Finn Masters World Championship

The Finn Masters World Championship is an annual international sailing regatta for Finn (dinghy) they are organized by the host club on behalf of the International Class Association and recognized by World Sailing, the sports IOC recognized governing body. The term masters refers to the minimum age of competitors which is currently for helms of any gender over 39.

Events

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Event Host Participation Ref.
Ed.DatesYear Host clubLocationCountry No.Nat.Cont
217-19 Sep1971  Medemblik Netherlands
329-31 Jul1972  Gargnano, Lake Garda Italy
4-1973  Nauchatel Switzerland
519Jun -61974  Port Carmargue France
624-28 Jun1975  Port Carmargue France
713-19 Jun1976  Port Carmargue France
811-17 Jun1977  Port Carmargue France
911-17 Jun1978  Port Carmargue France
104-9 Jun1979  Port Carmargue France
1121-27 Jun1980  Lake Lipno Czech Republic
127-13 Jun1981  Port Carmargue France
1331May -4Jun1982  Lake Neusiedl Austria
1421–28 May1983  Port Carmargue France
1511-15 Jun1984  Lago di Caldaro Italy
1628–31 May1985  Seebruck Germany
1718–23 May1986  Lagi di Bracciano Italy
187-12 Jun1987  Les Embiez France
1921–28 May1988  Lido degli Estensi Italy
2015–20 May1989  Torbole, Lake Garda Italy
21-1990  Altenrhein, Lake Boden Switzerland
2218–25 May1991  Port Carmargue France
236-12 Jun1992  Uppsala Sweden
2429May -4Jun1993  Lake Bracciano Italy
2521–29 May1994  Diessen Germany
26-1995  Malcesine, Lake Garda Italy
271–10 May1996  Societe des Regates RochelaisesLa Rochelle, Charente-Maritime France
2818–24 May1997  Cervia, Italy Italy 129142
2930May -5Jun1998  Castelleto di Brenzone, Lake Garda Italy 127132
3021–28 May1999  Maubuisson France 148164 [1]
3111-16 Jun2000 Weymouth and Portland National Sailing AcademyIsle of Portland United Kingdom 87154 [2]
3225–31 May2001  Kingston Canada 3293 [3]
3320–27 May2002  Labud Yacht ClubSplit Croatia 134174 [4]
346-13 Jun2003  Schweriner Yacht ClubSchwerin Germany 164154 [5]
3530May -4Jun2004  Yacht Club de CannesCannes, Alpes-Maritimes France 192215 [6]
3612–20 May2005  Braciano Lake Italy 168153 [7]
371-9 Jun2006  Lake Balaton Hungary 184194 [8]
3825May -1Jun2007  Murcia Spain 134163 [9]
399–16 May2008  Medemblk Netherlands 229245 [10]
4030May -5Jun2009  CV BordeauxMaubuisson France 264234 [11][12][13]
4123–28 May2010  JK LabudSplit Croatia 167244 [14][15][16]
4210-17 Jun2011  Circolo Velico Cala CivettePunta Ala Italy 283274 [17][18]
4325May -1Jun2012  Pwllheli Sailing ClubPwllheli, Wales United Kingdom 132224 [19][20]
4416–24 May2013  Societe des Regates RochelaisesLa Rochelle France 279274 [21]
456-13 Jun2014  Sopot Sailing ClubSopot Poland 230254 [22]
4622–29 May2015  Nautical Club of KavalaNea Iraklitsa Greece 204245
4713–20 May2016  Circolo Vela TorboleNago–Torbole, Lake Garda Italy 343305
482-9 Jul2017  Carlisle Bay Bahamas 132205 [23]
4918–25 May2018  Club Nautico El BalisBarcelona Spain 340315 [24][25]
507-14 Jun2019  Kongelig Dansk YachtklubSkovshoved Denmark 240285 [26] [27] [28]
n/a31May -5Jun2020  Marina Port ZélandeGrevelingenmeer Netherlands CANCELLED COVID) [29] [30]
n/a21–28 May2021  Royal Yacht Club HollandiaMedemblik Netherlands CANCELLED COVID) [31]
518-15 Oct2021  Federación de Vela de la Región de Murcia (FVRM)Los Alcázares Spain 108203 [32][33][34]
521-8 Jul2022  Helsingfors Segelsallskap (HSS)Helsinki Finland 121254 [35][36][37][38]
5326May -2Jun2023  Nautical Club of KavalaNea Iraklitsa Greece 145265 [39][40][41][42]
547-14 Jun2024  Centro Velico Punta Ala asdPunta Ala Italy 285295 [43][44][45]
5515-20 Jun2025  Royal Yacht Club HollandiaMedemblik Netherlands 301286 [46][47][48]
5623-27 Feb2026  Royal Queensland Yacht SquadronBrisbane Australia 101153 [49][50][51]

Multiple World Champions

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Compiled from the data below the table includes up to and including 20XX.

