Finn Gold Cup

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Finn Gold Cup
First held1956 (1956)
ClassesFinn
Competitors113 (2017)
ChampionsMax Salminen (2017)
Most titlesBen Ainslie (6)

The Finn Gold Cup is the premier competition in Finn Class sailboat racing. Organized by the International Sailing Federation, it decides the Finn World Championships and has been held every year since 1956.[1]

Finn is an Olympic class.

Editions[]

Year City Country Dates Athletes Nations Note
Burnham-on-Crouch  United Kingdom 29 March – 2 April [2]
Karlstad  Sweden 31 July – 4 August [3]
Zeebrugge  Belgium 1–5 May [4]
Hellerup  Denmark 4–9 August [5]
Torquay  United Kingdom 4–10 June [6]
Travemünde  West Germany 14–19 August [7]
Tønsberg  Norway 6–11 August [8]
Medemblik  Netherlands 12–19 August [9]
Torquay  United Kingdom 18–26 July [10]
Gdynia  Poland 22–29 July [11]
La Baule  France 21–29 August [12]
Hanko  Finland 6–12 August [13]
Whitstable  United Kingdom 6–12 August [14]
Hamilton  Bermuda 6–12 August [15]
Cascais  Portugal 14–22 August [16]
Toronto  Canada 1–9 October [17]
Anzio  Italy 25 June – 1 July [18]
Brest  France 14–23 July [19]
Long Beach  United States 10–17 August [20]
Malmö  Sweden 10–19 June [21]
Brisbane  Australia 2–10 January [22]
Palamós  Spain 6–17 September [23]
Manzanillo  Mexico 16–26 November [24]
Weymouth  United Kingdom 5–15 September [25]
Takapuna  New Zealand 18–27 February [26]
Grömitz  West Germany 5–19 July [27]
Medemblik  Netherlands 9–19 September [28]
Milwaukee  United States 13–21 August [29]
Anzio  Italy 17–27 May [30]
Marstrand  Sweden 26 June – 6 July [31]
Palma  Spain 5–13 July [32]
Kiel  West Germany 26 June – 7 July [33]
Ilhabela  Brazil 31 January – 11 February [34]
Alassio  Italy 6–16 April [35]
Porto Carras  Greece 5–15 July [36]
Kingston  Canada 1–3 September [37]
Cádiz  Spain 10–17 May [38]
Bangor  United Kingdom 9–19 July [39]
Pärnu  Estonia 12–21 August [40]
Melbourne  Australia 7–15 January [41]
La Rochelle  France 1–10 May [42]
Gdańsk  Poland 3–13 July [43]
Athens  Greece 17–23 August [44]
Melbourne  Australia 6–17 January [45]
Weymouth  United Kingdom 11–16 June [46]
Marblehead  United States 21–29 September [47]
Athens  Greece 20–28 July [48]
2003 Cádiz  Spain 11–24 September part of the 2003 ISAF Sailing World Championships
Rio de Janeiro  Brazil 12–20 February [49]
Moscow  Russia 9–17 September [50]
Split  Croatia 8–16 July [51]
2007 Cascais  Portugal 28 June – 13 July part of the 2007 ISAF Sailing World Championships
Melbourne  Australia 20–29 January [52]
Vallensbæk  Denmark 3–11 July [53]
San Francisco  United States 27 August – 4 September [54]
2011 Perth  Australia 3–18 December part of the 2011 ISAF Sailing World Championships
2012 Falmouth  United Kingdom 10–18 May [55]
2013 Tallinn  Estonia 23–31 August [56]
2014 Santander  Spain 12–21 September part of the 2014 ISAF Sailing World Championships
Takapuna  New Zealand 20–30 November [57]
Gaeta  Italy 5–15 May [58]
2017 Balatonföldvár  Hungary 1–10 September [59]
2018 Aarhus  Denmark 30 July – 12 August part of the 2018 Sailing World Championships
Melbourne  Australia 13–21 December
Porto  Portugal 8–12 May [60]

Medalists[]

