {{DEFAULTSORT:Sailing at th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laser (dinghy)
The Laser is a class of Single-handed sailing, single-handed, one-design dinghy sailing, sailing dinghies using a common hull design with three interchangeable rigs of different sail areas, appropriate to a given combination of wind strength and crew weight. Ian Bruce (sailor), Ian Bruce and Bruce Kirby (yachts), Bruce Kirby designed the Laser in 1970 with an emphasis on simplicity and performance. The Laser is a widely produced class of dinghies. As of 2018, there were more than 215,000 boats worldwide. It is an international class with sailors in 120 countries, and an Olympic class since 1996. Its wide acceptance is attributable to its robust construction, simple rig and ease of sailing that offer competitive racing due to tight class association controls which eliminate differences in hull, sails, and equipment. The International Laser Class Association (ILCA) defines the specifications and competition rules for the boat, which is officially referred to as the ILCA Dinghy, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gareth Blanckenberg
Gareth Blanckenberg (born 3 June 1980, in Durban) is a retired South African sailor, who specialized in the Laser class. He obtained top twenty finishes on his respective category in two editions of the Olympic Games (2000 and 2004), and has also been training throughout most of his sailing career for Imperial Yacht Club in Cape Town, under his Irish-born personal coach Trevor Millar. Blanckenberg made his official debut at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where he competed in the Laser class. Sailing through the eleven-race series, he scored a career best result in the fifth heat with a momentous lead over a vast fleet of forty-three sailors, but dropped shortly to ninth in the medal round with a net score of 92. At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Blanckenberg qualified for his second South African team, as a 24-year-old lone sailor, in the Laser A laser is a device that emits light through a process of optical amplification based on the stimulated emission of el ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin Lim (sailor)
Kevin Lim Leong Keat (born 27 September 1976) is a Malaysian former sailor, who specialized in the Laser class. He bagged two silver medals at the Asian Games (1998 and 2002) and became the first-ever Malaysian athlete in history to compete in four editions of the Summer Olympic Games (1996, 2000, 2004, and 2008). Before retiring from the sport in late 2008, Lim trained most of his career at the Woollahra Sailing Club in Sydney, Australia. Lim became the first Malaysian sailor to compete at the Olympics, making his debut as a 20-year-old in Atlanta 1996. There, he finished thirty-eighth overall in the inaugural Laser class with a net grade of 300. At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Lim endured most of the races almost at the rear end of the field before finding his form to notch a second-place finish on the last leg, vaulting him to twenty-second overall with 145 net points. Lim's sailing career thrived in the 2002 season, when he managed to repeat a silver-medal finish fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Fox (sailor)
Peter James Fox (born 9 May 1967) is a New Zealand sailor. He competed in the Laser event at the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, officially branded as Sydney 2000, and also known as the Games of the New Millennium, were an international multi-sport event held from 15 September to 1 October .... References External links * 1967 births Living people New Zealand male sailors (sport) Olympic sailors for New Zealand Sailors at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Laser Sportspeople from Levin, New Zealand 20th-century New Zealand sportsmen {{NewZealand-yachtracing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vladimir Krutskikh
Vladimir Krutskikh (born 24 April 1973) is a Russian sailor. He competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics and the 2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad (), and officially branded as Athens 2004 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 13 to 29 August 2004 in Athens, Greece. The Games saw 10,625 athletes .... References External links * 1973 births Living people Russian male sailors (sport) Olympic sailors for Russia Sailors at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Laser Sailors at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Finn Finn masters world champions World champions in sailing for Russia Place of birth missing (living people) 20th-century Russian sportsmen {{Russia-yachtracing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vasilij Žbogar
Vasilij Žbogar (born 4 October 1975), is a Slovenian sailor. He was born in Koper. Žbogar competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics, where he won a bronze medal and in the 2008 Summer Olympics, where he won a silver medal, both of them in laser class. In 2010, he competed in the Barcolana regatta as a member of the record-setting yacht Esimit Europa 2, winning the event. In 2016, he competed in 2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Rio 2016, were an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events i ... and won a silver medal in Finn class. Žbogar was named Slovenian Sportsman of the year in 2004. References 1975 births Living people Slovenian male sailors (sport) Sailors at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Laser Sailors at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Laser Sailors at the 2008 Summer Olympics – L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tamás Eszes