Ranking Sailor Gold Silver Bronze Total No. Entries* Ref.
1 Michal Maier (CZE)611813[52]
2 Lawrence Lemieux (CAN)52188[53]
3 Georg Oser (SUI)312612[54]
4 Vladimir Krutskikh (RUS)31045[55]
5 Andre Mevel (FRA)30256[56]
6 Roland Balthasar (GER)300314[57]
7 André Budzien (GER)270917[58]
8 Mel Oskamp (NED)21146[59]
9 Heinrich Unterhauser (ITA)200214[60]
9 Peter Raderschadt (GER)200211[61]
9 John Greenwood (GBR)20029[62]
9 Pieter-Jan Postma (NED)20022[63]

Medallists

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Games Gold Silver BronzeRef.
1970  Mel Oskamp (NED)[64]  Othmar Reich (SUI)[65]  Worn Clark (RSA) [66]
1971  Andreino Menoni (FIN)[67]  Othmar Reich (SUI)[65]  Mel Oskamp (NED)[64]
1972  Mel Oskamp (NED)[64]  Andreino Menoni (25x17px)[67]  Beda ZINGG (SUI)
1973 No title awarded insufficient races
1974  Andre Mevel (FRA)[68]  Mel Oskamp (NED)[64]  Vernon Stratton (GBR)[69]
1975  Andre Mevel (FRA)[68]  Othmar Reich (SUI)[65]  Erich KASPARETH (ITA)
1976  Andre Mevel (FRA)[68]  László Zsindely (SUI)[70]  Othmar Reich (SUI)[65]
1977  Georg Oser (SUI)[71]  Heinz Reiter (GER)[72]  Andre Mevel (FRA)[68]
1978  Heinz Reiter (GER)[72]  P. LEBOIS (FRA)  Georg Oser (SUI)[71]
1979  Karel Hruby (CZE)[73]  C. STURM (SUI)  Andre Mevel (FRA)[68]
1980  Georg Oser (SUI)[71]  Karel Hruby (CZE)[73]  Jiri Maier (CZE)[74]
1981  György Wossala (HUN)[75]  Georg Oser (SUI)[71]  Frank Roth (SUI)
1982  Georg Oser (SUI)[71]  Ivan Hoffmann (CZE)  Friedrich MÜLLER (FRG)[76]
1983  Heinrich UNTERHAUSER (ITA)[77]  Frank Roth (SUI)  Herbert HERWIG (GER)[78]
1984  Walter Mai (GER)[79]  Palle-Steen LARSEN (DEN)  Friedrich MÜLLER (FRG)[76]
1985  Jörgen LINDHARDTSEN (DEN)[80]  Klaus Stuffer (ITA)  Henning Wind (DEN)[81]
1986  Heinrich UNTERHAUSER (ITA)[82]  Klaus Stuffer (ITA)  Georg Oser (SUI)[71]
1987  Peter Raderschadt (GER)[83]  Walter Mai (GER)[79]  Ivor Ganahl (SUI)[84]
1988  Hans Fatzer (SUI)[85]  Jiri Outrata (CZE)[86]  Kurt Schimitzek (AUT)[87]
1989  Peter Raderschadt (GER)[83]  Kurt Schimitzek (AUT)[87]  Mikael Brandt (SWE)[88]
1990  Mikael Brandt (SWE)[88]  Friedrich MÜLLER (FRG)[76]  Jiri Outrata (CZE)[86]
1991  Kurt Schimitzek (AUT)[87]  Jochen Lollert (GER)  Hermann Heide (GER)[89]
1992  Roland Balthasar (FRG)[90]  Hermann Heide (GER)[89]  Peter Vollebregt (NED)[91]
1993  Peter Vollebregt (NED)[91]  Walter Mai (GER)[79]  Jan BJÖRNBERG (SWE)
1994  Roland Balthasar (GER)[90]  Jiri OUTRATA (CZE)  Walter Mai (GER)[79]
1995  Lawrence Lemieux (CAN)[92]  Kurt Schimitzek (AUT)[87]  Wolfgang GerzGER (25x17px)[93]
1996  Roland Balthasar (GER)[90]  Wolfgang Gerz (GER)[93]  Walter Mai (GER)[79]
