Laser Radial

	Class symbol
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Crew	1
Boat
Crew	1
Draft	0.787 m (2 ft 7.0 in)
Hull
Hull weight	58.97 kg (130.0 lb)
LOA	4.2 m (13 ft 9 in)
LWL	3.81 m (12 ft 6 in)
Beam	1.39 m (4 ft 7 in)
Rig
Sails
Mainsail area	5.76 m2 (62.0 sq ft)
Racing
D-PN	96.7
RYA PN	1110
Current Olympic equipment
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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.

Events[]

Olympics[]

The Laser Radial was chosen for singlehanded women discipline at the Summer Olympic starting with the 2008 summer games regatta in Qingdao, China.

Games v t	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2008 Beijing details	Anna Tunnicliffe (USA)	Gintarė Volungevičiūtė (LTU)	Xu Lijia (CHN)
2012 London details	Xu Lijia (CHN)	Marit Bouwmeester (NED)	Evi Van Acker (BEL)
2016 Rio de Janeiro details	Marit Bouwmeester (NED)	Annalise Murphy (IRL)	Anne-Marie Rindom (DEN)
2020 Tokyo details	Anne-Marie Rindom (DEN)	Josefin Olsson (SWE)	Marit Bouwmeester (NED)

World championships[]

Men's Laser Radial World Championship[]

Year v t	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1989 Aarhus	(USA)	Dimitrios Theodorakis (GRE)	(AUS)
1990 Newport	(USA)	(USA)	(USA)
1991 Porto Carras	(AUS)	Maria Vlakhou (GRE)	John Karageorgis (GRE)
1993 Takapuna	Ben Ainslie (GBR)	Dan Slater (NZL)	(NZL)
1994 Wakayama	(POR)	Rodion Luka (UKR)	Nathan Handley (NZL)
1995 Tenerife	Brendan Casey (AUS)	(AUS)	Gustavo Lima (POR)
1996 Simon's Town	Brendan Casey (AUS)	(RUS)	(NZL)
1997 Mohemida	Raimondas Šiugždinis (LTU)	(FRA)	Selim Kakış (TUR)
1998 Medemblik	Gustavo Lima (POR)	(GRE)	(GRE)
1999 La Rochelle	(GRE)	Gustavo Lima (POR)	(FRA)
2000 Cesme	(SWE)	(GRE)	(GRE)
2001 Vilanova	(NZL)	(BRA)	(CRO)
2002 Buffalo	(CRO)	(USA)	(BRA)
2003 Lake Garda	(CRO)	(NZL)	(CRO)
2004 Manly	Michael Blackburn (AUS)	(CRO)	Tom Slingsby (AUS)
2005 Fortaleza	Eduardo Couto (BRA)	(USA)	(NZL)
2006 Los Angeles	Fábio Pillar (BRA)	(NED)	(NED)
2007 Scheveningen	Ben Paton (GBR)	(NED)	(NED)
2008 Auckland	Mike Leigh (CAN)	(USA)	(AUS)
2009 Karatsu	(POL)	(NED)	(NED)
2010 Largs	(POL)	(POL)	(USA)
2011 La Rochelle	(POL)	(AUS)	(NED)
2012 Brisbane	(AUS)	Matthew Wearn (AUS)	(AUS)
2013 Dun Laoghaire	(AUS)	(POL)	Finn Lynch (IRL)
	(POL)	(POL)	(BEL)
	(POL)	(BEL)	Žan Luka Zelko (SLO)
	(POL)	(SLO)	(BRA)
2017 Medemblik^[3] details	(POL)	(SUI)	(AUS)
2018 Kiel^[4]	(AUS)	(POL)	(AUS)
2019 Sakaiminato^[5]	(BEL)	(AUS)	(BRA)
2020 Melbourne^[6]	Daniil Krutskikh (RUS)	(AUS)	(SLO)
2021 Al-Musannah^[7] details	(SLO)	(OMA)	(OMA)

Women's Laser Radial World Championship[]

