Santiago Raúl Lange is an Argentine Olympic sailor and a naval architect.
Nacra Sailing is a Dutch company that manufactures a line of small catamaran sailboats, or beachcats. NACRA was founded in 1975 to tap into the market created by Hobie Alter the founder of Hobie Cat, and several other companies offering small fiberglass catamarans designed to be sailed off the beach by a crew of one or two.
Cecilia Carranza Saroli is an Argentine Olympic sailor. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed in the Women's Laser Radial class, finishing in the 21st place. At the 2008 Summer Olympics she finished 8th in the same event. Cecilia won the gold medal at the 2011 Pan American Games. At the 2016 Summer Olympics, she won the gold medal in the category Nacra 17 alongside fellow sailor Santiago Lange.
Tara Pacheco van Rijnsoever is a Spanish sports sailor. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed in the Women's 470 class with Berta Betanzos. At the 2016 Olympics, she and Fernando Echavarri competed in the Nacra 17 class.
Sailing at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro was held from 8–18 August at Marina da Gloria in Guanabara Bay. The sailing classes had two changes from the 2012 Summer Olympics events. There were 10 events.
Sailing competitions at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo took place from 25 July to 4 August 2021 at the Enoshima Yacht Harbor in Enoshima. The venue was also used for the 1964 Olympic Games although significantly regenerated, the IOC now encouraging regeneration, cost reductions and sustainability. The RS:X, Laser, Laser Radial, Finn, 470, 49er, 49erFX, and Nacra17 are all returning for 2020; there are no significant changes to the Olympic programme from 2016.
The mixed Nacra 17 competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro took place between 10–16 August at Marina da Glória. Thirteen races were held.
The Nacra 15 is a performance catamaran used for racing. It went into production in 2015. It was designed as a smaller version of the Olympic multihull class, the Nacra 17.
Paul Kohlhoff is a German sailor. He represented Germany, along with partner Carolina Werner, in the Nacra 17 class at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, and at the 2020 Summer Olympics, with Alica Stuhlemmer, winning the bronze medal.
Ruggero Tita is an Italian sailor. He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics and 2024 Summer Olympics, with Caterina Banti, in Nacra 17, winning two gold medals.
Sailing competitions at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru took place between August 3 and 10, 2019 at the Yacht Club Peruano in the city of Paracas.
This article details the qualifying phase for sailing at the 2020 Summer Olympics. 350 quota places for the Games are entitled to the sailors coming from their respective NOCs, based on the results at designated regattas supervised by World Sailing. Host nation Japan has been guaranteed one quota place in each of the ten classes.
Finland competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Finnish athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games since the nation's official debut in 1908. Finland left the 2020 Summer Olympics with two bronze medals; its last Summer Olympic gold medal was won in the 2008 Games.
The Esailing World Championship (ESWC) is an annual esports competition, first held in 2018 and officially recognized by World Sailing the main sports governing body. Esailing consists of real time regatta simulation via video game.
Caterina Marianna Banti is an Italian sailor who specializes in the Nacra 17 category. Two-time Olympic champion with Nacra 17 in Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024.
Alica Stuhlemmer is a German sailor who lives in Altenholz. She represented Germany, along with partner Paul Kohlhoff, in the Nacra 17 class at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, winning the bronze medal. At 22 years old Alica was the youngest sailor to win a medal throughout all sailing disciplines in Tokyo.
Micah Wilkinson is a New Zealand sailor. He competed in the Multihull – Nacra 17 event at the 2020 Summer Olympics with Erica Dawson. He and Dawson competed again in the 2024 Summer Olympics where they won the bronze medal in the Nacra 17 event.
Anna Burnet is a British Olympic silver medallist and two-time world champion in sailings Mixed multihull Olympic discipline. She lives in Scotland. In 2020 she became world champion in the Nacra 17 World Championship with partner John Gimson. They were selected for the British Olympic team and gained silver medals at the 2020 Summer Olympics. The pair continued their good run to win the 2021 World and European Championships.
John Gimson is an Olympic Silver Medallist and two time World champion in sailings Mixed multihull Olympic discipline. He lives in Congleton. In 2020 he became world champion in the Nacra 17 World Championship with partner Anna Burnet. They were selected for the British Olympic team and gained silver medals at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Mateo Majdalani is an Argentine sailor who specializes in the Nacra 17 category. He is a silver medalist at the 2024 Summer Olympics, gold medalist at the 2023 Pan American Games and silver medalist at the 2019 Pan American Games.
