William Ryan is an Australian sailor and an Olympic champion and five time World champion in the men's 470 event with Mathew Belcher.
Udi Gal is an Israeli Olympic sailor, who is a sailing world championship three-time bronze medalist.
Gideon "Gidi" Kliger is an Israeli Olympic sailor, who is a three-time bronze medallist at the sailing world championships.
Byron Kokkalanis, also spelled Vyron, is a Greek windsurfer of partly Filipino ancestry. He started sailing in 1997 in the Mistral class and 3 years later he won the Mistral Junior World Championship, his first international regatta. He took the fifth place at the 2016 Summer Olympics and the sixth place at the 2012 London Olympic Games. At the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games he finished in the 11th place.
Pavlos Kontides is a Cypriot sailor. He became the first Cypriot athlete ever to win an Olympic medal for his country, by winning the silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Men's Laser class behind Tom Slingsby. He won the International Sports Prize World Athlete of the Year award in 2012. On Tuesday 19 of September 2017, Kontides took the 1st place in 2017 ILCA World Championship in Split, Croatia, becoming a World Champion. He won the championship again in 2018, as well as a silver in 2013.
Luke Patience is a British Olympic sailor. He competed with Stuart Bithell at the 2012 Summer Olympics, and the team won a silver medal.
Gil Cohen is an Israeli Olympic sports sailor. She competed in sailing in the Women's 470 with Vered Buskila in the 2012 Summer Olympics, and in the same event with Nina Amir in the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Anton Carl Diderik Dahlberg is a Swedish sailor, who specializes in the 470 class, a two-person dinghy. He has represented Sweden, along with his partner Sebastian Östling, in two editions of the Olympic Games, and with Fredrik Bergström in 2016 and 2020, winning an Olympic silver in 2020. He has been representing the Royal Swedish Yacht Club throughout most of his career.
John Sebastian Östling is a Swedish sailor, who specializes in the 470 class, a two-person dinghy. He represented Sweden, along with his partner Anton Dahlberg, in two editions of the Olympic Games, and has also been training representing Royal Swedish Yacht Club throughout most of his sporting career under his personal coach and mentor Per Frykholm.
Greece competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. Greek athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games of the modern era, alongside Australia, France, Great Britain, and Switzerland. As the progenitor nation of the Olympic Games and in keeping with tradition, Greece entered first at the Maracanã Stadium during the opening ceremony.
Efstathios "Stathios" Papadopoulos is a Greek sailor, who specialized in two-person dinghy (470) class. He represented his nation Greece, along with his partner Panagiotis Kampouridis, at the 2012 Summer Olympics, and also obtained a top nine finish at the World Championships in Barcelona, Spain.
Panagiotis Kampouridis is a Greek sailor, who specialized in two-person dinghy (470) class. He represented his nation Greece, along with his partner Efstathios Papadopoulos, at the 2012 Summer Olympics, and also obtained a top nine finish at the World Championships in Barcelona, Spain.
Graeme Saunders is a Canadian sailor. Along with his partner Jacob Saunders, he competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics, finishing in 22nd place in the men's 470 event. He started his early training at the Chester Yacht Club and has also competed as Graeme Chaplin-Saunders.
Jacob Saunders is a Canadian sailor. Along with his partner Graeme Saunders, he competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the 470 event, finishing in 22nd place. He represented Canada at the 2020 Summer Olympics together with Oliver Bone of the Royal Nova Scotia Yacht Squadron, finishing in 17th place in the men's 470 event. He started his early training and career with the Chester Yacht Club, competing as Jacob Chaplin-Saunders.
Nina Amir is an Israeli Olympic sports sailor.
Hélène Defrance is a French former sailor, who won a bronze medal in the women's 470 event at the 2016 Summer Olympics. She also won the 2010 470 European Championships race, and the 2016 470 World Championships. Defrance is a knight of the Ordre national du Mérite.
Panagiotis Mantis is a Greek competitive sailor.
Carl Fredrik Bergström is a Swedish competitive sailor. He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro in the men's 470, where he, with partner Anton Dahlberg, finished in 6th place. At the 2020 Summer Olympics, he and Dahlberg won a silver medal in the men's 470.
The following are the scheduled events of sailing for the year 2018 throughout the world.
The following were the scheduled events of sailing for the year 2016 throughout the world.
