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The Laser World Championship have been held every year since 1974, organized by the International Sailing Federation. [1]
Laser is an Olympic sailing class.
| # | Athlete | Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robert Scheidt |  Brazil | 9 | 2 | 1 | 12 |
| 2 | Tom Slingsby |  Australia | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | Nick Thompson |  Great Britain | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | Ben Ainslie | Great Britain | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 5 | Michael Blackburn | Australia | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 6 | Tom Burton | Australia | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Peter Tanscheit | Brazil | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | Andrew Murdoch |  New Zealand | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 9 | Glenn Bourke | Australia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | Pavlos Kontides |  Cyprus | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | Nik Burfoot | New Zealand | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 12 | Karl Suneson |  Sweden | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Matthew Wearn | Australia | |||||
| 14 | Philipp Buhl |  Germany | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 15 | John Bertrand |  United States | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 16 | Gustavo Lima |  Portugal | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Peter Commette | United States | |||||
| 17 | Paul Goodison | United Kingdom | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
The Laser is a class of single-handed, one-design sailing dinghies using a common hull design with three interchangeable rigs of different sail areas, appropriate to a given combination of wind strength and crew weight. Bruce Kirby designed the Laser in 1970 with an emphasis on simplicity and performance.
The Laser Radial or ILCA 6 is a popular one-design class of small sailing dinghy, originally built by Laser Performance. It is a singlehanded boat, meaning that it is sailed by one person. The Laser Radial is a variant of the Laser standard, with shorter mast and reduced sail area, allowing light sailors to sail in heavy winds. The International Class is recognised by World Sailing.
The Laser Standard or ILCA 7 is a popular one-design class of single-handed sailing dinghy, originally built by Performance Sailcraft Canada. The laser is cat rigged, with a single mainsail and is a simple, light and fast boat to sail. The Laser Standard is the original of the Laser family of dinghys, which also includes the Laser Radial and Laser 4.7, both of which use the same hull, but have smaller rigs.
The Laser 4.7 or ILCA 4 is a one-design dinghy class in the Laser series and is a one-design class of sailboat. All Lasers are built to the same specifications. The Laser is 4.06 m long, with a waterline length of 3.81 m. The hull weight is 59 kg (130 lb). The boat is manufactured by ILCA and World Sailing approved builders.
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Paul Martin Goodison MBE is an English Olympic gold medal-winning sailor.
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The Women's Laser Radial World Championships have been held every year since 1980, organized by the International Sailing Federation. Laser Radial is an Olympic sailing class. The event was held together with the Men's Laser Radial World Championships between 1989 and 2010.
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