THE ISAF WORLD SAILING RANKINGS THE OFFICIAL RANKINGS FOR OLYMPIC CLASSES LASER - DINGHY - TOP 200 RANKINGS Issue Date - 8 May 2003 Go to www.sailing.org/rankings/may03rankings/pr.asp to view the events included in this issue of the Rankings. MOVERS AND SHAKERS Following the completion of the ISAF Grade 1 Semaine Olympique Francaise (Hyeres Week) last week, the latest ISAF World Sailing Rankings for Olympic Classes were issued yesterday 8 May 2003. With the previous rankings issued on 5 February, there has been a good three month’s of regattas, a total of 29 ISAF Graded Events included in this issue of the rankings. Subsequently there is some significant movement in some of the events, compared to retained places in others. The Northern Hemisphere Olympic circuit is now in full swing, with the focus this year leading towards the 2003 Athens Test Event 14-28 2003 and the second Olympic Qualification event for all Olympic Classes, the ISAF World Sailing Championship in Cadiz, Spain, 11-25 September 2003. Click Here to view the events included in the rankings for each class. Open Dinghy - Laser Great Britain can congratulate itself on having a third sailor leading a discipline, with Paul Goodison (GBR) holding the top slot for the eighth month. With three ISAF Grade 1 events, the Laser US Midwinters won by Edward Wright (GBR), the, South American Laser Championship won by Matias Seguel (CHI) and Semaine Olympique Francaise won by Roope Suomalainen (FIN), nine Grade 2 events and seven Grade 3 events, there has been plenty of opportunity for a shift in places. However, whilst there has been no change to those laying claim to being the world’s top 10 Laser sailors, there has been movement in their positions, with only four sailors holding their position from the previous rankings. Behind Goodison, and with only a 42 point deficit sits Sweden’s Daniel Birgmark, who is closely chased by team mate Karl Suneson (SWE). Behind the top three, placing 4 in the world is the renowned Robert Scheidt (BRA), who finds himself at his lowest place in the world rankings for more than 2 years. Looking at the other sailors who have won ISAF Grade 1 events, which attract the highest level of competition, Roope Suomalainen’s (FIN) win at Hyeres, whilst not improving his position from the previous rankings, has kept him steady at 10 in the world. However, Sumoalainen will need to improve his results to return to the world ranking of 3 that he held a year ago. Congratulations to Matias Seguel (CHI) whose win at the ISAF Grade 1 South American Laser Championship has propelled him up 154 places to sit at 223 on the rankings from 377. Seguel first entered the World Sailing Rankings on the previous release of 5 February 2003, after his 30 placing at the ISAF Grade 1 Miami OCR which saw him enter the rankings at 377 (864 sailors on the Laser Rankings). Whilst Seguel is still some way behind the top Chilean sailor Matias del Solgar Goldsmith who is ranked at 84, Seguel could be one to watch. As yet Chile has not qualified for the single-handed dinghy open event at the 2004 Olympics, but with two more qualification opportunities, watch this space. The most improved ranking position comes from Michael Blackburn (AUS), who has applied his return to international competition with some stunning results, including a win at Sail Auckland, which see him place at 39 in the world up from 178. Towards the end of last year, Blackburn was languishing at 342 in the world after a period of absence, but is now back and clearly making his mark. Only one new entry into the world’s top 20, from Marc de Haas (NED), up two places from 21 