List of Olympians: Sailing Competition

Here’s the provisional list of Olympians expected to participate in the sailing events to be held in Qingdao. Among those to watch in the list: two-time gold medalist Ben Ainslie of the United Kingdom [above]; he is favored to win another gold. Photo via sailing.org

Women’s One Person Dinghy – Laser Radial
28 entries confirmed, 28 athletes
Argentina – Cecilia CARRANZA
Australia – Sarah BLANCK
Belarus – Tatiana DROZDOVSKAYA
Belgium – Evi VAN ACKER
Canada – Lisa ROSS
Croatia – Mateja PETRONIJEVIC
Finland – Tuula TENKANEN
France – Sarah STEYAERT
Germany – Petra NIEMANN
Great Britain – Penny CLARK
Greece – Eftychia MANTZARAKI
Ireland – Ciara PEELO
Israel – Nufar EDELMAN
Italy – Larissa NEVIEROV
Lithuania – Gintare VOLUNGEVICIUTE
Mexico – Tania ELIAS CALLES
New Zealand – Jo ALEH
Norway – Cathrine GJERPEN
Paraguay – Florencia CERUTTI
Peru – Paloma SCHMIDT
Poland – Katarzyna SZOTYNSKA
PR China – Xu LIJIA
Russia – Anastasia CHERNOVA
Singapore – Man Yi LO
Spain – Susana ROMERO
Sweden – Karin SODERSTROM
Switzerland – Nathalie BRUGGER
USA – Anna TUNNICLIFFE

Men’s One Person Dinghy – Laser
43 entries confirmed, 43 athletes
Argentina – Julio ALSOGARAY
Australia – Tom SLINGSBY
Austria – Andreas GERITZER
Barbados – Gregory DOUGLAS
Brazil – Bruno FONTES
Canada – Mike LEIGH
Chile – Matias DEL SOLAR GOLDSMITH
Croatia – Luka RADELIC
Cyprus – Pavlos KONTIDES
Czech Republic – Martin TRCKA
Denmark – Anders NYHOLM
Dominican Republic – Raul AGUAYO
Estonia – Deniss KARPAK
Finland – Pierre Angelo COLLURA
France – Jean Baptiste BERNAZ
Great Britain – Paul GOODISON
Greece – Evangelos CHIMONAS
Guatemala – Juan I MAEGLI
Hungary – Zsombor BERECZ
Italy – Diego ROMERO
Japan – Yoichi LIJIMA
Korea – Jeemin HA
Luxembourg – Marc SCHMIT
Malaysia – Kevin LIM LEONG KEAT
Netherlands – Rutger VAN SCHAARDENBURG
New Zealand – Andrew MURDOCH
Norway – Kristian RUTH
Poland – Maciej GRABOWSKI
Portugal – Gustavo LIMA
PR China – Shen SHENG
Russia – Igor LISOVENKO
Seychelles – Allan JULIE
Singapore – Seng Leong KOH
Slovenia – Vasilij ZBOGAR
Spain – Javier HERNANDES
Sweden – Rasmus MYRGREN
Switzerland – Christoph BOTTONI
Turkey – Kemal MUSLUBAS
United Arab Emirates – Mohammed ADIL KHALID
Uruguay – Alejandro FOGLIA
USA – Andrew CAMPBELL
US Virgin Islands – Thomas BARROWS LLL
Venezuela – Jose Miguel RUIZ

