The 2023 ILCA Under 21 European Championships & Open European Trophy concluded today in Stavanger, Norway, after 6 days of competition and 9 races held.
After a new long waiting for the wind on the water, the sailors could finally have a last race today to decide the new 2023 ILCA Under 21 European champions!
Undoubtedly the highlight of the day was for the squadra italiana conquering both podiums and winning all 6 Under 21 medals! They have also won Bronze in the Under 19 so 7 out of 9 medals for their country.
Australian sailor Stefan Elliot-Shircore AUS finished second overall and won the Trophy´s Silver prize.
The Under 19 Gold medal went for Poland, and Silver for Sweden.
Check all the final results below.
Top 10 European medalists – ILCA 6 – Under 21
- Emma Mattivi ITA 45 pt
- Maria Vitoria Arseni ITA 51 pt
- Sara Savelli ITA 53 pt
- Roos Wind NED 56 pt
- Maria Martinez ESP 60 pt
- Carlotta Rizzardi ITA 68 pt
- Lilly May Niezabitowska POL 81 pt
- Petra Marendic CRO 104 pt
- Josephine Heegard DEN 108 pt
- Annemijn Algra NED 116 pt
Top 10 European medalists – ILCA 7 – Under 21
- Attilio Borio ITA 56 pt
- Pietro Giacomoni ITA 71 pt
- Enrico Tanferna ITA 75 pt
- Oskar Madonich UKR 89 pt
- Matteo Bertacchi ITA 92 pt
- Finley Dickinson GBR 93 pt
- Theodor Middelthon NOR 102 pt
- Filip Olswewski POL 119 pt
- Erik Norlén SWE 120 pt
- Kai Wolgram GBR 120 pt
Top 10 European medalists – ILCA 7 – Under 19
- Filip Olswewski POL 119 pt
- Erik Norlén SWE 120 pt
- Massimiliano Antoniazzi ITA 188 pt
- Viktor Kateliev ESP 189 pt
- Domenico Lamante ITA 205 pt
- Panagiotis Spanos GRE 243 pt
- Milosz Michalak POL 246 pt
- Rem Pulci Magen ISR 270 pt
- Hubert Roszyk POL 271 pt
- Francisco Fonseca POR 294 pt
A total of 228 youth sailors hailing from 36 different nations around the globe have enjoyed of this competition.
ILCA 7 was the largest fleet with 153 sailors. ILCA 6 Women’s fleet was composed by 75 participants.
Apart from the Under 21 Women’s and Under 21 Men’s competitions, the ILCA 7 Under 19 title was also up for grabs at this event in Stavanger.
Next year the 2024 ILCA Under 21 European Championships will be held in Puerto Pollensa, Majorca, Spain, from 16-23 March 2024.
How to relive the 2023 ILCA Under 21 Europeans in Stavanger
Live contents
We were streaming some of the action and races live in our Instagram https://www.instagram.com/eurilca/ and YouTube account: https://www.youtube.com/eurilcachannel – We suggest you to subscribe and follow us in order to receive instant notifications in future events!
News and reports
A daily report with news and results, photos and videos has been published at eurilca.org and the event website; https://2023-under21.eurilca-europeans.org/
Photo galleries
We have consistently shared photos on our Smugmug account at https://eurilca.smugmug.com/ILCA-European-Championships/2023-ILCA-Europeans/U21. All the photos can be downloaded for free and are intended only for editorial use, and specifically related to this event. If you have any other purpose in mind or if you intend to use the photos for commercial use, please reach out to the photographer directly at thomtouw@me.com.
Video galleries
We have also shared video highlights and interviews on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/eurilcachannel – We recommend subscribing to our channel to receive instant notifications whenever we upload new content.
GPS tracking
For the Final Series racing, the ILCA 7 Gold fleets have been provided with GPS trackers for you to follow their races live in the following link: https://www.metasail.it/incoming/448/ All 75 ILCA 6 girls were also provided with trackers within those days for you to follow them live.
Much more contents have been spread through our Instagram account mentioned before, plus the Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/eurilca so follow us there also.
Event website
All the information and links to the different contents mentioned before you can also find them at the official event website: https://2023-under21.eurilca-europeans.org/
The 2023 ILCA Under 21 European Championships & Open European Trophy were organized by EurILCA in conjunction with Stavanger Seilforening.
The event was kindly sponsored by Rogaland Idrettskrets, Buøybakeren, REMA, IVAR, Lerøy, Repsol, Servit Catering, Kanelsnurren and Stavanger Kommune.
Keep smiling, keep sailing!
The EurILCA Team
