2023 Sailing World Championships – Men's Formula Kite

Men's Formula Kite
at the 2023 Sailing World Championships
VenueThe Hague, the Netherlands
Dates14–20 August
Competitors84 from 43 nations
Medalists
gold medal    Singapore
silver medal    Slovenia
bronze medal    France

The men's Formula Kite competition at the 2023 Sailing World Championships was the men's kiteboarding event and was held in The Hague, the Netherlands, 14–20 August 2023.[1] The entries were limited to 90 boards.[1] The competitors participated in an opening series that was planned to 20 races, followed by a medal series.[1] The medal series was planned for 19 August.[2]

The competition served as a qualifying event for the 2024 Olympic sailing competition with 8 out of 20 national quota being distributed at the event.[3]

Summary

Toni Vodišek of Slovenia was the reigning world champion, having won the 2022 Formula Kite World Championships in Cagliari,[4] while Axel Mazella of France had won the Paris 2024 Test Event the month before.[5] In the Sailing World Cup, Max Maeder of Singapore had won the Trofeo Princesa Sofia,[6] while Mazella had won the Semaine Olympique Française[7] and the Allianz Regatta.[8]

Maeder and Vodišek both opened with three race wins in different fleets.[9] No wind limited the possibility to sail on 18 August.[10]

From the opening series results, Vodišek and Maeder qualified directly to the final; Vodišek carrying two wins forward and Maeder carrying one.[10] 16-year-old Maeder won the championship title by winning the medal series ahead of Vodišek.[11]

With the final results, national quotas were awarded Singapore, Slovenia, Austria, Great Britain, Cyprus, China, Croatia and Brazil.[12]

