2014 ISAF Sailing World Championships

2014 ISAF Sailing World Championships

Edition	4th
Venue	Santander, Spain
Dates	8-21 September 2014
Titles	10
Competitors	Approx 1,250^[1]
Competing nations	83^[1]
Qualification(s)	2016 Summer Olympics
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The 2014 ISAF Sailing World Championships, was held in Santander, Spain, this was the fourth edition of the ISAF Sailing World Championships. It is the world championships for all disciplines used at the upcoming Olympics. What gives this event greater significance is that it was used as qualification for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Brazil.

Bids for 2014

The following Cities competed against Santander to win the right to host the Championships. ^[2]

Summary

Medal table

Host nation

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	France	3	0	1	4
2	Netherlands	2	0	0	2
3	Australia	1	1	2	4
4	New Zealand	1	1	0	2
5	Great Britain	1	0	3	4
6	Austria	1	0	0	1
6	Brazil	1	0	0	1
8	Croatia	0	2	0	2
8	Denmark	0	2	0	2
10	Argentina	0	1	0	1
10	Poland	0	1	0	1
10	Spain	0	1	0	1
10	Sweden	0	1	0	1
14	Belgium	0	0	1	1
14	Greece	0	0	1	1
14	Israel	0	0	1	1
14	Italy	0	0	1	1

Event medalists

Class	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Laser	Nicholas Heiner (NED)	Tom Burton (AUS)	Nick Thompson (GBR)
Laser Radial	Marit Bouwmeester (NED)	Josefin Olsson (SWE)	Evi Van Acker (BEL)
Men's RS:X	Julien Bontemps (FRA)	Przemyslaw Miarczynski (POL)	Thomas Goyard (FRA)
Women's RS:X	Charline Picon (FRA)	Marina Alabau (ESP)	Maayan Davidovich (ISR)
Men's 470	Mathew Belcher (AUS) William Ryan (AUS)	Sime Fantela (CRO) Igor Marenic (CRO)	Panagiotis Mantis (GRE) Pavlos Kagialis (GRE)
Women's 470	Lara Vadlau (AUT) Jolanta Ogar (AUT)	Jo Aleh (NZL) Polly Powrie (NZL)	Hannah Mills (GBR) Saskia Clark (GBR)
49er	Peter Burling (NZL) Blair Tuke (NZL)	Jonas Warrer (DEN) Anders Thomsen (DEN)	Nathan Outteridge (AUS) Iain Jensen (AUS)
49erFX	Martine Grael (BRA) Kahena Kunze (BRA)	Ida Marie Baad Nielsen (DEN) Marie Thusgaard Olsen (DEN)	Giulia Conti (ITA) Francesca Clapcich (ITA)
Finn	Giles Scott (GBR)	Ivan Kljakovic Gaspic (CRO)	Edward Wright (GBR)
Nacra 17	Billy Besson (FRA) Marie Riou (FRA)	Santiago Lange (ARG) Cecilia Carranza Saroli (ARG)	Jason Waterhouse (AUS) Lisa Darmanin (AUS)

References

1 2 Ceremony at the Santander 2014 ISAF Sailing World Championships as ISAF President Carlo Croce officially declared the event open. – sailing.org. Retrieved 12 September 2014. Published 11 September 2014.
↑ http://www.sailing.org/34620.php ISAF News Story

External links

World Championships in sailing

ISAF Sailing World Championships	2003 2007 2011 2014

Centreboard classes	470 49er & 49er FX Europe Finn Flying Dutchman Laser Laser 4.7 Laser Radial men's women's Snipe

Keelboat classes	12 Metre 5.5 Metre 6 Metre Dragon Soling Star Yngling women's open

Multihull classes	Nacra 17 Tornado

Windsurfer classes	RS:X

Yacht classes	Class 40 Farr 30 Farr 40 Farr 45 Sydney 40 Swan 45 TP52 X-35 X-41 X-99

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