Pavlos Kontides Cyprus (CYP)
Xu Lijia China (CHN)
Evi Van Acker Belgium (BEL)
The largest boat in the Olympic sailing competition is the 49er class.
Rasmus Myrgren Sweden (SWE)
Marit Bouwmeester Netherlands (NED)
Ben Ainslie has won four Olympic gold medals in sailing. He won gold in the Laser class at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, and then went on to win three consecutive gold medals in the Finn class at the 2004 Athens Olympics, 2008 Beijing Olympics, and 2012 London Olympics.
Their main Olympic sports are sailing, shooting and tennis. They have sent competitors to every Olympics since the 1980 Moscow Games, and won their first Olympic medal in the 1012 London Games when Pavlos Kontides won Silver in the Men's Laser Sailing. At Beijing in 2008, they narrowly missed getting Bronze for clay target shooting. Cyprus sent it's first athlete to the Olympics in 1896, but because it was a British colony at the time, he competed under the Greek flag.
The 2012 olympic representatives for Ireland in sailing are: Ciara Peelo (Laser Radial), Tim Goodbody (Finn), Gerard Owens (470), Philip Lawton (470), Peter O'Leary (Star), Stephen Milne (Star)
One can find information on sailing on a laser dinghy by going to a sailing club meeting or by reading newsletters put out by members of the club. One can also find information on the internet.
The author of the Complete Book of Laser Sailing is a man named Dick Tillman. Mister Tillman is an expert sailor and has written several books on the subject.
single handed sailing classes: laser or Finn (strictly a keelboat)