Men’s Two Person Dinghy – 470
29 entries confirmed, 58 athletes
Argentina – Javier CONTE and Juan DE LA FUENTE
Australia – Nathan WILMOT and Malcolm PAGE
Austria – Matthias SCHMID and Florian REICHSTADTER
Belarus – Sergei DESUKEVICH and Pavel LOGUNOV
Brazil – Fabio PILLAR and Samuel ALBRECHT
Canada – Stephen LOCAS and Oliver BONE
Croatia – Sime FANTELA and Igor MARENIC
Finland – Niklas LINDGREN and Heikki ELOMAA
France – Nicolas CHARBONNIER and Olivier BAUSSET
Great Britain – Nick ROGERS and Joe GLANFIELD
Greece – Andreas KOSMATOPOULOS and Andreas PAPADOPOULOS
Ireland – Gerald OWENS and Philip LAWTON
Israel – Gideon KLIGER and Ehud GAL
Italy – Gabrio ZANDONA and Andres TRANI
Japan – Tetsuya MATSUNAGA and Taro UENO
Korea – Cheul YOON and Hyeongtae KIM
Netherlands – Sven COSTER and Kalle COSTER
New Zealand – Carl EVANS and Peter BURLING
Poland – Patryk PIASECKI and Kacper ZIEMINSKI
Portugal – Álvaro MARINHO and Miguel NUNES
PR China – Wang WEIDONG and Deng DAOKUN
Russia – Michael SHEREMETIEV and Maxim SHEREMETIEV
Singapore – Yuan Zhen XU and Seng Kiat Terence KOH
Slovenia – Karlo HMELJAK and Mitja NEVECNY
Spain – Onan BARREIROS and Aaron SARMIENTO
Sweden – Anton DAHLBERG and Sebastian OSTLING
Switzerland – Tobias ETTER and Felix STEIGER
Turkey – Deniz CINAR and Ates CINAR
USA – Stuart MCNAY and Graham BIEHL

Women’s Two Person Dinghy – 470
19 entries confirmed, 38 athletes
Argentina – Fernanda SESTO and Consuelo MONSGUR
Australia – Elise RECHICHI and Tess PARKINSON
Austria – Sylvia VOGL and Carolina FLATSCHER
Brazil – Fernanda OLIVEIRA and Isabel SWAN
Czech Republic – Lenka SMIDOVA and Lenka MRZILKOVA
France – Ingrid PETITJEAN and Gwendolyn LEMAITRE
Germany – Stefanie ROTHWEILER and Vivien KUSSATZ
Great Britain – Christina BASSADONE and Saskia CLARK
Israel – Nike KORNECKI and Vered BOUSKILA
Italy – Giulia CONTI and Giovanna MICOL
Japan – Ai KONDO and Naoko KAMATA
Netherlands – Marcelien DE KONING and Lobke BERKHOUT
PR China – Wen YIMEI and Yu CHUNYAN
Singapore – Liying TOH and Hui Min Deborah ONG
Slovenia – Vesna DEKLEVA PAOLI and Klara MAUCEC
Spain – Natalia VIA-DUFRESNE and Laia TUTZO
Sweden – Therese TORGERSSON and Vendela SANTEN
Switzerland – Emmanuelle ROL and Anne-Sophie THILO
USA – Amanda CLARK and Sarah MERGENTHALER

Men’s Keeboat – Star
16 entries confirmed, 32 athletes
Australia – Iain MURRAY and Andrew PALFREY
Austria – Hans SPITZAUER and Hans-Christian NEHAMMER
Brazil – Robert SCHEIDT and Bruno PRADA
Croatia – Marin Jr LOVOROVIC and Sinisa MIKULICIC
France – Xavier ROHART and Pascal RAMBEAU
Germany – Marc-Aurel PICKEL and Ingo BORKOWSKI
Great Britain – Iain PERCY and Andrew SIMPSON
Ireland – Peter O’LEARY and Stephen MILNE
Italy – Diego NEGRI and Luigi VIALE
New Zealand – Hamish PEPPER and Carl WILLIAMS
Poland – Mateusz KUSZNIEREWICZ and Dominik ZYCKI
Portugal – Afonso DOMINGOS and Bernardo SANTOS
PR China – Li HONGQUAN and Wang HE
Sweden – Frederik LOOF and Anders EKSTROM
Switzerland – Flavio MARAZZI and Enrico DEMARIA
USA – John DANE III and Austin SPERRY