to 19. The ISAF Rankings online application will allow you to search for sailors by ranking, nationality, class, range of rankings. You can also view the events that constitute a sailor's rankings and his/her rankings career history/progression. Go to www.sailing.org/rankings , select an event and then click on the sailor's name for his/her career history and the sailor's points for the events that constitute his/her ranking. ISAF encourages the reproduction of the ISAF World Sailing Rankings - the Official Rankings for Olympic Classes with due credit to ISAF. Code: Rank Skipper Nation Prev. Events Points 1 Paul GOODISON GBR 1 7 4983 2 Daniel BIRGMARK SWE 5 7 4941 3 Kalle SUNESON SWE 2 7 4909 4 Robert SCHEIDT BRA 4 7 4771 5 Edward WRIGHT GBR 3 7 4766 6 Gareth BLANCKENBERG RSA 9 7 4716 7 Brendan CASEY AUS 6 7 4706 8 Roope SUOMALAINEN FIN 8 7 4685 9 Diego NEGRI ITA 7 7 4612 10 Andreas GERITZER AUT 10 7 4557 11 Mate ARAPOV CRO 12 7 4531 12 Philippe BERGMANS BEL 16 7 4453 13 Peer MOBERG NOR 14 7 4410 14 Rasmus MYRGREN SWE 11 7 4356 15 Luis MARTINEZ DORESTE ESP 13 7 4259 16 Peter SANTEN SWE 17 7 4114 17 Fredrik WESTMAN FIN 15 7 4102 18 Vasilij ZBOGAR SLO 19 7 4080 19 Marc DE HAAS NED 21 7 4062 20 Gustavo LIMA POR 18 7 4052 21 Mark James HOWARD GBR 23 7 3943 22 Vangelis CHIMONAS GRE 22 7 3841 23 Daniel HOLMAN GBR 20 7 3770 24 Frederik LASSENIUS SWE 24 7 3751 25 Robbie McMILLAN NZL 31 7 3731 26 Maciej GRABOWSKI POL 26 7 3679 27 Allen JULIE SEY 28 7 3660 28 Jon HOLROYD AUS 49 7 3645 29 Andrew MURDOCH NZL 33 7 3623 30 Jim TAYLOR GBR 27 7 3513 31 Mark POWELL GBR 37 7 3494 32 Thomas HACKLIN FIN 25 7 3480 33 Felix PRUVOT FRA 32 7 3471 34 Tom SLINGSBY AUS 57 7 3432 35 Gustav CARLSSON SWE 36 7 3423 36 Mathias RIECK GER 35 7 3401 37 Anders NYHOLM-PEDERSEN DEN 29 7 3342 38 Peter WALKER GBR 30 7 3312 39 Michael BLACKBURN AUS 178 7 3289 40 Andrew LEWIS USA 41 7 3265 41 Bernard LUTTMER CAN 43 7 3230 42 Daniel HANNEMANN GER 34 7 3114 43 Luka RADELIC CRO 40 7 3072 44 Pieter Jan POSTMA NED 46 7 3047 45 Brett DAVIS USA 44 7 3035 46 Einar PERSSON DEN 38 7 2988 47 Thomas LE BRETON FRA 50 7 2964 48 Alexander SCHLONSKI GER 42 7 2936 49 Kemal MUSLUBAS TUR 51 7 2905 50 Xavier LECLAIR FRA 47 7 2894 51 Ali Kemal TUFECKI TUR 45 7 2868 52 Andreas RALLATOS GRE 39 7 2837 53 Matthew BLAKEY NZL 135 7 2770 54 Ben LAMB AUS 60 7 2752 55 Alistair Bruce GAIR NZL 157 7 2717 56 Michel PAOLETTI ITA 52 7 2711 57 Zack RAILEY USA 68 7 2706 58 Diego Emilio ROMERO ARG 119 6 2701 59 Andrew CAMPBELL USA 63 7 2673 60 Michael LEIGH CAN 66 7 2661 61 David WEAVER NZL 81 7 2649 62 Antonis MANOLAKIS GRE 56 7 2605 63 Marcin RUDAWSKI POL 53 7 2604 64 Ben RICHARDSON USA 64 7 2603 65 Clayton JOHNSON USA 65 7 2600 66 Michele REGOLO ITA 54 7 2593 67 Mariano SARMIENTOS PINTOSESP 58 7 2581 68 Michael BULLOT NZL 103 7 2571 69 Maxim SEMERKHANOV RUS 55 7 2559 70 Andre DELANHESI STREPPEL BRA 90 6 2549 71 Hans Christian HAGE NOR 48 7 2543 72 Julio ALSOGARAY ARG 91 7 2541 73 Morten ULRIKKEHOLM DEN 92= 7 2516 74 Michael KALIN CAN 76 7 2461 75 Michail ARISTEIDIS GRE 85 7 2457 76 Jeremie STEYAERT FRA 70 7 2452 77 Kunio SUZUKI JPN 61 7 2446 78 Tobias SCHADEWALDT GER 71= 7 2439 79 Nicholas SKULANDER AUS 94 7 2372 80 Gedrius GUZYS LTU 69 7 2355 81 Kurt TAULBEE USA 82 7 2345 82 Michel PEETERS NED 73 7 2311 83 Arne NIEUWENHUIS NED 79 7 2301 84 Matias DEL SOLAR GOLDSMITCHI 108 7 2292 85 Tamas ESZES HUN 59 7 2281 86 Kevin LIM MAS 62 7 2278 87 Sander BON NED 87 7 2270 88 Tim HULSE GBR 75 7 2266 89 Mark MENDELBLATT USA 111 5 2262 90 Rory FITZPATRICK IRL 67 7 2245 91 Andrew CHILDS CAN 100 7 2234 92 Hans-Georg TEISER GER 95 7 2191 93 Eduard SKORNYAKOV RUS 80 7 2187 94 