帆船佳音-航海人专访

Our sailor of the month is Josefin Olsson from Sweden. She has participated in the last two Olympics and is now campaigning for theTokyo Games next year. Wanna know more about this world championship medalist? Keep listening.

Our guest today is Sam Meech who has won a bronze medal in the 2016 Rio Olympics, was winner of the 2013 Youth Americas Cup, and 2009 Youth World Championships. Before he mastered the dinghy boat, he had already been cruising around the world with his family. 

Alison Young is a British sailor who won the 2016 Laser Radial World Championships. She has also participated in the last two Olympics, with 5th in London and 8th in Rio. Ali will make her 3rd Olympic appearance next year in Tokyo after being selected by the British Sailing Team in October 2019. 

Charlie grew up in Newport Beach, California, where the influence of his father and family throughout his childhood led to an affinity for water sports.

He started sailing at the age of 8. From there, he progressed through the junior, high school, and collegiate sailing ranks in the United States, eventually choosing to campaign for the 2016 Olympics in the Laser class after graduating from Georgetown University in 2011

Charlie finished 11th place out of 46 nations in the 2016 Olympics. He is continuing to train and compete in the Laser toward the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

Annalise Murphy from Ireland, who won the silver medal in Rio 2016 after a disappointing 4th in the London Games four years before that. She won the European Championships in 2013 and has sailed a flying moth, high performance boat 49er FX class, as well as the last Volvo Ocean Race with Turn the Tide to Plastic.

Rio Olympic Silver Medalist Tonci Stipanovid chat with us about how he trains at home during Covid-19 lockdown.

3 time Olympian Evi Van Acker looks back her sailing career as a Laser Radial sailor.

Pavlos Kontides is the very first Olympic medalist in his country, a two-time World Champion, the World Sailor of the Year, the flag-bearer in the 2016 Games, and many more.