Youth Lightning World Championship

Youth sailing regatta for Lightning

See also: Lightning World Championship

See also: Masters Lightning World Championship

Main article: Lightning (dinghy)

The Lightning Youth World Championship is an bi-annual international sailing regatta for lightning (dinghy), organized by the host club on behalf of the International Lightning Class Association and recognized by World Sailing, the sports IOC recognized governing body.

## Editions

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See also: World championships in sailing

1978

1980,90,2014

1982

1984

1986

1988

1992

1994

1996

1998, 2010, 16

2000

2002

2004

2006

2008

2012

2018

2022

2024

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Host club of the Youth Lightning World Championship

Edition  | Location  | Participant  | Ref

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No. | Date | Year  | Host club | Location | Nat.  | Boats | Sailors | Nations | Cont.
01 |  | 1978  |  Yacht Club Peruano | La Punta |  Peru | 18 | 54 | 10 | 4  | [1][2]
02 |  | 1980  |  Buffalo Canoe Club | Fort Erie, Ontario |  Canada | 20 | 60 | 11 | 3  | [3][4]
03 |  | 1982  |  Circolo Velico Marsala | Marsala |  Italy | 14 | 42 | 6 | 3  | [5][6]
04 |  | 1984  |  Metedeconk River Yacht Club | Brick Township, New Jersey |  United States | 13 | 39 | 6 | 3  | [7][8]
05 |  | 1986  |  Yacht Club Olivos | Olivos |  Argentina | 12 |  | 6 | 2  | [9][10]
06 | Aug | 1988  |  Nasijarven Purjehdusseura
Nasijarvi Segelsallskap RY | Tampere |  Finland | 10 | 30 | 6 | 3  | [11][12]
07 | 22-27 July | 1990  |  Buffalo Canoe Club | Fort Erie, Ontario |  Canada | 15 | 45 | 8 | 3  | [13][14]
08 |  | 1992  |  Higuerillas Yacht Club | Concón |  Chile | 19 | 57 | 9 | 3  | [15][16]
09 | 16-21 July | 1994  |  Cercle de Voile de Neuchatel | Lake Neuchatel |  Switzerland | 17 | 51 | 10 | 3  | [17][18]
10 | 8-13 Sept | 1996  |  Metedeconk River Yacht Club | Brick Township, New Jersey |  United States | 19 | 57 | 8 | 3  | [19][20]
11 | 20-28 Nov | 1998  |  Salinas Yacht Club | Salinas |  Ecuador | 16 | 48 | 8 | 3  | [21][22]
12 | 3-8 July | 2000  |  Yacht Club of Greece
Yacht Racing Club of Athens | Athens |  Greece | 18 | 59 | 9 | 3  | [23][24]
13 | 6-11 July | 2002  |  Newport Yacht Club, Rochester | Rochester, New York |  United States | 13 | 39 | 5 | 3  | [25][26]
14 | 27Feb-3 Mar | 2004  |  Clube de Campo de São Paulo | São Paulo |  Brazil | 14 | 42 | 5 | 3  | [27][28][29]
15 | 13-16 July | 2006  |  Jyväskylän Veneseura | Jyväskylä |  Finland | 10 | 30 | 5 | 3  | [30][31][32]
16 | 14-18 July | 2008  |  Royal St. Lawrence Yacht Club | Dorval, Quebec |  Canada | 11 | 33 | 4 | 3  | [33][34]
17 | 19-22 July | 2010  |  Salinas Yacht Club | Salinas |  Ecuador | 16 | 48 | 8 | 2  | [35][36]
18 | 23-27 July | 2012  |  Tuusulanjärven Purjehtijat | Järvenpää |  Finland | 16 | 48 | 8 | 3  | [37][38]
19 | 28Jun- 2 Jul | 2014  |  Buffalo Canoe Club | Fort Erie, Ontario |  Canada | 24 | 72 | 5 | 3  | [39][40][41]
20 | 23-27 July | 2016  |  Salinas Yacht Club | Salinas |  Ecuador | 20 | 60 | 9 | 3  | [42][43]
21 | 3-7 July | 2018  |  Nautical Athletic Club of Voula | Voula |  Greece | 16 | 48 | 7 | 3 | [44][45][46]
N/A |  | 2020  |  Sheboygan Yacht Club | Sheboygan, Wisconsin |  United States | DELAYED COVID | [47]
N/A | 7-11 July | 2021  |  Sheboygan Yacht Club | Sheboygan, Wisconsin |  United States | DELAYED COVID |
22 | 5-10 July | 2022  |  Sheboygan Yacht Club | Sheboygan, Wisconsin |  United States | 15 | 45 | 6 | 3  | [48][49][50]
23 | 23-27 July | 2024  |  Cofradía Naútica del Pacífico
Yacht Club in Algarrobo | Algarrobo |  Chile | 20 | 60 | 9 | 3  | [51][52]