Year v t	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1980 Kinston	Marit Söderström (SWE)	Lynne Jewell (USA)	(NZL)
1982 Sardinia	(NED)	(ITA)	(ITA)
1983 Kingsport	Betsy Gelenitis (USA)	Lynne Jewell (USA)	(CAN)
1985 Halmstad	Marit Söderström (SWE)	Lynne Jewell (USA)	(ITA)
1988 Fallmouth	(AUS)	(NED)	(GBR)
1989 Aarhus	(NED)	(USA)	(SWE)
1990 Newport	(NED)	(SWE)	(AUS)
1991 Porto Carras	Maria Vlachou (GRE)	Carolijn Brouwer (NED)	(GRE)
1993 Takapuna	Carolijn Brouwer (NED)	(USA)	Alexandra Verbeek (NED)
1994 Wakayama	Melanie Dennison (AUS)	(AUS)	Tracey Tan (SIN)
1995 Tenerife	(AUS)	Larissa Nevierov (ITA)	(GBR)
1996 Simon's Town	(AUS)	Larissa Nevierov (ITA)	(AUS)
1997 Mohemedia	Sarah Blanck (AUS)	(GBR)	(SWE)
1998 Medemblik	Larissa Nevierov (ITA)	Carolijn Brouwer (NED)	(SWE)
1999 La Rochelle	Kelly Hand (CAN)	(SWE)	(FRA)
2000 Cesme	Katarzyna Szotyńska (POL)	(GBR)	(GBR)
2001 Vilanova	Katarzyna Szotyńska (POL)	Larissa Nevierov (ITA)	(BER)
2002 Buffalo	Katarzyna Szotyńska (POL)	(NZL)	Ciara Peelo (IRL)
2003 Lake Garda	Katarzyna Szotyńska (POL)	Krystal Weir (AUS)	(SWE)
2004 Manly	Krystal Weir (AUS)	Christine Bridge (AUS)	Cecilia Carranza Saroli (ARG)
2005 Fortaleza	Paige Railey (USA)	(FRA)	Anna Tunnicliffe (USA)
2006 Los Angeles	Xu Lijia (CHN)	Petra Niemann (GER)	Tania Calles (MEX)
2007 Cascais details	Tatiana Drozdovskaya (BLR)	Sari Multala (FIN)	Petra Niemann (GER)
2008 Auckland	Sarah Steyaert (FRA)	Xu Lijia (CHN)	Andrea Brewster (GBR)
2009 Karatsu	Sari Multala (FIN)	(FRA)	Anna Tunnicliffe (USA)
2010 Largs	Sari Multala (FIN)	Marit Bouwmeester (NED)	Paige Railey (USA)
2011 Perth details	Marit Bouwmeester (NED)	Evi Van Acker (BEL)	Paige Railey (USA)
2012 Boltenhagen	Gintarė Scheidt (LTU)	Xu Lijia (CHN)	Sari Multala (FIN)
2013 Rizhao	Tina Mihelić (CRO)	Tuula Tenkanen (FIN)	Paige Railey (USA)
2014 Santander details	Marit Bouwmeester (NED)	Josefin Olsson (SWE)	Evi Van Acker (BEL)
2015 Al Mussanah	Anne-Marie Rindom (DEN)	Marit Bouwmeester (NED)	Evi Van Acker (BEL)
2016 Nayarit	Alison Young (GBR)	Paige Railey (USA)	Anne-Marie Rindom (DEN)
2017 Medemblik details	Marit Bouwmeester (NED)	Evi Van Acker (BEL)	Manami Doi (JPN)
2018 Aarhus details	Emma Plasschaert (BEL)	Marit Bouwmeester (NED)	Anne-Marie Rindom (DEN)
2019 Sakaiminato	Anne-Marie Rindom (DEN)	Marit Bouwmeester (NED)	Alison Young (GBR)
2020 Melbourne	Marit Bouwmeester (NED)	(NED)	Line Flem Høst (NOR)
2021 Al Mussanah	Emma Plasschaert (BEL)	(POL)	Viktorija Andrulytė (LTU)

Men's Youth Laser Radial World Championship[]

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2009, Karatsu	(THA)	(POL)	(POL)
2010, Largs	(ITA)	(POL)	(ITA)
2011, La Rochelle	(ITA)	(GBR)	(FRA)

Men's Youth Under 21 Laser Radial World Championship[]

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2011, La Rochelle	(PUR)	(AUS)	(GBR)

