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.
The Soling is an open keelboat that holds the World Sailing "International class" status. The class was used from the 1972 Olympics until the 2000 Olympics as "Open three-person keelboat". Besides the Olympic career of the Soling the boat is used for international and local regattas as well as for recreational sailing. The Soling is managed by the International Soling Association under auspician of World Sailing since 1968.
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.
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.
The Soling Three Person Keelboat was sailed at the 2000 Summer Olympics held from 17 to 30 September 2000 in Sydney, Australia. The series started as a fleet race and then switched to match racing for the twelve best crew. 16 crews from 16 countries competed on 16 boats with a total of 48 sailors.
The Dragon World Championship is an international biennial sailing regatta in the Dragon class organized by the International Sailing Federation and the International Dragon Association.
Stuart McNay is an American sailor, who specialized in two-person dinghy (470) class. He represented the United States, at four Olympics: two times partner Graham Biehl, in 2008 and 2012 and twice with partner Dave Hughes in 2016 and 2020.
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.
Jordi Xammar Hernández is a Spanish sailor. Xammar and Nicolás Rodríguez won the bronze medal in the men's 470 event at the 2020 Summer Olympics. Previously, Xammar and Joan Herp placed 12th in the men's 470 event at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
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.