(Sarasota, Florida) Two-time Olympian and World Champion Pavlos Kontides has been named 2018 Rolex World Sailor of the Year at the World Sailing Awards this evening. Winning silver at the London 2012 Olympic Games firmly embedded Pavlos Kontides into Cyprus’ sporting history as his success was the first Olympic medal for his nation. Since then, Kontides has […]
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World Sailing, the world governing body of the sport, and Rolex, the leading name in prestige watches that includes those engineered specifically for sailing, announced the lineup of Rolex World Sailor of the Year 2018 nominees that personify excellence. The nominated sailors represent the best of the best in international sailing over the last 12
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(Aarhus, Denmark) Emma Plasschaert won Belgium’s first World Championship gold in the Laser Radial at the Hempel Sailing World Championships today. On a bright and breezy day in Denmark’s Bay of Aarhus, the gusty offshore WSW wind had dropped down to 17 knots from the 25 knots at the start of Laser Standards 40 minutes before. Howling
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Photo | Sailing Energy How old were you when you started sailing? I grew up living on a boat so I was sailing from about five, but I didn’t really get into dinghy racing until around thirteen when we arrived back to New Zealand. Tell us about the years of your childhood that you spent living
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(Sailing Energy | Gamagori, Japan 2017) How old were you when you started sailing? 9 How did you first get involved with sailing? My father is sailor as well, so he took me to Limassol Nautical club to try out the sport, and that was enough to immediately fall in love. What was your first boat? Optimist Why
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Richard Aspland looks at the friendship and rivalry of three exceptional Laser sailors – Pavlos Kontides [CYP], Karl Martin Rammo [EST] and Tonci Stipanovic [CRO]. When you walk around the boat park on the morning of any Olympic sailing event it’s not uncommon to see sailors talking, laughing, enjoying a coffee or sharing some food.
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