2024 29er World Championship

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2024 29er World Championship
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Event title
Name2024 29er World Championship
Edition24th
HostAarhus International Sailing Center, Aarhus, Denmark
Event details
VenueAarhus International Sailing Center
Dates1 August - 9 August 2024
Classes 29er
Competitors
Competitors516
Competing nations27
Results
Gold medal icon.svg GoldAlex Demurtas & Giovanni Santi
Silver medal icon.svg SilverEwa Lewandowska & Krzysztof Królik
Bronze medal icon.svg BronzeJocelyn Le Goff & Jules Vidor

The 2024 29er World Championship was a world championship of sailing that was held at Aarhus International Sailing Center in Aarhus, Denmark. The event took place between 1 August and 9 August 2024.

Contents

The event was won by Alex Demurtas and Giovanni Santi [1] of Italy, who has previously finished 2nd in the 2022 29er World Championship, [2] and 3rd at the 2023 World Championship. [3] This was the 24th 29er World Championship.

Summary

Reigning world champion Clementine Van Steenberge [3] of Ireland finished 2nd in silver fleet [4] after switching crews from her brother, Nathan Van Steenberge, to Jessica Riordan for the event. They finished as the 6th female team overall.

Qualifiers

There were 5 different winners of the first race of the day due to separate fleets. These winners included eventual event winners Alex Demurtas and Giovanni Santi, as well as female team Emily Polson and Tiffany Mak of Hong Kong, and Swedish mixed duo Selma Hård and Lukas Wolfgang. Alex Demurtas and Giovanni Santi went on to win the first 4 races in their fleet creating a dominant lead from the start of the championship. The top 3 in the qualifying series would be Alex Demurtas and Giovanni Santi, Ewa Lewandowska and Krzysztof Królik of Poland, with French duo Nolann Huet Des Aunay and Titouan Gresset finishing 3rd.

Results

Results from qualifying series not represented. Top 15 finishers in gold fleet are shown:

Results of individual races
PosCrewCountryIIIIIIIVVVIVIIVIIIIXTotPts
Gold medal icon.svg Alex Demurtas
Giovanni Santi
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 262412317217847
Silver medal icon.svg Ewa Lewandowska
Krzysztof Królik
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland SCP 192341331841312079
Bronze medal icon.svg Jocelyn Le Goff
Jules Vidor
Flag of France.svg  France 1231714114DNC 48913488
4Nolann Huet Des Aunay
Titouan Gresset
Flag of France.svg  France 1152715361381016183145
5James Crossley
Sam Webb
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 383430513201057186148
6Giuseppe Montesano
Enrico Coslovich
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 172140171026172200160
7Santiago Sesto-Cosby
Ben Bradley
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 25104324334288206163
8Felix Llauro
Marcos Pruden
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 191841981513293193164
9Logan Mraz
Juan Albamonte
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 63012343813815203165
10Lucas Patrick
Luke Rogers
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 262881152351626150125
11Finian Morris
Charlie Gran
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 812234235323314215273
12Soma Kis-Szölgyémi
András Juhász
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 279113614222510200173
13Benjamin Rodriguez Moron
Ronan Curnyn
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 162092434251517212178
14Lukas Kraus
Ondrej Baštár
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 143118142191299214183
15Moritz Wagner
Leo Gradel
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1013418538291336222184

Scoring system: low-point system; Source:

Legend: BFD – Black flag disqualification; DNC – Did not come to the starting area; DNF – Did not finish; DNS – Did not start; DNE– Disqualification (other then DGM) not excludable under rule 90.3(b);DNF – Started but did not finish; DNS – Came to the start area but did not start; DSQ – Disqualified; RDG – Redress given; RET – Retired; SCP –Scoring penalty under rule 44.3; UFD – "U" flag disqualification; – Discarded race not counted in the overall result;

References

  1. "Sailing News - 29er - World Championship 2024 - Aarhus DEN - Final results". sailing-news.com. Retrieved 2025-07-10.
  2. "Sailwave results for 29er World Championship at CN EL BALIS 2022". filedn.com. Archived from the original on 2024-02-23. Retrieved 2025-07-10.
  3. 1 2 "Sailwave results for 2023 29er World Championship at Weymouth & Portland National Sailing Academy27th Jul to 4th August 2023". www.sailwave.com. Retrieved 2025-07-10.
  4. "Sailwave results for 29er World Championship 2024 at Aarhus International Sailing Centre1st - 9th August 2024 2024". int29erclass.ourclubadmin.com. Retrieved 2025-07-10.