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

by Sail-World.com on 26 Jul 2009 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
Sarah Paterson	AUS
Alexandra South	AUS
Ashley Stoddart	AUS
Laura Maes	BEL
Evi Van Acker	BEL
Tatiana Drozdovskaya	BLR
Isabella Bertold	CAN
Geneviève Bougie-bastien	CAN
Chanel Cloutier Beaudoin	CAN
Danielle Dube	CAN
Ingrid Merry	CAN
Rachael Merry	CAN
Joanne Prokop	CAN
Erin Rafuse	CAN
Keamia Rasa	CAN
Lisa Ross	CAN
Jennifer Spalding	CAN
Lijia Xu	CHN
Tina Mihelic	CRO
Veronika Fenclova	CZE
Sarah Gunni	DEN
Cathrine Hall	DEN
Alberte Lindberg	DEN
Maiken Schütt	DEN
Fatima Reyes	ESP
Lucia Reyes	ESP
Susana Romero Steensma	ESP
Sari Multala	FIN
Tuula Tenkanen	FIN
Fanny Le Sausse	FRA
Sarah Steyaert	FRA
Sophie de Turckheim	FRA
Christina Bassadone	GBR
Andrea Brewster	GBR
Rosie Chapman	GBR
Hannah Diamond	GBR
Charlotte Dobson	GBR
Hannah Snellgrove	GBR
Alison Young	GBR
Virginia Kravarioti	GRE
Rohini Rau	IND
Mrinalini Santhanam	IND
Tiffany Brien	IRL
Annalise Murphy	IRL
Claudine Murphy	IRL
Sydney Jones	ISV
Mayumi Roller	ISV
Francesca Clapcich	ITA
Laura Cosentino	ITA
Emi Hagihara	JPN
Satoko Hasegawa	JPN
Kanako Hiruta	JPN
Ayumi Ishikawa	JPN
Chika Ishikawa	JPN
Yuka Kawahara	JPN
Atsuko Kawasoe	JPN
Ai Kondo	JPN
Saki Matsunae	JPN
Yuka Nagahori	JPN
Minami Onizuka	JPN
Yukiyo Saiki	JPN
Wakako Tabata	JPN
Momoko Tada	JPN
Kaori Takahashi	JPN
Yumiko Tombe	JPN
Ausra Mileviciute	LTU
Tania Elias Calles Wolf	MEX
Claire Blom	NED
Marit Bouwmeester	NED
Jessica Barrell	NZL
Sara Winther	NZL
Paloma Schmidt	PER
Katarzyna Deberny	POL
Sara Carmo	POR
Tatiana Kulakova	RUS
Svetlana Shnitko	RUS
Victoria Chan	SIN
Josefin Olsson	SWE
Yu-chun Liu	TPE
Catherine Chimney	USA
Claire Dennis	USA
Anne Haeger	USA
Sarah Lihan	USA
Margaret Love	USA
Paige Railey	USA
Erika Reineke	USA
Anna Tunnicliffe	USA