George Kavas (born 26 March 1995) is a Greek

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. He was educated at the Nautical Lyceum of Peiraeus in Athens, in 2013 he graduated with honours and attended the National Technical University of Athens as a Naval Architect. Along with his brothers and teammates Alexander Kavas & Theofanis Kavas has won numerous races and championships both in Greece and abroad starting from an early age with the Optimist (dinghy) class and later moving on to 420 (dinghy) and 470 class.

Career highlights

Optimist (dinghy) Racing Category

: 2005 -

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1st Place National Junior Championship : 2006 - 2nd Overall Balkan Optimist Championship : 2006 -

1st Overall World Championship Junior Qualifier : 2006 -

1st Place National Junior Championship : 2007 -

1st Place National Junior Championship : 2007 - 3rd Overall Balkan Optimist Championship : 2007 - Vigo, Spain 2nd Place Semana Caixanova del Atlantico : 2007 - Cagliari, Italy 1st Place Optimist World Championship with his brother Theofanis Kavas and 3 more Greek teammates

420 (dinghy) Racing Category

: 2010 -

1st Place National Championship : 2010 -

2nd Overall European Youth Championship : 2011 - Rafina, Greece 1st Place National Championship : 2011 - Tavira, Portugal 1st Overall European Championship with his brother Alexander Kavas : 2011 - Kieler Woche, Germany 3rd Overall European Championship with his brother Alexander Kavas : 2011 - Nieuwpoort, Belgium 2nd Overall European Youth Championship with his brother Alexander Kavas : 2012 - Paros, Greece 1st Place National Championship : 2012 - Lake Neusiedl, Austria 1st Overall 1st Men and Junior World Championship with his brother Alexander Kavas

470 (dinghy) Racing Category

: 2012 - Takapuna, New Zealand 10th Overall World Youth Championship : 2012 - Lake Garda, Italy 4th Overall European Youth Championship : 2012 - 1st Overall Balkan Youth Championship : 2012 - 2nd Overall Balkan Championship : 2013 -

4th Place National Championship : 2013 - Thessaloniki, Greece 3rd Overall National Championship with his brother Alexander Kavas : 2013 - La Rochelle, France 12th Place in Youth, 33rd Overall World Championship with his brother Alexander Kavas

References

External links

Official page
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kavas, George 1995 births 420 class world champions Greek male sailors (sport) Living people World champions in sailing for Greece 21st-century Greek sportsmen