Brad FUNK USA 118 6 2184 95 Fabien HENRY FRA 74 7 2127 96 Matt MCQUEEN USA 113 7 2115 97 Robert STANJEK GER 98 7 2096 98 Angelo TABERNERO CORTES ESP 97 7 2086 99 Gavan JONES IRL 78 7 2068 100 Lukas STEPANEK AUT 116 7 2063 101 Mikkel HVALSOE DEN 101 7 2036 102 Bruno FONTES FERREIRA BRA 127 7 1997 103 Artur WILANDT POL 86 7 1970 104 Mathieu MURATI FRA 71= 7 1949 105 Tommy WHARTON CAN 83 7 1944 106 Alexander MUMYGA BLR 145 6 1925 107 Piotr WOJEWSKI POL 89 7 1920 108 James GREEN GBR 88 7 1912 109 Sebastian SCHMIDT-KLUGMANGER 84 7 1894 110 Giorgio POGGI ITA 121 7 1877 111 Chris KITCHEN NZL 177 6 1854 112 Yuriy ORLOV UKR 114 7 1848 113 Thomas REGER GER 126 7 1833 114 Ismael BRUNO FRA 77 7 1817 115 Yuri BOZHEDOMOV RUS 106 6 1812 116 Russell McGOVERN IRL 167 7 1802 117 Nathaniel STOFFELSMA CAN 104 7 1736 118 Wannes VAN LAER BEL 110 7 1729 119 Martin TRCKA CZE 107 7 1727 120 Brendan PIOVESAN CAN 134 7 1698 121 Enrico ZENNARO ITA 96 7 1663 122 Milan VUJASINOVIC CRO 160 7 1651 123 Tracy USHER USA 133 7 1641 124 Julien BICLER FRA 109 7 1632 125 Jacopo FERRARI-BRAVO ITA 105 7 1630 126 Paul MEILHAT FRA 112 7 1625 127 Conner HIGGINS CAN 147 7 1620 128 Eduardo VAN VIANEN NED 122 7 1599 129 Trevor HAMILTON CAN 137 7 1590 130 Sietse-jan SIETZEMA NED 125 7 1564 131 Javier HERNANDEZ CEBRIAN ESP 102 7 1553 132 Vincent TRINQUET FRA 128 7 1543 133 Mike WILDE USA 152 7 1526 134 Norbert WILANDT POL 120 6 1514 135 Joey HILL CAN 130 7 1470 136= Ested MESERITZ ISR 146 7 1466 136= David TEROL ALBADALEJO ESP 99 7 1466 138 Peter PHELAN USA 148 7 1457 139 Steve BOURDOW USA 136 4 1456 140 Aron LOLIC CRO 166 7 1426 141 Lucas GONZALEZ SMITH ARG 191 5 1422 142 Hannes BAUMANN GER 123 7 1421 143 Philipp BUCHERT GER 140 4 1417 144 Michael BELUNEK CZE 154 7 1412 145 John HAVERSTOCK CAN 164= 7 1408 146 Guray ZUNBUL TUR 176 5 1406 147 Konrad WILANDT POL 117 7 1395 148 Simon BAKER NZL 340 4 1391 149 Alex NIKOLAEV RUS 141= 7 1388 150 Yves GUITON FRA 115 7 1380 151 Chris RAAB USA 153 7 1340 152 Anthony BOUEILH CAN 129 6 1329 153 David BORTOLETTO ITA 124 7 1322 154 Ryan MAHAFFEY CAN 156 7 1292 155 Augusto NICOLINI ARAMBURUPER 212 5 1280 156 Luke JUDGE NZL 239= 4 1277 157 Steve LARSEN SUI 205 6 1275 158 Alp ALPAGUT TUR 138 5 1273 159 Ian HOGAN CAN 150 7 1262 160 Bertram FISCHER AUT 163 6 1244 161 Alden SHATTUCK USA 170 7 1221 162 Bernard GLORIE BEL 162 7 1219 163 Andrew LEA CAN 189 7 1218 164 Sergei DESUKEVICH BLR 194 7 1214 165 Marin MISURA CRO 92= 3 1205 166 Emery WAGER USA 159 6 1198 167 Andrew COMMANDER GBR 193 6 1196 168 Jose Miguel RUIZ VEN 155 5 1185 169 Mihalis KOULIANOS GRE 164= 5 1177 170 Richard BOTT AUS 206 3 1174 171 Dirk Jaap KOOISTRA NED 169 7 1140 172 James DATE GBR 174 3 1124 173 Wojciech OLEJNIK POL 168 6 1120 174 Martin LEHNER AUT 171 6 1116 175 Ricky IRONMONGER AUS 242 3 1113 176 Karl Jakob GUSTAFSSON SWE 143 5 1110 177 John ELOFF RSA 132 4 1100 178 Murgren RASMUS SWE 283 3 1086 179 Thomas GUNST BEL 131 6 1083 180= Mike TODD CAN 233 5 1081 180= Francisco LOBATO POR 200 5 1081 182 Alex STEELE CAN 237 4 1073 183 Stefan MALCHEREK GER 184 6 1071 184 Yann ROCHERIEUX FRA 151 7 1055 185 Bastian REICHARTZ GER 181 6 1036 186 Richard SCARR AUS 175 6 1021 187 Vincent PORTER USA 158 4 1016 188= Philip LANG AUT 192 5 1012 188= Magnus NILSSON SWE 186 4 1012 190 Johnny BILBAO VEN 180 4 1008 191 Andreas REINISCH PERDICARBRA 299 4 991 192 Yvor BUCEK AUS 265 4 988 193 Chris BRANNING USA 268= 3 979 194 Mateus Guimaraes TAVARES BRA 234 4 959 195 Fabrice JAVRY FRA 144 4 956 196 Joao SIGNORINI BRA 161 2 954 197 Andrew SCRIVAN USA 139 4 951 198 Miguel AGUERRE URU 280= 5 949 199 Peter O`LEAHRY IRL 198 6 935 200= Mark BEAR USA 254 4 926
