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Para World Sailing Championships – 13 Nations qualify for Rio 2016

by Daniel Smith on 3 Dec 2015
Nations qualify for Rio 2016 - 2015 Para World Sailing Championships Teri Dodds http://www.teridodds.com
Thirteen nations have qualified for places at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Sailing Competition following the Para World Sailing Championships being held out of the Royal Yacht Club of Victoria in Williamstown, Melbourne, Australia.

Seven One-Person Keelboat (2.4mR) spots, five Two-Person Keelboat (SKUD18) places and six Three-Person Keelboat (Sonar) slots were allocated to the following nations at the 2015 Para World Sailing Championships:

One-Person Keelboat - 2.4mR
Austria
Argentina
Czech Republic
Italy
New Zealand
Sweden
Spain

Two-Person Keelboat - SKUD18
Netherlands
New Zealand
Poland
Singapore
Spain

Three-Person Keelboat - Sonar
Ireland
Israel
Italy
New Zealand
Spain
USA

National Paralympic Committees have until 1 March 2016 to confirm the qualification slots they will use. Any unused slots will be reallocated by 1 April 2016. Find out more on Rio 2016 Paralympic Games qualification here



Away from the road to Rio, the competition concluded with Damien Seguin (FRA) taking gold in the 2.4mR with Dan Fitzgibbon and Liesl Tesch (AUS) defending their title in the SKUD18. And there were some wild celebrations in the Sonar as John Robertson, Steve Thomas and Hannah Stodel (GBR) snapped up the title.

Several athletes will remain in Williamstown for the next ten days with several crews competing at Sailing World Cup Melbourne. From thereon in it's into 2016, Paralympic year, and sailors will have their eye on the 2016 Para World Sailing Championships in Medemblik, the Netherlands along the way.