Year
  • v
  • t
 Gold Silver Bronze
1956 Burnham-on-Crouch
  André Nelis (BEL)  Paul Elvstrøm (DEN)   (CAN)
1957 Karlstad
  Jürgen Vogler (GDR)   (NOR)  André Nelis (BEL)
1958 Zeebrugge
  Paul Elvstrøm (DEN)  André Nelis (BEL)  Adelchi Pelaschier (ITA)
1959 Hellerup
  Paul Elvstrøm (DEN)  André Nelis (BEL)   (FRA)
1960 Torquay
  Vernon Stratton (GBR)  André Nelis (BEL)   (GBR)
1961 Travemünde
  André Nelis (BEL)  Hans Fogh (DEN)   (USA)
1962 Tønsberg
  Arne Åkerson (SWE)   (SWE)  André Nelis (BEL)
1963 Medemblik
  Wilhelm Kuhweide (FRG)   (SWE)  Hans Willems (NED)
1964 Torquay
  Hubert Raudaschl (AUT)   (SWE)  Richard Creagh (CAN)
1965 Gdynia
  Jürgen Mier (GDR)   (GDR)   (GBR)
1966 La Baule
  Wilhelm Kuhweide (FRG)  Jörg Bruder (BRA)   (FRG)
1967 Hanko
  Wilhelm Kuhweide (FRG)  Valentin Mankin (URS)  Uwe Mares (FRG)
1968
 Henning Wind (DEN)  Uwe Mares (FRG)  Jörg Bruder (BRA)
1969 Hamilton
  Thomas Lundqvist (SWE)  Jörg Bruder (BRA)  Peter Barrett (USA)
1970 Cascais
  Jörg Bruder (BRA)   (USA)   (USA)
1971 Toronto
  Jörg Bruder (BRA)  Carl van Duyne (USA)  Serge Maury (FRA)
1972 Anzio
  Jörg Bruder (BRA)  John Bertrand (AUS)   (SWE)
1973 Brest
  Serge Maury (FRA)   (SWE)   (SWE)
1974 Long Beach
   (USA)   (SWE)  Kent Carlsson (SWE)
1975 Malmö
   (SWE)   (NED)  Jonty Farmer (NZL)
1976 Brisbane
  Chris Law (GBR)  Jonty Farmer (NZL)  John Bertrand (AUS)
1977 Palamos
  Joaquín Blanco (ESP)  José Doreste (ESP)  Claudio Biekarck (BRA)
1978 Manzanillo
  John Bertrand (USA)  Joaquín Blanco (ESP)  Carl Buchan (USA)
1979 Weymouth
   (USA)  John Bertrand (USA)  Mark Neeleman (NED)
1980 Auckland
   (USA)  John Bertrand (USA)  Lawrence Lemieux (CAN)
1981 Gromitz
  Wolfgang Gerz (FRG)  Lasse Hjortnæs (DEN)   (POL)
1982 Medemblik
  Lasse Hjortnæs (DEN)  Henryk Blaszka (POL)   (USA)
1983 Milwaukee
   (USA)  Wolfgang Gerz (FRG)  Mark Neeleman (NED)
1984 Anzio
  Lasse Hjortnæs (DEN)  Terence Neilson (CAN)   (DEN)
1985 Marstrand
  Lasse Hjortnæs (DEN)   [ru] (URS)  Ingvar Bengtsson (SWE)
1986
 Stig Westergaard (DEN)  Brian Ledbetter (USA)  José Doreste (ESP)
1987 Kiel
  José Doreste (ESP)  Lasse Hjortnæs (DEN)  Brian Ledbetter (USA)
1988 Ilha Bela
  Thomas Schmid (FRG)  Roy Heiner (NED)   (CAN)
1989 Alassio
  Stig Westergaard (DEN)  Eric Mergenthaler (MEX)   [ru] (URS)
1990 Porto Carras
  Hank Lammens (CAN)  Lawrence Lemieux (CAN)  Eric Mergenthaler (MEX)
1991 Kingston
  Hank Lammens (CAN)  Brian Ledbetter (USA)   (URS)
1992 Cadiz
  Eric Mergenthaler (MEX)   (AUS)  Hans Spitzauer (AUT)
1993 Bangor
  Philippe Presti (FRA)  Fredrik Lööf (SWE)  Richard Clarke (CAN)
1994 Pärnu
  Fredrik Lööf (SWE)   (CAN)  José van der Ploeg (ESP)
1995 Melbourne