'Tamás Eszes'' (born 18 June 1976 in Keszthely) is a Laser Standard sailor from Hungary, who competed in two consecutive Summer Olympics The Summer Olympic Games, also known as the Summer Olympics or the Games of the Olympiad, is a major international multi-sport event normally held once every four years. The inaugural Games took place in 1896 in Athens, then part of the King ... for his native country ( Atlanta, Sydney). He was trained by Trevor Millar who is the founder of SailCoach. Tamás created Sail Coach Hungary in 2010. After Sail Coach Hungary, he established the European Sailing Academy in 2016.http://www.sailingacademy.es/sailingacademy.es He is currently the leader and head coach of his team at the Academy, hosting training camps in the Canary Islands as his sailing base. 4 nations (Switzerland, Greece, India, Spain) qualified to the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Laser Radial class following Tamas's coaching program between 2016 and 2021. References 1976 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roope Suomalainen
Roope Samuel Suomalainen (born 6 September 1973 in Kotka) is a retired Finnish sailor, who specialized in the Laser class. He represented his nation Finland in two editions of the Olympic Games (2000 and 2004), and has also been training throughout most of his sporting career for Kotka Yacht Club () in his native Kotka. Suomalainen made his official debut at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where he placed seventeenth in the Laser class with a net grade of 127, surpassing Hungary's Tamas Eszes by a single mark in total. At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Suomalainen qualified for his second Finnish team, as a 30-year-old, in the Laser A laser is a device that emits light through a process of optical amplification based on the stimulated emission of electromagnetic radiation. The word ''laser'' originated as an acronym for light amplification by stimulated emission of radi ... class by placing fourteenth and obtaining a berth from the 2003 ISAF World Championship ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philippe Bergmans
Philippe Bergmans (born 2 May 1974) is a Belgian former sailor, who specialized in the Laser class. He won a gold medal at the 2004 European Laser Championships in Warnemünde, Germany, and was selected to compete for Belgium in three editions of the Olympic Games (1996, 2000, and 2004). Before his retirement came at the end of 2004 season, Bergman trained for the Royal Belgian Sailing Club, under the tutelage of head coach Filip Willems. Bergmans made his Olympic debut in Atlanta 1996, finishing eighteenth overall in the inaugural Laser class with a satisfying net grade of 144. At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Bergmans endured most of the races with steady marks before finding his form to the front of the fleet with his only triumph on the last leg, vaulting him to sixteenth with 116 net points. Eight years after competing in his maiden Games, Bergmans qualified for his third Belgian team, as a 30-year-old, in the Laser class at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antonios Bougiouris
Antonios Bougiouris (born 15 March 1974) is a Greek sailor. He competed in the Laser event at the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, officially branded as Sydney 2000, and also known as the Games of the New Millennium, were an international multi-sport event held from 15 September to 1 October .... References External links * 1974 births Living people Greek male sailors (sport) Olympic sailors for Greece Sailors at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Laser People from Ermoupoli Sportspeople from the South Aegean {{Greece-yachtracing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karl Suneson
Karl Ossian Militz Suneson (born 30 June 1975 in Bankeryd, Jönköping) is a retired Swedish sailor, who specialized in the Laser class. He obtained two medals in his respective category at the Laser World Championship (1999 and 2002), and also represented his nation Sweden in two editions of the Olympic Games (2000 and 2004). Suneson trained throughout most of his sporting career for the Royal Swedish Yacht Club in Saltsjöbaden under his personal coach and brother Wilhelm Suneson. Suneson made his official debut at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where he placed fourteenth in the Laser class with a grade of 107, falling short from the top ten spot by a thirteen-point deficit. Two years later, Suneson reached the summit of his sailing career upon taking home the gold medal at the European Championships in Vallensbæk, Denmark. Two months after celebrating his first victory, Suneson sailed a marvelous stretch to add a silver in his collection at the ISAF World Championshi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peder Rønholt
Peder Rønholt (born 9 March 1974) is a Danish sailor. He competed in the Laser event at the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, officially branded as Sydney 2000, and also known as the Games of the New Millennium, were an international multi-sport event held from 15 September to 1 October .... References External links * 1974 births Living people Danish male sailors (sport) Olympic sailors for Denmark Sailors at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Laser People from Faxe Municipality Sportspeople from Region Zealand {{Denmark-yachtracing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