1997  Wolfgang Gerz (GER)[93]  Lawrence Lemieux (CAN)[92]  Minski Fabris (CRO)[94]
1998  Lawrence Lemieux (CAN)[92]  Minski Fabris (CRO)[94]  Wolfgang GerzGER (25x17px)[93]
1999  Lawrence Lemieux (CAN)[92]  Greg Davis (RSA) RSAGD1  Jean Paul Gaston (FRA)FRAJG32
2000  John Greenwood (GBR)[95]  Lawrence Lemieux (CAN)[92]  Andrew Cooper (GBR)[96] [97]
2001  Lawrence Lemieux (CAN)[92]  Hein Pieter Okker (NED)[98]  Eberhard Bieberitz (GER)[99]|
2002  John Greenwood (GBR)[95]  Minski Fabris (CRO)[94]  Lawrence Lemieux (CAN)[92]
2003  Eberhard Bieberitz (GER)[99]  André Budzien (GER)[100]  Roman Teply (ITA)[101]
2004  Lawrence Lemieux (CAN)[92]  André Budzien (GER)[100]  Michael Gubi (AUT)[102]
2005  Silvio Santoni (ITA)[103]  André Budzien (GER)[100]  Allen Burrell (GBR)[104]
2006  Michal Maier (CZE)[105]  André Budzien (GER)[100]  Michael Gubi (AUT)[106]
2007  André Budzien (GER)[100]  Agustin JUAREZ MARRERO (ESP)[107]  Allen Burrell (GBR)[104]
2008  André Budzien (GER)[100]  Mihail Kopanov (BUL)[108]  Han Bergsma (NED)[109]
2009  André Budzien (GER)[100]  Jürgen Eiermann (GER)[110]  Laurent Hay (FRA)[111]
2010  Michal Maier (CZE)[105]  André Budzien (GER)[100]  Christen Christoph (SUI)[112]
2011  Michal Maier (CZE)[105]  Allen Burrell (GBR)[104]  Uli Breuer (GER)[113]
2012  Michal Maier (CZE)[105]  Allen Burrell (GBR)[104]  Laurent Hay (FRA)[111]
2013  Michal Maier (CZE)[105]  André Budzien (GER)[100]  Erik Lidesic (USA)
2014  Michal Maier (CZE)[105]  André Budzien (GER)[100]  Aleksandr Kuliukin (RUS)
2015  Vladimir Krutskikh (RUS)[114]  Dmitry Petrov (RUS)[115]  Giacomo Giovanelli (ITA)[116]
2016  Rafael Trujillo (ESP)  Vladimir Krutskikh (RUS)[114]  Michal Maier (CZE)[105]
2017  Vladimir Krutskikh (RUS)[114]  Laurent Hay (FRA)[111]  Rafael Trujillo (ESP)
2018  José Luis Doreste (ESP)[117]  Antonio Poncell (CHI)  Giacomo Giovanelli (ITA)[116]
2019  Vladimir Krutskikh (RUS)[114]  Michal Maier (CZE)[105]  Laurent Hay (FRA)[111] [28]
2020 Cancelled COVID-19
2021 Cancelled COVID-19
2021  Valérian Lebrun (FRA)[118]  Filipe Silva (POR)[119]  David Terol (ESP) [34]
2022  Pieter Jan Postma (NED)[120]  Laurent Hay (FRA)[111]  Peter Peet (NED) [37]
2023  Filipe Silva (POR)[119]  Laurent Hay (FRA)[111]  Peter Mosny (SVK) [41]
2024  Laurent Hay (FRA)[111]  Valérian Lebrun (FRA)  Martijn Van Muyden (NED) [45]
2025  Pieter Jan Postma (NED)[120]  Laurent Hay (FRA)[111]  Taras Havrysh (UKR) [48]
2026  Brendan Casey (AUS)  Rafael TRUJILLO VILLAR (NED)  Karl Purdie (NZL) [51]
World Sailing SailorID / Reference