## Medalists

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Games  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze} | Ref.

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1978 Peru  | US 13229

Stephen Craig (USA)
Jeff Grinnan (USA)
Cindy Craig (USA)

| A 11800  | KA 13239  | [1]
1980 Onterio
Canada  | USA 11077

Ian Jones (USA)
Jody Lutz (USA)
Kevin Robinson (USA)

| BRA 12657  | ARG 11041  | [3]
1982 Sicily, Italy  | CAN 13577

Gordon Anderson (CAN)
Paul Thompson (CAN)
Stuart Hebb (CAN)

|  |  | [5]
1984 Brick, NJ USA  | 6345

Jody Swanson (USA)
Joe Donovan (USA)
Joe Folds (USA)

|  |  | [7]
1986 Olivos, Argentina  | 13682
Guillermo Parada (ARG)
UNKNOWN
UNKNOWN  | 12824
Christian Frers (ARG) | 11039
Axel Rodger (ARG) | [9]
1988 Tampere, Finland  |  Duncan Stewart (CAN) |  |  | [11]
1990 Point Abino, Canada  | 11631

Ned Roseberry (USA)
Geoff Jarvis (USA)
Twigg Stewart (USA)

| 11459
Alexandros Dimou (GRE) | 14018
Ville Lahteinen (FIN) | [13]
1992 Point Abino, Canada  |  Tom Starck (USA)

Guy Adema (USA)
Martha Wilson (USA)

|  |  | [15]
1994 Neuchatel
Switzerland  |  Marty Essig (CAN)

Tory Crowder (CAN)
Todd Fedyszyn (CAN)