  Hans Spitzauer (AUT)  Fredrik Lööf (SWE)  Philippe Presti (FRA)
1996 La Rochelle
  Philippe Presti (FRA)  Hans Spitzauer (AUT)  Fredrik Lööf (SWE)
1997 Gdańsk
  Fredrik Lööf (SWE)  Luca Devoti (ITA)  Xavier Rohart (FRA)
1998 Athens
  Mateusz Kusznierewicz (POL)  Fredrik Lööf (SWE)  Xavier Rohart (FRA)
1999 Melbourne
  Fredrik Lööf (SWE)  Mateusz Kusznierewicz (POL)  Richard Clarke (CAN)
2000 Weymouth
  Mateusz Kusznierewicz (POL)  Sébastien Godefroid (BEL)  Aimilios Papathanasiou (GRE)
2001 Marblehead
  Sébastien Godefroid (BEL)  Mateusz Kusznierewicz (POL)  Aimilios Papathanasiou (GRE)
2002 Athens
  Ben Ainslie (GBR)  Mateusz Kusznierewicz (POL)  Aimilios Papathanasiou (GRE)
2003 Cadiz
details 		 Ben Ainslie (GBR)  Rafael Trujillo (ESP)  Andrew Simpson (GBR)
2004 Rio de Janeiro
  Ben Ainslie (GBR)  Richard Clarke (CAN)  David Burrows (IRL)
2005 Moscow
  Ben Ainslie (GBR)  Aimilios Papathanasiou (GRE)  Chris Cook (CAN)
2006 Split
  Jonas Høgh-Christensen (DEN)  Aimilios Papathanasiou (GRE)  Edward Wright (GBR)
2007 Cascais
details 		 Rafael Trujillo (ESP)  Pieter-Jan Postma (NED)  Gašper Vinčec (SLO)
2008 Melbourne
  Ben Ainslie (GBR)  Dan Slater (NZL)  Jonas Høgh-Christensen (DEN)
2009 Vallensbæk
  Jonas Høgh-Christensen (DEN)  Zach Railey (USA)  Ivan Kljaković Gašpić (CRO)
2010 San Francisco
  Edward Wright (GBR)  Rafael Trujillo (ESP)  Giles Scott (GBR)
2011 Perth
details 		 Giles Scott (GBR)  Pieter-Jan Postma (NED)  Edward Wright (GBR)
2012 Falmouth
details 		 Ben Ainslie (GBR)  Edward Wright (GBR)  Jonas Høgh-Christensen (DEN)
2013 Tallinn
details 		 Jorge Zarif (BRA)  Edward Wright (GBR)  Pieter-Jan Postma (NED)
2014 Santander
details 		 Giles Scott (GBR)  Ivan Kljaković Gašpić (CRO)  Edward Wright (GBR)
2015 Takapuna
  Giles Scott (GBR)  Jonathan Lobert (FRA)  Vasilij Žbogar (SLO)
2016 Gaeta[61]
  Giles Scott (GBR)  Jonas Høgh-Christensen (DEN)  Pieter-Jan Postma (NED)
2017 Balatonföldvár[62]
details 		 Max Salminen (SWE)  Jonathan Lobert (FRA)  Nicholas Heiner (NED)
2018 Aarhus
details 		 Zsombor Berecz (HUN)  Max Salminen (SWE)  Pieter-Jan Postma (NED)
2019 Melbourne[63]
  Josh Junior (NZL)  Nicholas Heiner (NED)  Zsombor Berecz (HUN)
2021 Porto[64]
  Andy Maloney (NZL)  Joan Cardona (ESP)  Josh Junior (NZL)

Multiple medallists[]

# Athlete Country Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Ben Ainslie  Great Britain 6 0 0 6
2 Giles Scott  Great Britain 4 0 1 5
3 Fredrik Lööf  Sweden 3 3 1 7
4 Jorg Bruder  Brazil 3 2 1 6
5 Lasse Hjortnæs  Denmark 3 2 0 5
6 Willi Kuhweide  West Germany 3 0 0 3

See also[]

  • ISAF Sailing World Championships
  • International Sailing Federation

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