Nils Frei

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Nils Frei (born 19 January 1973) is a Swiss sailor who has sailed for Alinghi in the America's Cup and Extreme Sailing Series.

A six-time Swiss champion in the dinghy class, Frei finished third in the 1995 world championships in the H-boat class. He was sailing with Kurt Frei and Peter Rüfli. He attempted to qualify for the Olympics in a 49er before attending the University of Geneva, where he studied geography. He then worked for the Berne Economic Development Agency. [1]

Frei first sailed for Alinghi in 2001. He was involved in their 2003 Louis Vuitton Cup and 2003 America's Cup victories. [2] [3] Alinghi then successfully defended the 2007 America's Cup.

Frei was the downward trimmer on Alinghi 5 when it lost the 2010 America's Cup. [4]

Since then, Frei has sailed with Alinghi in the Extreme Sailing Series. [5] [6] They won the series in 2014 and 2016. [7]

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References

  1. ↑ "America's Cup: Alinghi's Sailing Team". Sailracewin.blogspot.co.nz. Retrieved 2017-08-10.
  2. ↑ "NILS FREI - Alinghi - Official website". Alinghi.com. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
  3. ↑ "America's Cup - Defender: Team Alinghi - from CupInfo". Cupinfo.com. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
  4. ↑ "America's Cup- Too much what? A look at shore-side Cup activities". Sail-world.com. Retrieved 2017-08-10.
  5. ↑ "Nils Frei : Challenge and Adventure". Challengeandadventure.com. Retrieved 2017-08-10.
  6. ↑ "Alinghi". Extremesailingseries.com. Retrieved 2017-08-10.
  7. ↑ "Homepage". Sailingworld.com. Retrieved 2017-08-10.


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