Full results

 2.4m

Place Sail No Skipper Sers Score Race 11 Race 10 Race 9 Race 8 Race 7 Race 6 Race 5 Race 4 Race 3 Race 2 Race 1
1 FRA13 Damien Seguin 27.0 9.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 [15.0] 1.0 1.0 1.0 5.0 1.0 6.0
2 GER1 Heiko Kroeger 34.0 6.0 4.0 3.0 5.0 2.0 [8.0] 4.0 4.0 2.0 2.0 2.0
3 AUS36 Matt Bugg 54.0 14.0 5.0 2.0 [17.0] 5.0 3.0 3.0 2.0 3.0 8.0 9.0
4 GBR75 Helena Lucas 56.0 5.0 3.0 5.0 6.0 6.0 4.0 9.0 3.0 10.0 [49.0U] 5.0
5 GBR121 Megan Pascoe 66.0 2.0 6.0 6.0 8.0 13.0 15.0 6.0 6.0 [16.0] 3.0 1.0
6 USA7 Dee Smith 73.0 10.0 7.0 9.0 3.0 1.0 [17.0] 7.0 9.0 6.0 10.0 11.0
7 NOR1 Bjoernar Erikstad 74.0 [18.0] 12.0 8.0 4.0 11.0 5.0 5.0 10.0 12.0 4.0 3.0
8 GER44 Lasse Kloetzing 86.0 [22.0] 2.0 7.0 7.0 9.0 2.0 13.0 13.0 15.0 6.0 12.0
9 AUT1 Sven Reiger 106.0 3.0 8.0 13.0 15.0 14.0 12.0 [49.0R] 12.0 14.0 7.0 8.0
10 ITA104 Antonio Squizzato 106.0 17.0 10.0 10.0 [29.0] 7.0 7.0 10.0 14.0 4.0 11.0 16.0
11 CAN39 Bruce Millar 125.0 16.0 11.0 4.0 34.0 [36.0] 19.0 2.0 19.0 1.0 12.0 7.0
12 FRA5 Kevin Cantin 141.0 31.0 16.0 16.0 2.0 [33.0] 9.0 20.0 5.0 7.0 13.0 22.0
13 FIN173 Niko Salomaa 149.0 1.0 20.0 23.0 [49.0F] 23.0 6.0 14.0 11.0 22.0 14.0 15.0
14 CZE7 Daniel Bina 159.0 23.0 [29.0] 18.0 14.0 24.0 10.0 17.0 16.0 18.0 5.0 14.0
15 SWE1 Fia Fjelddahl 172.0 7.0 21.0 15.0 [31.0] 18.0 11.0 18.0 21.0 25.0 16.0 20.0
16 ARG2 Tomas Saez Raffaelli 175.0 4.0 18.0 19.0 [30.0] 3.0 22.0 11.0 29.0 19.0 23.0 27.0
17 ESP7 Antonio Maestre 188.0 25.0 15.0 24.0 21.0 22.0 13.0 15.0 [28.0] 26.0 9.0 18.0
18 ESP15 Montes Vorcy Arturo 193.0 35.0 14.0 11.0 9.0 30.0 [49.0F] 23.0 18.0 13.0 17.0 23.0
19 ESP914 Rafa Andarias 193.0 12.0 [32.0] 12.0 22.0 17.0 28.0 29.0 24.0 11.0 19.0 19.0
20 ARG1 Juan Ocampo 196.0 19.0 24.0 22.0 13.0 12.0 23.0 22.0 17.0 20.0 24.0 [24.0]
21 NZL105 Paul Francis 197.0 29.0 25.0 26.0 16.0 16.0 26.0 8.0 25.0 9.0 [49.0U] 17.0
22 AUS40 Peter Thompson 200.0 15.0 9.0 20.0 27.0 29.0 25.0 [35.0] 20.0 23.0 28.0 4.0
23 MAS33 Matrin Al Mustakim 205.0 13.0 17.0 [30.0] 24.0 20.0 16.0 21.0 27.0 27.0 15.0 25.0
24 GBR3 Will Street 226.0 27.0 27.0 28.0 43.0 10.0 [49.0F] 26.0 8.0 29.0 18.0 10.0
25 AUS38 Neil Patterson 229.0 40.0 22.0 14.0 19.0 32.0 18.0 19.0 15.0 21.0 [49.0U] 29.0
26 POR5 Joao Pinto 230.0 21.0 28.0 32.0 23.0 4.0 [49.0F] 27.0 36.0 8.0 20.0 31.0
27 RUS8 Dmitrii Khonich 235.0 33.0 13.0 17.0 36.0 25.0 14.0 [37.0] 23.0 28.0 25.0 21.0
28 PUR14 Julio Reguero 236.1 24.0 49.0R 25.0 33.0 21.0 26.1G [49.0R] 7.0 17.0 21.0 13.0
29 ESP16 Borja Melgarejo 249.0 11.0 19.0 29.0 20.0 19.0 49.0O 12.0 22.0 38.0 [49.0Q] 30.0
30 RUS4 Nikolai Uliashev 261.0 26.0 31.0 21.0 25.0 35.0 20.0 31.0 26.0 24.0 22.0 [49.0Q]
31 JPN1 Takumi Niwa 263.0 32.0 26.0 33.0 11.0 8.0 27.0 24.0 40.0 30.0 [49.0R] 32.0
32 GRE1 Paterakis Nikos 281.0 38.0 30.0 27.0 12.0 [39.0] 21.0 25.0 33.0 32.0 35.0 28.0
33 POR2 Manuel Soares 309.0 37.0 42.0 34.0 10.0 34.0 32.0 16.0 38.0 37.0 29.0 [49.0U]
34 EST1 Anre Nomme 328.0 30.0 23.0 38.0 37.0 [42.0] 24.0 34.0 35.0 40.0 33.0 34.0
35 ITA107 Gianluca Raggi 335.0 34.0 36.0 36.0 28.0 26.0 34.0 33.0 37.0 35.0 36.0 [49.0F]
36 MAS22 Ani Azmi 337.0 28.0 34.0 31.0 32.0 38.0 [49.0F] 30.0 39.0 33.0 34.0 38.0
37 RUS2 Egor Kamalov 343.0 41.0 35.0 41.0 18.0 37.0 [49.0F] 41.0 31.0 31.0 27.0 41.0
38 AUS25 Mark Durnan 343.0 [43.0] 38.0 37.0 26.0 31.0 31.0 36.0 41.0 34.0 30.0 39.0
39 POL7 Piotr Nowak 344.0 8.0 40.0 [42.0] 39.0 41.0 33.0 38.0 32.0 39.0 37.0 37.0
40 POL8 Andrzej Puchalski 346.0 36.0 33.0 44.0 41.0 28.0 29.0 28.0 [45.0] 42.0 32.0 33.0
41 POR1 Fernando Pinto 348.0 20.0 41.0 39.0 42.0 [43.0] 30.0 40.0 34.0 36.0 31.0 35.0
42 CZE4 Alexander Sadilek 350.0 42.0 37.0 35.0 38.0 40.0 35.0 [42.0] 30.0 41.0 26.0 26.0
43 HKG6 Yuen Wai Foo 370.0 39.0 39.0 40.0 40.0 27.0 36.0 32.0 [44.0] 43.0 38.0 36.0
44 HKG7 Chi Yeung Puk 427.0 45.0 43.0 [47.0] 35.0 45.0 40.0 44.0 46.0 46.0 39.0 44.0
45 HKG5 Kin Wah Lam 435.0 46.0 [49.0R] 46.0 45.0 44.0 39.0 45.0 43.0 45.0 40.0 42.0
46 HKG1 Ping Cho 438.0 [49.0O] 44.0 43.0 44.0 46.0 38.0 43.0 47.0 47.0 43.0 43.0
47 KOR2 Lee Changhoon 444.0 49.0C 49.0C 49.0C 49.0C [49.0C] 37.0 39.0 42.0 44.0 41.0 45.0
48 GUA165 Rodolfo Quezada 448.0 44.0 45.0 45.0 49.0C [49.0C] 41.0 46.0 48.0 48.0 42.0 40.0


