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Sailing At The 2000 Summer Olympics – Soling
The Soling Three Person Keelboat was sailed at the 2000 Summer Olympics held from 17 to 30 September 2000 in Sydney, Australia. The series started as a fleet race and then switched to match racing for the twelve best crew. 16 crews from 16 countries competed on 16 boats with a total of 48 sailors. The Norwegian crew of Herman Horn Johannessen, Paul Davis and Espen Stokkeland finished first in the fleet racing stage, while Danish crew of Jesper Bank, Henrik Blakskjær and Thomas Jacobsen won the Olympic gold medal by beating the German crew of 1996 champion helmsman Jochen Schümann Jochen Schümann (; born 8 June 1954) is a German sailor and three-time Olympic champion. He competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, where he won a gold medal in the '' finn class''. He competed in the Soling class at the 1988, 1996 ..., Gunnar Bahr and Ingo Borkowski with 4–3 in the final series. Norway won the bronze medal through beating the Netherlands with 3–1 in matc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soling
The Soling is an Keelboat, open keelboat that holds the World Sailing "International class" status. The class was used from the Sailing at the 1972 Summer Olympics, 1972 Olympics until the Sailing at the 2000 Summer Olympics, 2000 Olympics as "Sailing at the Summer Olympics#Olympic classes (equipment), Open three-person keelboat". Besides the Olympic career of the Soling the boat is used for international and local regattas as well as for Sailing#Recreational sailing, recreational sailing. The Soling is managed by the International Soling Association under auspician of World Sailing since 1968. The Soling is a strong boat designed for any wind and sea condition by Jan Herman Linge from Norway in 1964. The boats are One-Design#Sailing, one-design originating from an authorized single Molding (process), plug and mould system and made of fiberglass. This together with a strict set of class rules makes competition possible on a "level playing field". Solings last a long time, and boa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