|  |  | [53]
1996 Brick, NJ
USA
19 Boats  | 14780
Miguel Plaza Jr (ECU)
Carlos PLAZA
Francis PLAZA  | 14397
Chad ATKINS (USA)
Adam BURNS
Cap PIN  | 14597
Gabe CROWDER (CAN)
Adam DUNN
John VICKERS  | [54]
1998 Salina
Ecuador
16 Boats  | USA 14640
Sean Carroll (USA)
Karl Schutte (USA)
Kate Sheahan (USA) | GRE 14377
Constantinos Merentitis (GRE)
Hilias Manolakis (GRE)
Michalis Koulianos (GRE) | COL 14057
J. Camilo Bustos
Camilo Salcedo
Nicolas Deeb  |
2000 Athens
Greece
18 Boats  | GRE 14687
Dionisis Dimou (GRE)
Michalis Pateniotis (GRE)
Thanassis SiouziosAntonis Pateniotis (GRE) | GRE 14197
Sotiris Dimopoulos (GRE)
Vagelis Kafetzidakis (GRE)
Charis Finos (GRE)
George Finos (GRE) | ARG 11649
Jose Maria Bettini
Cofone Juan
Valette Franco  | [55]
2002 Rockester
13 Boats  | 15152
Thomas Sumner
Pedro Soares
Mark Pineda  | 14056
Erik Johnson
Karl Johnson
Kate Brush  | 15103
Travis Maier
Meredith PELTON
Robert RAMIREZ  | [56]
2004 São Paulo
Brazil
14 Boats  | BRA 14330
Thomas Sumner
Felipe Brito
Mark Pineda  | BRA 14378
Marcelo Bellotti
Eduardo Molina
Alejandro Carri  | BRA 14894
Joao Hackerott
Constantin Vassilas
Jorge Zarif  | [citation needed]
2006 Jyväskylä
Finland
10 Boats  | BRA 14894
Thomas Sumner
Felipe Brito
Felipe Brito  | GRE 15077
Panagiotis VERGINADIS
Timos Vlachos
Theodoros Poulakos  | USA 14146
Nicholas Aswad
Connor Aswad
Peter Hazelett  | [57]
2008 Quebec
Canada
11 Boats  | 15298
Taylor Lutz (USA)
Luke Vreeland
Bernie Roesler  | 14901
Ian Schillebeeckx (BEL)
Connor Aswad (USA)
Will Schwarz (USA) | 15166
Matthew Schon
Timmy Crann
Jason Lutz  | [58]
2010 Salinas
Ecador
16 Boats  | ECU 14379
Jonathan Martinetti
Pedro Velez
Eduardo Viteri  | ARG 1
Tomas Dietrich
Tomas Pellejero
Gaston Bisto  | BRA 15333
Rafael Krausz
Otavio Birman
Nicolas Brancher  | [59]
2012 Järvenpää
Finland
16 Boats  | CAN 14895
Adam MacDonald
Abby Bennett
Sam Jones  | USA 15122
Timmy Crann
Lauren Jones
Alica Blumenthal  | USA 15202(3)
Mike Gemperline
Scott Vining
Stuart Wallace  | [60]
2014 Ontario
Canada
24 Boats  | BRA 15333
Felipe Rondina
Jose Afonso Hackerott
Thomas Sylvestre  | USA 15166
Jonathan Lutz
Alexandra Jones
Nicholas Sertl  | CHI 11011
Cristobal Molina Lorca
Jens Kuhlenthal Pfeffer
Pedro Andres Vera Carrera  |
2016 Salinas
Ecuador
20 Boats  | BRA 15333
Felipe Rondina
Thomas Petrie Sylvestre
Christian Lacerda Shaw  | ARG 13360
Martin Cloos
Bautista Menendez
Lucas Elias  | ECU 14675
Matias Dyck
John Birkett
Jose Andres Lecaro  | [61]
2018 Voula
Greece
16 Boats  | USA 14748
Jeffrey Hayden
Meredith Ryan
Brian Hayes Jnr. | GRE 15144
V Gourgiotis
G Tsoulfas
M Kypraios  | BRA 15333
J Hackerott
E Van Deursen
M Peek  | [46]
2022  | BRA 15333 - Relampago Marquinhos
Nicolas Bernal (BRA)
Mathias Reimer (BRA)
Felipe Fonseca (BRA) | CHI 15196 - Rasputín
Dante Parodi (CHI)
Diego Natho (CHI)
Santiago Lorca (CHI) | USA 15298 - sthphvädths
Brady Starck (USA)
Bobby Starck (USA)
Adam Starck (USA) | [49]
2024  | PER 15265 - Flying
Alec Hughes
Sergio Gutarra
Sofia Ruales  | CHI 15561 - Protip
Rafaela Salvatore
Walter Malsch
Jorge Urzúa  | BRA 15333 - Lightning
Gustavo Glimm
Fernando Menezes
Guilherme Menezes  | [52]