 Skud 18
Place Skipper Crew Sers Score Race 11 Race 10 Race 9 Race 8 Race 7 Race 6 Race 5 Race 4 Race 3 Race 2 Race 1
1 Daniel Fitzgibbon Liesl Tesch 12.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 [3.0] 1.0 1.0 1.0 2.0 1.0 2.0
2 Alexandra Rickham Niki Birrell 30.0 4.0 3.0 3.0 2.0 1.0 7.0 4.0 [13.0] 1.0 2.0 3.0
3 Marco Gualandris Marta Zanetti 45.0 7.0 7.0 5.0 3.0 2.0 6.0 3.0 [8.0] 3.0 4.0 5.0
4 Rolf Schrama Sandra Nap 53.0 9.0 [18.0Q] 2.0 4.0 5.0 3.0 8.0 9.0 4.0 3.0 6.0
5 Monika Gibes Piotr Cichocki 55.0 2.0 2.0 4.0 11.0 [15.0] 5.0 10.0 6.0 6.0 8.0 1.0
6 Amethyst Barnbrook Brett Pearce 66.0 8.0 6.0 16.0 9.0 4.0 4.0 2.0 3.0 5.0 [18.0S] 9.0
7 John Mcroberts Jackie Gay 66.0 10.0 5.0 6.0 [13.0] 8.0 2.0 6.0 10.0 7.0 5.0 7.0
8 Ryan Porteous Maureen Mckinnon 72.0 5.0 8.0 7.0 5.0 18.0Q [18.0F] 7.0 2.0 10.0 6.0 4.0
9 Jovin Tan Desiree Lim 82.0 3.0 10.0 10.0 6.0 6.0 12.0 5.0 11.0 9.0 [14.0] 10.0
10 Sarah Skeels Cindy Walker 89.0 11.0 4.0 9.0 7.0 [14.0] 9.0 13.0 7.0 12.0 9.0 8.0
11 Vera Voorbach Jan-Rein Van Essevel 89.0 [16.0] 9.0 12.0 8.0 7.0 10.0 12.0 5.0 8.0 7.0 11.0
12 Tim Dempsey Gemma Fletcher 100.0 14.0 11.0 8.0 10.0 13.0 8.0 11.0 4.0 11.0 10.0 [14.0]
13 Sergio Roig Violeta Del Reino 123.0 6.0 12.0 11.0 14.0 11.0 18.0F 14.0 12.0 [18.0Q] 13.0 12.0
14 Hagar Zahavi Moshe Zahavi 132.0 15.0 13.0 14.0 12.0 12.0 [18.0F] 9.0 15.0 15.0 12.0 15.0
15 Paul Webber Amanda Beaver 133.0 13.0 [18.0F] 13.0 15.0 10.0 11.0 15.0 16.0 13.0 11.0 16.0
16 Nurul Amilin Balawi Junell Mustafah 135.0 12.0 14.0 15.0 16.0 9.0 13.0 [16.0] 14.0 14.0 15.0 13.0
17 Russell Phillips Kim Ballantyne 169.0 17.0 15.0 17.0 18.0C 18.0C 18.0C [18.0F] 17.0 16.0 16.0 17.0


