Race Officials for Paris 2024 Olympics

World Sailing has confirmed the Race Officials who have been appointed for the Paris 2024 Olympic Sailing Competition.

The 59 International Technical Officials from 33 nations are spread across the Technical Delegates, Race Management Team, International Jury, Technical Committee, Event Disciplinary Investigating Officer, and Chief Medical Officer. For the full list, click here.

To fulfill the mandate of the International Olympic Committee for there to be gender equality, the roster includes a 50-50 gender split in the Technical Delegate and Chair/Vice Chair positions:

• World Sailing head of sustainability and two-time Paralympian Alexandra Rickham (GBR) and Ricardo Navarro (BRA) will be the Technical Delegates.
• Ana Sanchez Del Campo (ESP) will Chair the International Jury with Andrus Poksi (EST) as Vice Chair.
• Pinar Coskuner Genç (TUR) will be the Principal Race Officer (PRO) with David Brookes (AUS) as her Deputy PRO.
• Jurgen Cluytmans (BEL) will Chair the Technical Committee, with Pilar Lopez (ESP) acting as Vice Chair.

The appointments from North America are:

Race Management Team
Francisco Jauregui (MEX)
Jeff Johnson (USA)
Lynn Lynch (USA)
Becky Ashburn (USA), Digital Official

International Jury
Lynne Beal (CAN), International Judge
Sandy Grosvenor (USA), International Judge/ International Umpire
Kevin Hawkins (USA), Digital Official

Technical Committee
Dina Kowalyshyn (USA)

As Technical Delegates, Navarro and Rickham will lead the International Race Official team for the 330 athletes racing across the ten Olympic Events. Sanchez Del Campo and Poksi will lead a 26-person International Jury to ensure a fair competition.

Both Coskuner Genç and Brookes attended the Paris 2024 Sailing Test Event in 2023 and hold several years of international experience across the sport. They will lead a team of four Course Representatives, responsible for running the racing for each of the Olympic Events, with nine further International Race Officers supporting the team.

The Technical Committee will bring together nine International Measurers, with the team having specific expertise on the six pieces of Olympic Equipment used at Paris 2024 to ensure each boat complies with the rules.

In addition, David Tillett (AUS) has been appointed as the Event Disciplinary Investigating Officer (EDIO) and will be responsible for investigating complaints of misconduct. Responsible for ensuring the health and well-being of the athletes during the Games, Nebojsa Nikolic (CRO) has been appointed as the Chief Medical Officer, having completed the role at the past two Olympic Games.

Four Digital Race Official appointments have been made, utilizing technology and drone footage to assist the Race Management and International Jury teams in their decision making.

The Olympic Sailing Competition commences on July 28 and runs through to August 9. Officials will arrive from July 20 with Equipment Inspection commencing on July 20.

Paris 2024 Olympic Sailing Program*:
Men’s One Person Dinghy – ILCA 7 (41)
Women’s One Person Dinghy – ILCA 6 (41)
Mixed Two Person Dinghy – 470 (19)
Men’s Skiff – 49er (20)
Women’s Skiff – 49erFX (20)
Men’s Kiteboard – Formula Kite Class (20)
Women’s Kiteboard – Formula Kite Class (20)
Men’s Windsurfing – iQFoil (24)
Women’s Windsurfing – iQFoil (24)
Mixed Multihull – Nacra 17 (19)
* Quota per event in parenthesis but does not include Universality Places (2 men, 2 women)

Venue: Marseille, France
Dates: July 28-August 9

Details:
• Paris website: https://www.paris2024.org/en/the-olympic-games-paris-2024/
• World Sailing microsite: https://paris2024.sailing.org/

Source: World Sailing