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Athena Pathway
Athena Pathway is a British sailing team created in 2022 to compete for the 2024 2024 Unicredit Youth America's Cup, Youth and 2024 PUIG Women's America's Cup, Women's editions of the America's Cup. The team was established in 2022 with the ambition of building a Long-Term, Equitable Pathway in High-Performance Sailing an winning the 2024 Youth and Women's America's Cup for Great Britain and to 'bring the cup home' to the United Kingdom and also . In 2024 the team challenged for the Youth and Women's America's Cup in Barcelona, representing the Royal Yacht Squadron. Formation and facilities Athena Pathway, representing the Royal Yacht Squadron, was launched in August 2022 by Hannah Mills OBE and Sir Ben Ainslie, two of Britain's most successful Olympic sailors, with the aim of fast-tracking development in high-performance sailing and bringing diversity to the sport and the UK marine industry more broadly. Led by Mills, the Pathway was established for female and youth athletes. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Ben Ainslie
Sir Charles Benedict Ainslie (born 5 February 1977) is a British competitive sailor. Ainslie is the most successful sailor in Olympic history. He won medals at five consecutive Olympics from 1996 onwards, including gold at four consecutive Games from 2000 to 2012. He is one of three men to win medals in five different Olympic Games in sailing, doing so after Torben Grael and Robert Scheidt, and the second to win four gold medals, after Paul Elvstrøm. Ainslie is CEO of Athena Sports Group which includes the roles of Team Principal, CEO and Skipper of Athena Racing and CEO of the Emirates Great Britain SailGP Team. He is also a Patron of the 1851 Trust, a British charity that supports young people in sailing and STEM education. Early life Ainslie was born in Macclesfield, England to Roddy and Sue Ainslie. Roddy captained a boat that took part in the first Whitbread Round The World Race in 1973. Ben's elder sister, Fleur, is married to Jerome Pels, former secretary general ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Team New Zealand
Team New Zealand or TNZ is a Sailing (sport), sailing team based in Auckland, New Zealand, representing the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron. The team has been branded as Emirates (airline), Emirates Team New Zealand at America's Cup competitions since 2007. Team New Zealand became a Brand awareness, household name in their home country following their consecutive wins in the America's Cup in 1995 and 2000, under the leadership of Peter Blake (sailor), Sir Peter Blake, when becoming the first team from a country outside the United States to win and successfully defend the America's Cup. Team New Zealand won the 2017 America's Cup, skippered by Glenn Ashby. They successfully defended the title at the America's Cup in 2021 America's Cup, 2021 and 2024 America's Cup, 2024. They are also the winners of the Louis Vuitton Cup in 1995 Louis Vuitton Cup, 1995, 2007 Louis Vuitton Cup, 2007, 2013 Louis Vuitton Cup, 2013, and 2017 Louis Vuitton Cup, 2017. History Three challenges w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Burnet
Anna Burnet (born 27 September 1992) is a British Olympic silver medallist and two-time world champion in sailings Mixed multihull Olympic discipline. She lives in Scotland. In 2020 she became world champion in the Nacra 17 World Championship with partner John Gimson. They were selected for the British Olympic team and gained silver medals at the 2020 Summer Olympics. The pair continued their good run to win the 2021 World and European Championships. Early life and career Burnet was born in 1992. Her father was keen on sailing and her uncle, an inspiration, was the sailor Sir Peter Blake. As a teenager she went to train with Olympian Joe Glanfield who helped her to plan her ambitions to think about attending one to win at one later. She was sailing in Optimist class and became the female national champion. She moved onto the 420 class and in time to 470 boats. She took a degree in Sports Studies at Southampton University. She and Gimson won a gold medal during Kiel Week in 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saskia Clark
Saskia Clark (born 23 August 1979 in Colchester, Essex) is a British sailor and Olympic Gold medalist. She competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics and she was selected, along with Hannah Mills, to sail in the 470 Women's class for Team GB. They went on to win silver at the 2012 Olympic games and a gold medal at the 2016 games. Life Saskia started sailing at Dabchicks Sailing Club in an Optimist when she was 8 years old She came 6th in the 2008 Summer Olympics sailing in the 470 class with Christina Bassadone. She was set to sail with Sarah Ayton in the 2012 Summer Olympics, but Sarah retired to focus on her family life. Saskia was then paired with Hannah Mills. At the 2011 Skandia Sail for Gold Regatta and the 2011 Weymouth & Portland International Regatta, Saskia won a Silver medal in the 470 Women class. After they suffered a black flag in the first race of the championships, Saskia and her helm Hannah claimed Gold at the 2012 470 World Championships in Barcelona. Sask ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ellie Aldridge
Eleanor Aldridge MBE (born 29 December 1996) is a British sailor from Dorset who competes in women's kite foiling. She won the 2023 Formula Kite European Championships and took the silver that year in the World Championships. At the 2024 Paris Olympics, Aldridge won a gold medal in the women's Formula Kite event. Early life Aldridge was born on 29 December 1996 in Poole, Dorset. She was first introduced to sailing when she was seven years old and joined the Parkstone Yacht Club where she experimented with sailing dinghies. Career In 2021 she beat French windfoiler Lauriane Nolot into third place at the Formula Kite World Championships in Torregrande in Sardinia. It was won by American Daniela Moroz with Aldridge in second. In 2022 she took the silver medal in the KiteFoil World Series Traunsee in Austria. She was beaten by the Polish surfer Julia Damasiewicz. Aldridge led the UK contingent at the World Championships in August 2023 in The Hague. Lauriane Nolot won the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Artemis Racing