Women’s Keelboat – Yngling
15 entries confirmed, 45 athletes
Australia – Krystal WEIR, Karyn GOJNICH and Angela FARRELL
Canada – Jennifer PROVAN, Martha HENDERSON and Katie ABBOTT
Finland – Silja LEHTINEN, Maria KLEMETZ and Livia VARESMAA
France – Anne LE HELLEY, Catharine LEPESANT and Julie GERECHT
Germany – Urike SCHUMANN, Ute HOPFER and Julia BLECK
Great Britain – Sarah AYTON, Sarah WEBB and Pippa WILSON
Greece – Sofia BEKATOROU, Sofia PAPADOPOULOU and Virginia KRAVARIOTI
Italy – Calligaris CHIARA, Francesca SCOGNAMILLO and Giulia PIGNOLO
Netherlands – Mandy MULDER, Annemieke BES and Merel WITTEVEEN
Norway – Siren SUNDBY, Alexandra KOEFOED and Lise Birgitte FREDRIKSEN
PR China – Song XIAQUN, Yu YANLI and Li XIAONI
Russia – Ekaterina SKUDINA, Diana KRUTSKIKH and Natalia IVANOVA
South Africa – Dominique PROVOYEUR, Penny ALISON and Kim REW
Spain – Monica AZON, Sandra AZON and Graciela PISONERO
USA – Sally BARKOW, Carrie HOWE and Debbie CAPOZZI

Multihull – Tornado
15 entries confirmed, 30 athletes
Argentina – Santiago LANGE and Carlos ESPINOLA
Australia – Darren BUNDOCK and Glenn ASHBY
Austria – Roman HAGARA and Hans Peter STEINACHER
Belgium – Carolijn BROUWER and Sebastien GODEFROID
Canada – Oskar JOHANNSON and Kevin STITTLE
France – Xavier REVIL and Christophe ESPAGNON
Germany – Johannes POLGAR and Florian SPALTEHOLZ
Great Britain – Leigh MCMILLAN and Will HOWDEN
Greece – Iordanis PASCHALIDES and Konstantinos TRIGONIS
Italy – Francesco MARCOLINI and Edoardo BIANCHI
Netherlands – Mitch BOOTH and Pim NIEUWENHUIS
PR China – Chen XIUKE and Luo YOUJIA
Spain – Fernando ECHAVARRI and Anton PAZ
Ukraine – Pavlo KALYNCHEV and Andriy SHAFRANYUK
USA – John LOVELL and Charles OGLETREE

Skiff – 49er
19 entries confirmed, 38 athletes
Australia – Nathan OUTTERIDGE and Ben AUSTIN
Austria – Nico DELLE-KARTH and Nikolaus RESCH AUTNR1
Brazil – Andre FONSECA and Rodrigo DUARTE
Canada – Gordon COOK and Ben REMOCKER
Croatia – Pavle KOSTOV and Peter CUPAC
Denmark – Jonas WARRER and Martin KIRKETERPDENMK3
France – Emmanuel DYEN and Yann ROCHERIEUX
Germany – Jan-Peter PECKOLT and Hannes PECKOLT
Great Britain – Stevie MORRISON and Ben RHODES
Italy – Piero SIBELLO and Gianfranco SIBELLO
Japan – Akira ISHIBASHI and Yukio MAKINO
Norway – Christopher GUNDERSEN and Frode BOVIM
Poland – Marcin CZAJKOWSKI and Krzysztof KIERKOWSKI
Portugal – Jorge LIMA and Francisco ANDRADE
PR China – Li FEI and Hu XIANQIANGE
Spain – Iker MARTINEZ and Xabier FERNANDEZ
Sweden – Jonas LINDBERG and Kalle TORLEN
Ukraine – Rodion LUKA and Georgiy LEONCHUK
USA – Timothy WADLOW and Christopher RAST