## References

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1. ^ a b 1979 Class Yearbook. International Lightning Class Association. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
2. ^ Youth Lightning World Championship at World Sailing
3. ^ a b 1981 Class Yearbook. International Lightning Class Association. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
4. ^ Youth Lightning World Championship at World Sailing
5. ^ a b 1983 Class Yearbook. International Lightning Class Association. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
6. ^ Youth Lightning World Championship at World Sailing
7. ^ a b 1985 Class Yearbook. International Lightning Class Association. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
8. ^ Youth Lightning World Championship at World Sailing
9. ^ a b 1987 Class Yearbook. International Lightning Class Association. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
10. ^ Youth Lightning World Championship at World Sailing
11. ^ a b 1989 Class Yearbook. International Lightning Class Association. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
12. ^ Youth Lightning World Championship at World Sailing
13. ^ a b 1991 Class Yearbook. International Lightning Class Association. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
14. ^ Youth Lightning World Championship at World Sailing
15. ^ a b 1993 Class Yearbook. International Lightning Class Association. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
16. ^ Youth Lightning World Championship at World Sailing
17. ^ 1995 Class Yearbook. International Lightning Class Association. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
18. ^ Youth Lightning World Championship at World Sailing
19. ^ 1997 Class Yearbook. International Lightning Class Association. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
20. ^ Youth Lightning World Championship at World Sailing
21. ^ 1999 Class Yearbook. International Lightning Class Association. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
22. ^ Youth Lightning World Championship at World Sailing
23. ^ 2001 Class Yearbook. International Lightning Class Association. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
24. ^ Youth Lightning World Championship at World Sailing
25. ^ 2003 Class Yearbook. International Lightning Class Association. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
26. ^ Youth Lightning World Championship at World Sailing
27. ^ 2005 Class Yearbook. International Lightning Class Association. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
28. ^ Youth Lightning World Championship at World Sailing
29. ^ "2004 World Official Event Website".
30. ^ 2007 Class Yearbook. International Lightning Class Association. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
31. ^ Youth Lightning World Championship at World Sailing
32. ^ "Home - International Lightning Class Association". Archived from the original on 20 August 2006.
33. ^ 2009 Class Yearbook. International Lightning Class Association. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
34. ^ Youth Lightning World Championship at World Sailing
35. ^ 2011 Class Yearbook. International Lightning Class Association. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
36. ^ Youth Lightning World Championship at World Sailing
37. ^ 2013–14 Class Yearbook. International Lightning Class Association. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
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39. ^ 2015 Class Yearbook. International Lightning Class Association. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
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41. ^ "Lightning Youth World Championship - Final day".
42. ^ "Rondina wins Lightning Youth Worlds >> Scuttlebutt Sailing News". 28 July 2016.
43. ^ Youth Lightning World Championship at World Sailing
44. ^ "Team Hayden wins 2018 Youth World Championship! - International Lightning Class Association".
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46. ^ a b "Final Results". www.lightningclass.org. Voula, Greece. 3–7 July 2018. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
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48. ^ "2022 Lightning Youth World Championship on Yacht Scoring - A complete web based regatta administration and yacht scoring program". yachtscoring.com.
49. ^ a b "2022 Lightning Youth World Championship on Yacht Scoring - A complete web based regatta administration and yacht scoring program". yachtscoring.com.
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51. ^ "LIGHTNING'S STRIKE IN ALGARROBO CHILE - International Lightning Class Association". www.lightningclass.org.
52. ^ a b "2024 Lightning Youth World Championship on Yacht Scoring - A complete web based regatta administration and yacht scoring program". yachtscoring.com.
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54. ^ "OVERALL RESULTS". www.josh.com.
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56. ^ "Here is a list of past Lightning World Youth Champions". Archived from the original on 2 June 2002.
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58. ^ "Youth World Championship – 2008". Montreal, Quebec, Canada. 2008. Archived from the original on 14 September 2014. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
59. ^ "Youth World Championship – 2010". Salinas, Ecuador. 23–26 July 2010. Archived from the original on 27 September 2010. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
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61. ^ "2016 Lightning Youth World Championship on Yacht Scoring - A complete web based regatta administration and yacht scoring program".

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