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Laser Radial Womens Worlds 2009- Karatsu, Japan- 30 countries

by Sail-World.com on 26 Jul 2009
Canada’s Lisa Ross SW
The entry list for the Laser Radial Womens Worlds 2009 in Karatsu, Japan, which runs from July 25 to August 2 shows that it will be a tough regatta. .

As expected the Japanese contingent is the largest with sixteen sailors out of the overall 80 entries from 30 countries, but perhaps the surprise of these worlds, Canada has the next largest group of sailors - with 11 sailors, ahead of the USA with 8 and Great Britain 7.

Canada is especially proud of the Laser dinghy, of which some 196,000 have been built. It was designed by Canadian Bruce Kirby in 1969 in cooperation with fellow Canadian Ian Bruce, the boat builder, who only recently received the Order of Canada for his contribution to the sport of sailing.

This simple, low-cost but high-performance dinghy was born. The Laser is now sailed by thousands of sailors in well over 100 countries worldwide. It offers a physical and tactical challenge, is quick to rig and easy to transport, which combined with the class’s strict one-design rules, have made it popular with sailors at all levels.

The boat has featured as Olympic equipment since 1996 Atlanta Games and at Beijing 2008 and now London 2012 will be used in both Men’s and Women’s One Person Dinghy events.

Leading the large Canadian squad will be Lisa Ross from Halifax, Nova Scotia and Jennifer Spalding from Vancouver B.C. and they are the top ranked Candian Womens Laser Radial Sailors, with Ross looking for the form which had her ranked as high as fourth in the world in this class.

World Laser Radial Women's Championship 2009

 

Entry list

88 entries from 30 countries.

Sailor Country
Gabrielle King AUS AUS
Sarah Paterson AUS AUS
Alexandra South AUS AUS
Ashley Stoddart AUS AUS
Laura Maes BEL BEL
Evi Van Acker BEL BEL
Tatiana Drozdovskaya BLR BLR
Isabella Bertold CAN CAN
Geneviève Bougie-bastien CAN CAN
Chanel Cloutier Beaudoin CAN CAN
Danielle Dube CAN CAN
Ingrid Merry CAN CAN
Rachael Merry CAN CAN
Joanne Prokop CAN CAN
Erin Rafuse CAN CAN
Keamia Rasa CAN CAN
Lisa Ross CAN CAN
Jennifer Spalding CAN CAN
Lijia Xu CHN CHN
Tina Mihelic CRO CRO
Veronika Fenclova CZE CZE
Sarah Gunni DEN DEN
Cathrine Hall DEN DEN
Alberte Lindberg DEN DEN
Maiken Schütt DEN DEN
Fatima Reyes ESP ESP
Lucia Reyes ESP ESP
Susana Romero Steensma ESP ESP
Sari Multala FIN FIN
Tuula Tenkanen FIN FIN
Fanny Le Sausse FRA FRA
Sarah Steyaert FRA FRA
Sophie de Turckheim FRA FRA
Christina Bassadone GBR GBR
Andrea Brewster GBR GBR
Rosie Chapman GBR GBR
Hannah Diamond GBR GBR
Charlotte Dobson GBR GBR
Hannah Snellgrove GBR GBR
Alison Young GBR GBR
Virginia Kravarioti GRE GRE
Rohini Rau IND IND
Mrinalini Santhanam IND IND
Tiffany Brien IRL IRL
Annalise Murphy IRL IRL
Claudine Murphy IRL IRL
Sydney Jones ISV ISV
Mayumi Roller ISV ISV
Francesca Clapcich ITA ITA
Laura Cosentino ITA ITA
Emi Hagihara JPN JPN
Satoko Hasegawa JPN JPN
Kanako Hiruta JPN JPN
Ayumi Ishikawa JPN JPN
Chika Ishikawa JPN JPN
Yuka Kawahara JPN JPN
Atsuko Kawasoe JPN JPN
Ai Kondo JPN JPN
Saki Matsunae JPN JPN
Yuka Nagahori JPN JPN
Minami Onizuka JPN JPN
Yukiyo Saiki JPN JPN
Wakako Tabata JPN JPN
Momoko Tada JPN JPN
Kaori Takahashi JPN JPN
Yumiko Tombe JPN JPN
Ausra Mileviciute LTU LTU
Tania Elias Calles Wolf MEX MEX
Claire Blom NED NED
Marit Bouwmeester NED NED
Jessica Barrell NZL NZL
Sara Winther NZL NZL
Paloma Schmidt PER PER
Katarzyna Deberny POL POL
Sara Carmo POR POR
Tatiana Kulakova RUS RUS
Svetlana Shnitko RUS RUS
Victoria Chan SIN SIN
Josefin Olsson SWE SWE
Yu-chun Liu TPE TPE
Catherine Chimney USA USA
Claire Dennis USA USA
Anne Haeger USA USA
Sarah Lihan USA USA
Margaret Love USA USA
Paige Railey USA USA
Erika Reineke USA USA
Anna Tunnicliffe USA USA

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