Heavyweight Dinghy – Finn
26 entries confirmed, 26 athletes
Australia – Anthony NOSSITER
Brazil – Eduardo COUTO
Canada – Chris COOK
Croatia – Ivan KLJAKOVIC GASPIC
Cyprus – Haris PAPADOPOULOS
Czech Republic – Michael MAIER
Denmark – Jonas HOEGH-CHRISTENSEN
Finland – Tapio NIRKKO
France – Guillaume FLORENT
Great Britain – Ben AINSLIE
Greece – Emilios PAPATHANASIOU
India – Nachhatar Singh JOHAL
Ireland – Timothy GOODBODY
Italy – Giorgio POGGI
Netherlands – Pieter-Jan POSTMA
New Zealand – Dan SLATER
Norway – Peer MOBERG
Poland – Rafal SZUKIEL
PR China – Zhang PENG
Russia – Eduard SKORNIAKOV
Slovenia – Gasper VINCENC
Spain – Rafael TRUJILLO
Sweden – Daniel BIRGMARK
Turkey – Ali Kemal TUFEKCI
USA – Zachary RAILEY
Venezuela – Johnny BILBAO

Men’s Windsurfer – RS:X
35 entries confirmed, 35 athletes
Argentina – Mariano REUTEMANN
Belarus – Mikalai ZHUKAVETS
Brazil – Ricardo SANTOS
Chinese Taipei – Chang HAO
Canada – Zac PLAVSIC
Colombia – Santiago GRILLO
Croatia – Luka MRATOVIC
Cyprus – Andreas CARIOLOU
Denmark – Jonas KAELSDO POULSEN
Estonia – Johannes AHUN
France – Julien BONTEMPS
Great Britain – Nick DEMPSEY
Greece – Nikolas KAKLAMANAKIS
Hong Kong – King Yiin CHAN
Hungary – Aron GADORFALVI
Indonesia – Oka SULAKSANA
Israel – Shahar ZUBARI
Italy – Fabian HEIDEGGER
Japan – Makoto TOMIZAWA
Korea – Taehoon LEE
Mexico – David MIER Y TERAN
Netherlands – Casper BOUMAN
New Zealand – Tom ASHLEY
Poland – Przemyslaw MIARCZYNSKI
Portugal – João RODRIGUES
PR China – Wang AICHEN
Russia – Alexey TOKOREV
Slovak Republic – Patrik POLLAK
Spain – Ivan PASTOR
Switzerland – Richard STAUFFACHER
Thailand – Ek BOONSAWAD
Turkey – Ertugrul ICINGIR
Ukraine – Maksym OBEREMKO
USA – Benjamin BARGER
Venezuela – Carlos FLORES

Women’s Windsurfer – RS:X
27 entries confirmed, 27 athletes
Argentina – Florencia GUTIERREZ
Australia – Jessica CRISP
Brazil – Patricia FREITAS
Bulgaria – Irina KONSTANTINOVA-BONTEMPS
Canada – Nikola GIRKE
Cyprus – Gavriela HADJIDAMIANOU
Denmark – Bettina HONORE
Finland – Tuuli PETAJA
France – Faustine MERRET
Great Britain – Bryony SHAW
Greece – Frai ATHINA
Hong Kong – Wai Kei CHAN
Hungary – Diane DETRE
Israel – Maayan DAVIDOVICH
Italy – Alessandra SENSINI
Japan – Yasuko KOSUGE
Mexico – Demita VEGA DELILLE
New Zealand – Barbara KENDALL
Norway – Jannicke STÅLSTRØM
Poland – Zofia KLEPACKA
PR China – Yin JIAN
Russia – Tatiana BAZUK
Spain – Marina ALABAU
Thailand – Napalai TANSAI
Turkey – Sedef KOKTENTURK
Ukraine – Olha MASLIVETS
USA – Nancy RIOS

Source: sailing.org