Jesper Pilegaard (born 6 March 1964 in Elsinore) participated in the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona together with Hans Jorgen Riber in 470-sailing placing 19 out of 37 participants; he also participated in numerous European and World championships in sailing (including 470, Laser, and Wayfarer). He has been an international key account manager for Nordea as of September 2009 and Vice-Chairman of the Olympic Club of Denmark as of April 2017.
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The 470 (Four-Seventy) is a double-handed monohull planing dinghy with a centreboard, Bermuda rig, and centre sheeting. Equipped with a spinnaker, trapeze and a large sail-area-to-weight ratio, it is designed to plane easily, and good teamwork is necessary to sail it well. The name comes from the boat's length of 470 centimetres.
Sail Melbourne is an annual sailing Regatta run by Yachting Victoria at various yacht clubs around Port Phillip Bay. Sail Melbourne is a Grade 1 ISAF event.
William Ryan is an Australian sailor and an Olympic champion and five time World champion in the men's 470 event with Mathew Belcher.
Emilia Tsoulfa is a Greek sailor.
Jesper Bank is a Danish sailor and Olympic champion. He received a bronze medal in the Soling class at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.
Jesper Seier is a Danish sailor and Olympic champion.
Ihor Matviienko is a Ukrainian sailor and Olympic Champion. He won a gold medal in the 470 class at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, together with Yevhen Braslavets. He also competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics and the 2004 Summer Olympics. Also, Matviienko is the World and European Champion in 2001. He is a President of the Sailing Federation of the Dnipro, President of 470 class association of Ukraine and Founder of sailing school and club MIR yacht club in Dnipro, Ukraine.
The 470 World Championships have been held every year since 1970 and organised by the club on behalf of the International 470 Class Association and recognized by World Sailing. When the Championship forms part of the ISAF Sailing World Championships.
Mathew "Mat" Belcher, is an Australian sailor and a two-time Olympic gold medalist in the 470 dinghy, who currently competes with crew Will Ryan. In 2011, following World Championship and World Cup success, he and Malcolm Page were shortlisted by the International Sailing Federation for the ISAF World Sailor of the Year Awards. Belcher was selected as the Australian flag bearer for the closing ceremony of the 2020 Summer Olympics after winning a second gold medal and third successive medal in the 470 class.
The Turkish Sailing Federation (TYF) is the national governing body for the sport of sailing in Turkey, recognised by the International Sailing Federation.
Gabrio Zandonà is an Italian sailor, world champion in the 470 class in 2003.
Joanna Ayela Aleh is a New Zealand sailor. She is a national champion, a former world champion, and an Olympic gold medallist.
These are the results of the men's 470 competition in sailing at the 2000 Summer Olympics.
These are the results of the women's 470 competition in sailing at the 2000 Summer Olympics.
Panagiotis Mantis is a Greek competitive sailor.
Pavlos Kagialis is a Greek competitive sailor.
Jesper Stålheim is a Swedish competitive sailor. He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, in the men's Laser class where he finished in 16th place.
Peter Evans is a New Zealand sailor who has competed in two Olympic Games and in six America's Cup campaigns.
ISAF Sailing Games were a sailing festival organised by the International Sailing Federation held every four years from 1994 to 2006.
Simon Cooke is a New Zealand sailor. He competed in the men's 470 event at the 2000 Summer Olympics. In 2002, he won the world championship 470 event with Peter Nicholas. In 2019, he coached the Thailand team for the world championships held in Japan. He is a World Champion winning the 2002 470 World Championship and two time RS Feva World Champion.