 Sonar
Place Skipper Crew Sers Score Race 11 Race 10 Race 9 Race 8 Race 7 Race 6 Race 5 Race 4 Race 3 Race 2 Race 1
1 John Robertson Hannah Stodel 36.0 5.0 1.0 2.0 [14.0] 6.0 1.0 3.0 4.0 3.0 2.0 9.0
2 Colin Harrison Jonathan Harris 37.0 3.0 9.0 [14.0] 5.0 11.0 2.0 1.0 2.0G 2.0 1.0 1.0
3 Aleksander Wang-Hans Marie Solberg 47.0 4.0 5.0 6.0 3.0 2.0 9.0 6.0 [19.0Q] 1.0 8.0 3.0
4 Dror Cohen Arnon Efrati 49.0 1.0 4.0 4.0 2.0 3.0 10.0 9.0 [11.0] 8.0 3.0 5.0
5 Paul Tingley Logan Campbell 49.0 7.0 2.0 5.0 [9.0] 1.0 5.0 5.0 8.0 4.0 4.0 8.0
6 Rick Doerr Bradley Kendell 52.0 2.0 3.0 [11.0] 4.0 4.0 6.0 8.0 7.0 5.0 6.0 7.0
7 Jourdren Bruno Flageul Eric 61.0 10.0 19.0Q 1.0 1.0 [19.0Q] 8.0 2.0 1.0 6.0 7.0 6.0
8 Richard Dodson Chris Sharp 62.0 9.0 6.0 8.0 7.0 7.0 3.0 [11.0] 5.0 10.0 5.0 2.0
9 John Twomey Ian Costelloe 74.0 8.0 10.0 [13.0] 6.0 8.0 4.0 4.0 12.0 7.0 11.0 4.0
10 Jens Kroker Siegmund Mainka 81.0 [13.0] 7.0 3.0 8.0 10.0 7.0 10.0 6.0 9.0 10.0 11.0
11 Andrew Fisher Dan Evans 95.0 6.0 8.0 9.0 11.0 5.0 13.0 13.0 9.0 [13.0] 9.0 12.0
12 Craig Wood Steven Palmer 101.0 12.0 12.0 10.0 10.0 9.0 11.0 [15.0] 3.0 12.0 12.0 10.0
13 Francisco Llobet Hector Garcia 123.0 11.0 13.0 7.0 13.0 12.0 [17.0] 14.0 13.0 11.0 14.0 15.0
14 Cristiano Dagaro Fabrizio Solazzo 124.0 15.0 11.0 15.0 [16.0] 14.0 12.0 7.0 10.0 14.0 13.0 13.0
15 Jason Elwes Lindsay Mason 137.0 [19.0C] 14.0 12.0 12.0 13.0 14.0 12.0 15.0 16.0 15.0 14.0
16 Shinya Yamamoto Junichi Ohnuma 157.0 14.0 [19.0F] 16.0 15.0 15.0 16.0 16.0 16.0 15.0 17.0 17.0
17 David Flaherty James Kerr 164.0 19.0C [19.0F] 17.0 17.0 16.0 15.0 17.0 14.0 17.0 16.0 16.0
18 Yun Dongjin Kang Cheonsik 183.0 19.0C 19.0C 19.0C 19.0C [19.0C] 18.0 18.0 17.0 18.0 18.0 18.0
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