Artemis Racing is a professional sailing team founded in 2006 by businessman and sailor Torbjörn Törnqvist, named after Artemis, the ancient Greek goddess. Timeline * 2007: won the MedCup circuit, then called Breitling Medcup, and the TP52 World Championship. * 2008: entered the RC44 Championship, winning the fleet racing element in 2009 and the World title in 2011. * 2009–2010: competed in the Louis Vuitton Trophy regattas. Held in response to long delays from legal action surrounding the America's Cup, the four regattas were each staged in a different country, and teams raced in supplied IACC yachts. * 2011–2012 America's Cup World Series: won the Match Racing title in both the Naples & Venice Regattas then won the Match Racing titles in the first two regattas of the three-part 2012–2013 season. * 2013: On May 9, the first of the two AC72 catamarans the team was testing capsized and turtled, resulting in the death of crewmember and British Olympic gold medalist sail ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alinghi Red Bull Racing
Alinghi, or Alinghi Red Bull Racing because of the sports marketing branding by Red Bull, is the syndicate set up by Ernesto Bertarelli, racing under the colors of the Société Nautique de Genève, to challenge for the America's Cup, as well as other competitions. Bertarelli had raced several smaller yachts named ''Alinghi'' previously, but 2003 was his first attempt at the America's Cup. Alinghi challenged for and won the 2003 America's Cup in Auckland New Zealand and successfully defended it at the 2007 America's Cup in Valencia, Spain. Alinghi lost the America's Cup to the Golden Gate Yacht Club and their team BMW Oracle Racing in a Deed of Gift match in Valencia, Spain in February 2010. For the 2003 event, Team New Zealand as the holder of the America's Cup, in consultation with Prada, the Challenger of Record, removed the nationality rule that stipulated that all of the crew members must be nationals of the challenging syndicate. Alinghi took full advantage of this rule ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orient Express Racing Team
Orient Express Racing Team is a French yacht racing team that competes in International America's Cup Class races. The team has formally competed as K-Challenge, Areva Challenge (between 2005 and 2007) and ALL4ONE Challenge. History As Areva Challenge they participated in the Louis Vuitton Cup 2007, the challenger series held prior to the 32nd America's Cup. They were eliminated in the Round Robin phase. They also competed in the Louis Vuitton Pacific Series in 2009 and are part of the Louis Vuitton Trophy, hosting the Louis Vuitton Trophy - Nice event. In February 2023 the team was rebranded to Orient Express Racing Team after sponsorship from Orient Express and Accor. The team is currently competing in the 2024 Louis Vuitton Cup (Challenger Selections Series) attempting to qualify for the 2024 America's Cup The 2024 America's Cup was the 37th staging of the America's Cup yacht race. It was contested from 12 October 2024 as a first-to-seven-wins match-race series in Barcelon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hannah Mills
Hannah Louise Mills (born 29 February 1988) is a British competitive sailor and two-time world champion in the 470 class, having won in 2012 and 2019. Mills won a silver medal for Team GB with her crew Saskia Clark in the 2012 Olympics, she followed this up with a gold in the same event at both the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro and, partnered by Eilidh McIntyre, the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo. Mills is currently the on-board strategist for the ''Emirates Great Britain SailGP Team'' competing in the SailGP worldwide competition. In 2022, Mills and Ben Ainslie launched Athena Pathway, a programme to help fast-track development for female and youth sailors. The Athena Pathway team competed in the first ever Women's America's Cup, helmed by Mills. Early life Mills was born in Cardiff, Wales, and started sailing at Cardiff Sailing Centre (then Llanishen Sailing Centre) when she was 8 years old after trying sailing on a family holiday in Cornwall. Mills then started moving up to sail ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Magic
American Magic is an American yacht racing team formed to compete for the 36th America's Cup. They represent the New York Yacht Club and were formed in 2018 by principals Hap Fauth, Roger Penske, and Doug DeVos. American Magic was eliminated from the Prada Cup semi-finals by Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli on Saturday 30 January 2021, after 4 consecutive defeats. In August 2021 the Team signaled their intent to race in the 37th America's Cup competition. History The team was established in October 2017 with the intention to return to America's Cup to the United States and the NYYC. Management consists of John J. "Hap" Fauth's Bella Mente Racing, Doug DeVos's Quantum Racing, and Roger Penske under the NYYC burgee. The Team name, "American Magic" refers to the first Cup winner, the yacht ''America'' of 1851, and the first defender, the yacht ''Magic'', who won in 1870. The America's Cup trophy was held by the NYYC for 132 years until 1983. The NYYC's reign was the longest winning s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli
Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli, originally named Prada Challenge, then Luna Rossa Challenge, is an Italian sailboat racing syndicate first created to compete for the 2000 America's Cup. It won the Louis Vuitton Cup on its first attempt in 2000, but then lost the America's Cup match against the defending champion team, Team New Zealand. Luna Rossa challenged again for the 2003 America's Cup but was knocked out in the semi-finals stage of the Louis Vuitton Cup. In the 2007 America's Cup, held in Valencia, Spain, the team reached the final of the Louis Vuitton Cup but was again defeated by Team New Zealand. When the competition moved to AC72 catamarans for the 2013 America's Cup, held in San Francisco, Luna Rossa was the last team to challenge, entering a partnership with Team New Zealand. The Italian team reached the final of the Louis Vuitton Cup, losing to the Kiwi team. While Luna Rossa planned to participate in the 2017 America's Cup, setting up a new base in Cagliari and starting d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