Men's Youth Under 17 Laser Radial World Championship[]

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2009, Karatsu	(IRL)	(IRL)	(USA)
2011, La Rochelle	(PUR)	(AUS)	(FIN)

Youth Sailing World Championships[]

Boys[]

Year v t	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2010 Istanbul	(NZL)	Keerati Bualong (MAS)	(ITA)
2011 Zadar	(FRA)	(SLO)	(ITA)
2012 Dublin	(AUS)	Finn Lynch (IRL)	Hermann Tomasgaard (NOR)
2013 Limassol	(PUR)	Joel Rodríguez (ESP)	Sébastien Schneiter (SUI)
2014 Tavira	Joel Rodríguez (ESP)	(IRL)	Ryan Lo (SIN)
2015 Langkawi	(AUS)	(NZL)	(GBR)
2016 Auckland	(AUS)	(ITA)	(USA)
2017 Sanya^[8]	(ISR)	Daniil Krutskikh (RUS)	(ITA)
2018 Corpus Christi^[9]	(NZL)	(ARG)	(AUS)
2019 Gdynia^[10]	(TUR)	(AUS)	(POL)
2021 Al-Mussanah^[11]	(BER)	(SLO)	(POR)

Girls[]

Year v t	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2010 Istanbul	(NED)	(FIN)	(USA)
2011 Zadar	Tiril Bue (NOR)	(USA)	(FRA)
2012 Dublin	(SWE)	Line Høst (NOR)	(ITA)
2013 Limassol	Line Høst (NOR)	(POL)	(FIN)
2014 Tavira	(ESP)	(USA)	(FIN)
2015 Langkawi	Mária Érdi (HUN)	(GER)	Magdalena Kwaśna (POL)
2016 Auckland	Dolores Moreira (URU)	(CRO)	(ITA)
2017 Sanya^[12]	(USA)	Dolores Moreira (URU)	(GBR)
2018 Corpus Christi^[13]	(USA)	(NED)	(RUS)
2019 Gdynia^[14]	(ITA)	(ESP)	Shai Kakon (ISR)
2021 Al-Mussanah^[15]	(PER)	(SUI)	(FRA)

Women's Youth Laser Radial World Championship[]

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2009, Karatsu	(FRA)	(AUS)	(NED)
2010, Largs	(USA)	(JPN)	(NED)
2011, La Rochelle	(USA)	(ISR)	(FRA)

Women's Youth (Under 21) Laser Radial World Championship[]

Women's Youth (Under 17) Laser Radial World Championship[]

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2009, Karatsu	(AUS)	(AUS)	(FRA)
2011, La Rochelle	(NED)	(GER)	(DEN)

Open Apprentice Masters Laser Radial World Championship[]

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2010	(NZL)	(FRA)	(GER)

Open Masters Laser Radial World Championship[]

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2010	(GBR)	(BRA)	(NZL)

Open Grand Masters Laser Radial World Championship[]

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2010	(AUS)	(USA)	(USA)

Open Great Grand Masters Laser Radial World Championship[]

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2010	(GBR)	(USA)	(NED)

References[]

External links[]

[UScb-1] "Centerboard Classes". US Sailing. Archived from the original on 15 March 2012. Retrieved 31 July 2012.

[RYA2012-2] "Portsmouth Number List 2012". Royal Yachting Association. Retrieved 31 July 2012.

[3] ttps://sailing.laserinternational.org/regattauploads/2017/RM/2017_Radial_Men_Worlds_Final_Results.htm

[4] ttp://manage2sail.com/en-US/event/kiwo18#!/results?classId=4ee9fa8a-4c4e-4fe2-ab53-7ef9e4a59034

[5] ttps://2019worlds.laserjapan.org/radial/results/men/

[6] ttp://sailingresults.net/sa/results/overall.aspx?ID=80330.2

[7] ttp://2021-radial.laser-worlds.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/19/2021/12/results-for-race-12-2021-ILCA-6-Mens-World-.pdf

[8] ttp://www.worldsailingywc.org/results/2017_sanya_china.php

[9] ttp://seedat.me/YWResults/18_YW_larb.html

[10] ttps://www.sailing.org/uploads/youthworlds/lar_boys.html

[11] ttps://www.sailing.org/uploads/youthworlds/2021yswcSingleHandedDinghyMale.html

