| 43. Gold Cup
1998 |
Athens,
Greece, August 16-23, 84 entries from 26 countries |
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Sailed on the planned site for the 2004 Olympic Regatta in mainly
light to moderate winds, this Gold Cup was a superb example of how
to run an event. Everything was done to make sure that the competitors
enjoyed themselves both on and off the water. Since his Gold Medal
in the 1996 Olympics Mateusz Kusznierewicz had not won a title. But
he was ready and prepared to do it this time. Having just won Kiel
Week by a large margin he was fast and confident. He was only once
out of the top ten and a score line of 1-2-3-9-2 was enough to win
the Gold Cup. With an unstable wind the final race was cancelled.
Runner-up Fredrik Loof was leading the series in the middle but Mateusz
took the lead when he could discard his 24th in race 2. Third placed
Xavier Rohart won two races but was not consistent enough in the early
part of the regatta to capitalise on it.
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44. Gold Cup 1999 |
Melbourne, Australia,
January 6-16, 71 entries from 29 countries |
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The 1999 Gold Cup was part of the 1999 World Sailing Championships
which combined 14 different classes World Championships on Port Philip.
For the first time ever, the Finns had a modified racing programme,
sailing an eleven race series with two discards. Defending Champion
Mateusz Kusznierewicz looked set to retain his title from early on
in the series, taking the lead after day 3 and holding onto it until
the last race. After a inconsistent start, double Finn Gold Cup winner
Fredrik Loof closed the gap in the second half of the regatta. Meanwhile
Iain Percy scored three wins but was inconsistent otherwise. Similar
was Michael Fellmann who also won three races but also had some high
scores to count. Mateusz did not win a single race, Fredrik only one
and going into the final race it was between these two only, well
clear of the others on points.
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Iain
Percy just needed a good race to hang onto the bronze. However, light
winds caused up upset when both Mateusz and Iain failed to finish,
leaving Fredrik the winner of the Gold Cup for the third time and
Richard Clarke moving up to third overall. The winner of the last
race was the Australian, Finn Taylor, who finished 32nd overall. |
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1. Junior Gold Cup 1999 |
In 1999 the first ever Junior Finn Gold Cup took place in conjunction
with the senior event. The places were scored directly from the overall
results. A 9th place in race one and a 17th place in the final race
gave Charlie Cumbley from the UK just enough of a points margin to
become the first Junior Finn World Champion, by finishing 38th overall,
only in the last race beating runner up George Kontogouris was 39th
overall, just 5 points behind. The 3rd place went to the 1998 Junior
Finn European Champion, Clifton Webb from New Zealand, who broke his
arm before the last race, was some way behind in points and finished
44th overall.
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Final Results Gold Cup 1998 |
Final Results Gold Cup 1999 |
Final Results Junior Gold Cup 1999 |
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| 1. |
Mateusz
Kusznierewicz |
POL
17 |
16 |
| 2. |
Fredrik
Loof |
SWE
7 |
20 |
| 3. |
Xavier
Rohart |
FRA
778 |
27 |
| 4. |
Sebastien
Godefroid |
BEL
7 |
28 |
| 5. |
Emilios
Papathanasiou |
GRE
6 |
32 |
| 6. |
Karlo
Kuret |
CRO
11 |
38 |
| 7. |
Iain
Percy |
GBR
54 |
39 |
| 8. |
Michael
Maier |
CZE
304 |
44 |
| 9. |
Michael
Fellmann |
GER
79 |
51 |
| 10. |
Richard
Clarke |
CAN
11 |
70 |
| 11. |
David
Burrows |
IRL
8 |
73 |
| 12. |
Andreas
Buchert |
GER
6 |
84 |
| 13. |
Ian
Ainslie |
RSA
1 |
86 |
| 14. |
Nenad
Viali |
ITA
14 |
86 |
| 15. |
Dominik
Zycki |
POL
4 |
88 |
| 16. |
Bartul
Misura |
CRO
118 |
99 |
| 17. |
Martijn
van Muyden |
NED
701 |
100 |
| 18. |
Richard
Stenhouse |
GBR
550 |
100 |
| 19. |
Massimo
Gherarducci |
ITA
71 |
102 |
| 20. |
Clifton
Webb |
NZL
27 |
107 |
| 21. |
Anthony
Nossiter |
AUS
221 |
108 |
| 22. |
Yuri
Tokovoi |
UKR
21 |
109 |
| 23. |
Oleg
Khoperski |
RUS
21 |
109 |
| 24. |
Bruno
Prada |
BRA
1 |
113 |
| 25. |
Russ
Silvestri |
USA
1074 |
121 |
| 26. |
Ian
Baker |
NZL
242 |
122 |
| 27. |
Walter
Riosa |
ITA
55 |
123 |
| 28. |
George
Kontogouris |
GRE
1 |
123 |
| 29. |
Jamie
Lea |
GBR
564 |
135 |
| 30. |
Tim
Carver |
GBR
8 |
136 |
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| 1. |
Fredrik
Loof |
SWE
7 |
38 |
| 2. |
Mateusz
Kusznierewicz |
POL
17 |
39 |
| 3. |
Richard
Clarke |
CAN
11 |
63 |
| 4. |
Iain
Percy |
GBR
54 |
69 |
| 5. |
Karlo
Kuret |
CRO
11 |
72 |
| 6. |
Sebastien
Godefroid |
BEL
7 |
72 |
| 7. |
Michael
Fellmann |
GER
79 |
95 |
| 8. |
Martijn
Van Muyden |
NED
701 |
102 |
| 9. |
Xavier
Rohart |
FRA
1 |
110 |
| 10. |
Michael
Maier |
CZE
304 |
110 |
| 11. |
Ian
Ainslie |
RSA
1 |
114 |
| 12. |
Dave
Mellor |
GBR
540 |
117 |
| 13. |
John
Driscoll |
IRL
1 |
132 |
| 14. |
Andreas
Buchert |
GER
6 |
133 |
| 15. |
Nenad
Viali |
ITA
14 |
147 |
| 16. |
Paul
McKenzie |
AUS
222 |
151 |
| 17. |
Ian
Baker |
NZL
242 |
152 |
| 18. |
Philippe
Rogge |
BEL
2 |
171 |
| 19. |
Peter
Theurer |
SUI
464 |
172 |
| 20. |
Dominik
Zycki |
POL
4 |
174 |
| 21. |
Anthony
Nossiter |
AUS
221 |
178 |
| 22. |
Yuri
Tokovoi |
UKR
21 |
179 |
| 23. |
Jamie
Lea |
GBR
564 |
183 |
| 24. |
Bartul
Misura |
CRO
1 |
186 |
| 25. |
Emilios
Papathanasiou |
GRE
6 |
201 |
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| 1. |
Charlie
Cumbley |
GBR
15 |
271 |
| 2. |
George
Kontogouris |
GRE
1 |
276 |
| 3. |
Clifton
Webb |
NZL
27 |
341 |
| 4. |
Daniel
Bush |
NZL
12 |
419 |
| 5. |
Mauricio
Bueno |
BRA
100 |
459 |
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