World Sailing Extends Relationship with Olympic Class Regattas

5th December 2022

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World Sailing and four of the leading Olympic class regattas have confirmed competition dates for 2023 and 2024 and announced a commitment for greater collaboration across the sport with the ambition of delivering benefits for event organisers on all continents, for national federations and for individual sailors.

The Trofeo Princesa Sofia, Allianz Regatta, Semaine Olympique Française and Kieler Woche will work with World Sailing on three key areas:

The shared ambition is for all four events to be brought together under the World Cup banner, enabling a more consistent and collaborative approach to make planning in future Olympic cycles easier for Member National Authority (MNA) teams and athletes.

Coordination efforts will consider the opportunities for training between events, as well as minimising travelling and enabling sailors to enter multiple events via a single platform.

The four regattas and World Sailing will also work together on the co-promotion of the sport to improve reach and engagement with existing and new fans.

"World Sailing is committed to enhancing engagement with stakeholders across sailing in the best interests of our Member National Authorities and the sailors," said World Sailing Director of Events Alastair Fox.

"Each of these regattas has a remarkable heritage and provides the foundations for both the Sailing World Championships and sailing in the Olympic Games. Ultimately, we are looking to partner with events on all continents to work together and make sailing in the Olympic classes a better experience for sailors worldwide and more accessible for our MNAs in every region.

"Collaboration also creates opportunities for cross-promotion, and I know the team at World Sailing are looking forward to working with the respective event teams to develop further benefits."

2023 Regatta calendar:

Trofeo Princesa Sofia: 1-8 April 2023
Semaine Olympique Française: 22-29 April 2023
Allianz Regatta: 31 May-4 June 2023
Kieler Woche: 17-25 June 2023

2024 Regatta calendar:

Trofeo Princesa Sofia: 30 March-5 April 2024
Semaine Olympique Française: 20-27 April 2024
Allianz Regatta: 29 May-2 June 2024
Kieler Woche: 22-30 June 2024

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World Sailing is the world governing body for the sport of sailing, officially recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the International Paralympic Committee (IPC).

Founded in 1907, World Sailing's vision is for a world in which millions more people fall in love with sailing; inspired by the unique relationship between sport, technology and the forces of nature; we all work to protect the waters of the world.

World Sailing is made up of 144 Member National Authorities, the national governing bodies for sailing around the world and 117 World Sailing Class Associations.