[12] ttp://www.worldsailingywc.org/results/2017_sanya_china.php

[13] ttp://seedat.me/YWResults/18_YW_larg.html

[14] ttps://www.sailing.org/uploads/youthworlds/lar_girls.html

[15] ttps://www.sailing.org/uploads/youthworlds/2021yswcSingleHandedDinghyFemale.html

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v t Classes of World Sailing
Current Olympic classes	470 49er 49er FX Finn Laser Standard Laser Radial RS:X Nacra 17
World Sailing centreboard classes	29er 420 505 B14 Byte Cadet Contender Enterprise Europe Fireball Flying Dutchman Flying Junior GP14 Int. 14 Laser 2 Laser 4.7 Lightning Mirror Moth Musto Performance Skiff O'pen BIC OK Dinghy Optimist RS Feva RS Tera RS100 RS500 Snipe Splash Sunfish Tasar Topper Vaurien Zoom 8
World Sailing keelboat classes	12 mR 2.4 mR 5.5 m 6 mR 8 mR Dragon Etchells Flying Fifteen Hansa 2.3 Hansa 303 Hansa Liberty H-boat International One Design J/22 J/24 J/70 J/80 Melges 20 Melges 24 Melges 32 Platu 25 RC44 SB20 Shark 24 Soling Sonar Star Tempest Viper 640 Yngling
World Sailing yacht classes	Class40 Farr 40 IMOCA 60 J/111 International Maxi Association Soto 40 Swan 45 Swan 60 TP 52 X-35 X-41
World Sailing multihull classes	A-Class Dart 18 Formula 16 Formula 18 Hobie 14 Hobie 16 Hobie 17 Hobie Dragoon Hobie Tiger Hobie Wildcat Nacra 15 Nacra 17 Nacra F18 Infusion Nacra 20 Carbon M32 SL 16 Topcat K1 Tornado Viper F16
World Sailing windsurfer classes	Formula Windsurfing Mistral Speed Windsurfing Techno 293 IQFoil
World Sailing kiteboarding classes
IRSA remote-control classes	10 rater A Class Marblehead One Metre
Former World Sailing classes	11:Metre One Design 29erXX Buzz C-Class Division II Elliott 6m Farr 30 (Mumm 30) Farr 45 Farr Maxi One Design Hobie 17 Hobie 18 IOD ISO Laser Vago Lechner A-390 Mumm 36 Open 50 ORMA 60 Sydney 40 Ultimate 20 Windglider X-99

v t Boats marketed by LaserPerformance
One-person dinghies	Laser 4.7 Laser Bug Laser Funboat Laser Pico Laser Radial Laser Standard Laser Vago Sunfish Vapor Optimist
Two-person dinghies	Club 420 Laser Vago
Multihulls	Dart 16
Keelboats	Laser Stratos Keel
Discontinued models	Dart 15 Dart 20 Stampede Dart 6000 Dart Hawk (F18) Laser 2 Laser 13 Laser 16 Laser 28 Laser 4000 Laser 5000 Laser EPS Laser Stratos (Centreboard) Laser Vortex
No longer associated with Laser	Dart 18 Laser SB3 (SB20) Laser 2000 Laser 3000 (V3000)

v t Olympic sailing classes
Current classes	470 49er 49erFX Finn Laser Laser Radial Nacra 17 RS:X
Former classes (In order of first use)	Ton classes (0–½, ½–1, 1–2, 2–3, 3–10, 10–20, 20⁺ & Open) 6 Metre 7 Metre 8 Metre 12 Metre 10 Metre 12 foot dinghy 18 foot dinghy 6.5 Metre 8.5 Metre 9 Metre 15 Metre Skerry cruiser 30 m² Skerry cruiser 40 m² French National Monotype 1924 Snowbird Star O-Jolle Firefly Swallow Dragon 5.5 Metre 12 m² Sharpie Flying Dutchman Tempest Soling Tornado Windglider Division II Lechner A-390 Europe Mistral One Design Yngling Elliott 6m
Youth classes	Nacra 15 Techno 293
Former youth classes	Byte