[100] [68] [104] [99] [119] [76] [71] [116] [75] [89] [72] [86] [73] [87] [92] [117] [95] [111] [64] [105] [88] [94] [65] [83] [120] [91] [90] [118] [114] [79] [93]

See also

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References

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  2. WS Regatta Page - 2000 at World Sailing
  3. WS Regatta Page - 2001 at World Sailing
  4. WS Regatta Page - 2002 at World Sailing
  5. WS Regatta Page - 2003 at World Sailing
  6. WS Regatta Page - 2004 at World Sailing
  7. WS Regatta Page - 2005 at World Sailing
  8. WS Regatta Page - 2006 at World Sailing
  9. WS Regatta Page - 2007 at World Sailing
  10. WS Regatta Page - 2008 at World Sailing
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  12. Robert Deaves, IFA (6 Jun 2009). "Finn World Masters at Maubuisson, France - Overall". yachtsandyachting.com.
  13. WS Regatta Page - 2009 at World Sailing
  14. "2010 FIN Worlds Official Event Website".
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  22. Robert Deaves, IFA (18 June 2014). "Finn World Masters – 235 Finn sailors having fun + Video". yachtsandyachting.com.
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  50. Robert Deaves (27 Feb 2026). "2026 Finn World Masters at the Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron - Overall". yachtsandyachting.com.
  51. 1 2 "Finn World Masters 2026 RQYS".
  52. WS Sailor Bio - Michal MAIER at World Sailing (archived)
  53. WS Sailor Bio - Lawrence LEMIEUX at World Sailing (archived)
  54. WS Sailor Bio - Georg OSER at World Sailing (archived)
  55. WS Sailor Bio - Vladimir KRUTSKIKH at World Sailing (archived)
  56. WS Sailor Bio - Andre MEVEL at World Sailing (archived)
  57. WS Sailor Bio - Roland BALTHASAR at World Sailing (archived)
  58. WS Sailor Bio - André BUDZIEN at World Sailing (archived)
  59. WS Sailor Bio - Mel OSKAMP at World Sailing (archived)
  60. WS Sailor Bio - Heinrich UNTERHAUSER at World Sailing (archived)
  61. WS Sailor Bio - Peter RADERSCHADT at World Sailing (archived)
  62. WS Sailor Bio - John GREENWOOD at World Sailing (archived)
  63. WS Sailor Bio - Pieter-Jan POSTMA at World Sailing (archived)
  64. 1 2 3 4 5 Mel Oskamp at World Sailing (archived)
  65. 1 2 3 4 5 Othmar Reich at World Sailing (archived)
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  67. 1 2 Andreino Menoni at World Sailing (archived)
  68. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Andre Mevel at World Sailing (archived)
  69. Vernon Stratton at World Sailing (archived)
  70. László Zsindely at World Sailing (archived)
  71. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Georg Oser at World Sailing (archived)
  72. 1 2 3 Heinz Reiter at World Sailing (archived)
  73. 1 2 3 Karel Hruby at World Sailing (archived)
  74. Jiri Maier at World Sailing (archived)
  75. 1 2 Gyorgy Wossala at World Sailing (archived)
  76. 1 2 3 4 Friedrich Muller at World Sailing (archived)
  77. Finn Masters World Championship at World Sailing (archived)
  78. Finn Masters World Championship at World Sailing (archived)
  79. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Walter Mai at World Sailing (archived)
  80. Finn Masters World Championship at World Sailing (archived)
  81. Henning Wind at World Sailing (archived)
  82. Finn Masters World Championship at World Sailing (archived)
  83. 1 2 3 Peter Raderschadt at World Sailing (archived)
  84. Finn Masters World Championship at World Sailing (archived)
  85. Hans Fatzer at World Sailing (archived)
  86. 1 2 3 Jiri Outrata at World Sailing (archived)
  87. 1 2 3 4 5 Kurt Schimitzek at World Sailing (archived)
  88. 1 2 3 Mikael Brandt at World Sailing (archived)
  89. 1 2 3 Hermann Heide at World Sailing (archived)
  90. 1 2 3 4 Roland Balthasar at World Sailing (archived)
  91. 1 2 3 Peter V at World Sailing (archived)
  92. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Lawrence Lemieux at World Sailing (archived)
  93. 1 2 3 4 5 Wolfgang Gerz at World Sailing (archived)
  94. 1 2 3 4 Minski Fabris at World Sailing (archived)
  95. 1 2 3 John Greenwood at World Sailing (archived)
  96. Andrew Cooper at World Sailing (archived)
  97. "Results by year".
  98. Hein Pieter Okker at World Sailing (archived)
  99. 1 2 3 Eberhard Bieberitz at World Sailing (archived)
  100. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 André Budzien at World Sailing (archived)
  101. Finn Masters World Championship at World Sailing (archived)
  102. Finn Masters World Championship at World Sailing (archived)
  103. Finn Masters World Championship at World Sailing (archived)
  104. 1 2 3 4 5 Allen Burrell at World Sailing (archived)
  105. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Michal Maier at World Sailing (archived)
  106. Michael Gubi at World Sailing (archived)
  107. Agustin JUAREZ MARRERO at World Sailing (archived)
  108. Mihail KOPANOV at World Sailing (archived)
  109. Han BERGSMA at World Sailing (archived)
  110. Jürgen EIERMANN at World Sailing (archived)
  111. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Laurent Hay at World Sailing (archived)
  112. Christen Christoph at World Sailing (archived)
  113. Finn Masters World Championship at World Sailing (archived)
  114. 1 2 3 4 5 Vladimir Krutskikh at World Sailing (archived)
  115. Finn Masters World Championship at World Sailing (archived)
  116. 1 2 3 Giacomo Giovanelli at World Sailing (archived)
  117. 1 2 Jose Luis Doreste at World Sailing (archived)
  118. 1 2 Valerian Lebrun at World Sailing (archived)
  119. 1 2 3 Filipe Silva at World Sailing (archived)
  120. 1 2 3 Pieter Jan Postma at World Sailing (archived)
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