Results

Opening series

Results of individual races
Pos Helmsman Country I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI XII XIII XIV XV XVI Tot Pts
1 Max Maeder  Singapore 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 2 4 8† 2 9† 3 7† 2 47 23
2 Toni Vodišek  Slovenia 1 1 1 3 4† 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 11† 4 17† 3 54 22
3 Axel Mazella  France 16† 1 1 4 2 3 2 1 2 2 14 4 19† 7 4 20† 102 47
4 Valentin Bontus  Austria 5 2 3 3 4 2 14† 5 3 1 5 21† 6 DSQ 26† 3 7 110 49
5 Riccardo Pianosi  Italy 1 4 2 1 5† 4 4 3 5 3 3 7† 7 12† 5 1 67 43
6 Denis Taradin  Cyprus 15† 7 3 1 3 1 7 9† 2 4 18† 9 2 1 2 6 89 48
7 Huang Qibin  China 6 12† 2 14† 3 4 4 2 6 6 4 3 4 9 1 18† 98 54
8 Martin Dolenc  Croatia 3 13† 9 4 1 5 1 6 3 7 2 6 22† 2 15† 10 109 59
9 Bruno Lobo  Brazil 2 6 5 6 16† 6 5 6 1 3 5 13† 3 8† 8 5 98 61
10 Benoit Gomez  France 3 4 2 4 3 2 2 1 5† 1 1 12 16† DSQ 26† 13 13 108 61
11 Maks Żakowski  Poland 2 10 4 2 1 4 26† 3 4 2 7 5 20† 22† 18 4 134 66
12 Connor Bainbridge  Great Britain 14† 3 4 2 5 7 11 3 1 5 5 8 10 15† 6 23† 122 70
13 Lorenzo Boschetti  Italy 5 2 DSQ 29† 13 8 3 2 4 13 1 1 RET 26† 1 RDG 16.5 24† 15 163.5 84.5
14 Florian Gruber  Germany 3 5 8 7 16† 5 8 5 5 3 2 14 21† 16 19† 8 145 89
15 Maxime Nocher  France 8 6 DSQ 29† 24† 9 2 6 2 4 7 7 17 5 10 9 25† 170 92
16 Dor Zarka  Israel 4 6 6 8 12 9 8 7 8 4 16† 10 14† 6 11 16† 145 99
17 Zhang Haoran  China 4 3 3 8 UFD 29† 7 3 4 19 10 6 DNF 26† 23† 5 10 17 177 99
18 Jannis Maus  Germany 11 2 10 1 1 5 3 7 8 12† 4 16 15 17 21† 21† 154 100
19 Cameron Maramenidis  Greece STP 13 4 13 5 15† 3 4 9 6 6 9 15† 8 14 22† 9 155 103
20 Noah Runciman  United States 9 25† 6 8 7 10 3 4 11 10 3 11 12† 11 14† 12 156 105
21 Dvir Azulay  Israel 5 16† 7 5 10 6 9 10 3 8 10 18† 18† 18 12 11 166 114
22 Jan Marciniak  Poland 2 5 4 7 6 11 6 8 7 5 24† 22† 25† 20 20 19 191 120
23 Kai Calder  United States 8 9 7 5 8 8 5 12† 10 8 4 19† 13 19 16 24† 175 120
24 Sam Aben  Netherlands 11 3 11 9 6 8 6 UFD 29† 7 7 9 20† 17 13 23† 14 193 121
25 Théo de Ramecourt  France 6 8 8 6 7 6 5 8 4 9† 7 23 24† 21 25† 22 189 131
26 Markus Edegran  United States 7 DSQ 29† 5 20† 2 7 11 18 14 10 3 4 DNC 31† 6 4 – 171 91
27 Tiger Tyson  Antigua and Barbuda 9 15† 6 18† 8 12 9 5 9 8 8 1 2 18† 16 – 144 93
28 Lukas Walton-Keim  New Zealand 9 5 7 15† 4 10 12 10 DNF 29† 13† 13 11 6 10 2 – 156 99
29 Bruce Kessler  Switzerland 4 11 9 9 14† 12† 12 8 9 11 DNF 29† 10 12 8 5 – 163 108
30 Zohar Haruvi  Israel 8 8 12† 19† 9 11 7 12 12 5 8 15 16 4 20† – 166 115
31 Bernat Cortes  Spain 10 10 9 19† 12 22† 10 11 7 12 14 14 5 1 25† – 181 115
32 Jan Voster  Germany 19† 18† 16 3 13 14 15 13 14 19† 2 7 4 5 10 – 172 116
33 Alejandro Climent  Spain 12 13† 11 12 13 13 7 14† 13 14† 11 6 11 2 9 – 161 120
34 Jis van Hees  Netherlands 10 15† 10 7 5 14 12 7 11 11 DNF 29† 18† 9 17 8 – 183 121
35 Evan Heffernan  United States 13 9 14 10 17† 13 8 10 16† 9 10 8 8 16† 11 – 172 123
36 Nicolas Parlier  France 7 11 12 15 6 8 11 12 17† 13 16† 9 18† 7 12 – 174 123
37 Mario Calbucci  Italy 15 12 14 17† 9 9 13 6 12 6 DNF 29† 5 13 13 18† – 191 127
38 Lucas Pes Fonseca  Brazil 6 8 26† 12 16 16 17 14 11 11 UFD 29† 2 1 14 DNF 31† – 214 128
39 Vojtěch Koška  Czech Republic 13 9 15 6 11 10 25 11 DNF 29† DNC 29† 10 12 7 3 27† – 217 132
40 Jean de Falbaire  Mauritius 7 7 10 10 15 13 13 11 10 DNF 29† 19† 20 28† 11 7 – 210 134
41 Deury Corniel  Dominican Republic 19† 17 21† 16 11 11 10 19† 16 13 6 3 17 19 1 – 199 140
42 Sven van de Kamp  Netherlands 14 17 13 11 7 9 9 UFD 29† 16 16 DNF 29† 16 3 23 24† – 236 154
43 Mattia Maini  Great Britain 14 DNF 29† 14 25† 13 14 15 14 13 17 12 27† 10 21 3 – 241 160
44 Scott Whitehead  Australia 21 RET 29† 8 24† 24 12 14 13 12 UFD 29† 9 13 15 12 13 – 248 166
45 Yael Paz  Israel 11 14 21† 14 10 19 DSQ 29† 13 6 17 6 25† 23 20 15 – 243 168
46 Xantos Villegas  Mexico 16 19† 16 12 14 15 14 20† 17 16 11 28† 25 9 6 – 238 171
47 Jakub Jurkowski  Poland 16 7 17 9 18 23† 19† 17 15 17 STP 18 24† 14 15 17 – 246 180
48 Tomás Pires de Lima  Portugal 13 15 13 18† 12 15 10 18† 15 18 17 DNF 31† 19 24 19 – 257 190
49 Joseph Jonathan Weston  Thailand DPI 19 DNC 29† 5 17 10 DSQ 29† 16 17 9 14 15 21 22 DNF 31† 26 – 280 191
50 Jacobo Espi  Spain 15 12 15 20† 19† 18 18 9 14 15 19 DNF 31† 27 22 14 – 268 198
51 Roderick Pijls  Netherlands DNF 29† 10 17 13 19† 18 15 19 15 15 16 17 24 27† 23 – 277 202
52 Gian Andrea Stragiotti  Switzerland 20† 18 18 11 15 17 17 16 18 19† 14 26† 20 25 21 – 275 210
53 Armağan Ersolak  Turkey 20 20 12 11 11 16 21† 16 21 9 DNF 29† 19 26 29 DNC 31† – 291 210
54 Marcin Kroczak  Switzerland 17 11 20 10 UFD 29† 17 20 20 DNF 29† DNC 29† 13 23 21 26 22 – 307 220
55 Daniel Harris  Great Britain 12 13 22† 16 17 19† 18 15 19 16 15 22 29 28 DNF 31† – 292 220
56 Oscar Timm  Australia 23† 14 19† 18 17 19 17 24† 18 15 13 2 3 5 3 – 210 144
57 Arthur Brown  Great Britain 21 26† 15 20 18 15 18 22† 10 14 21 UFD 30† 2 3 4 – 239 161
58 Carl Beckett  Denmark 22† 19 16 22† 21 16 13 15 17 20 20 1 1 2 DCT 30† – 235 161
59 Alexander Bachev  Bulgaria STP 19 17 19 15 21† 18 19 16 20 22† 24† 8 5 6 2 – 231 164
60 Michał Wojciechowski  Poland 17 18 11 19 18 17 21† UFD 29† 18 21† 21 5 7 4 9 – 235 164
61 Pedro Afonso Rodrigues  Portugal 17 21 DNF 29† 13 22† 20 20 20 19 26† 15 6 12 10 7 – 257 180
62 Karl Maeder  Switzerland DNF 29† 19 19 22† 20 21† 21 STP 20 20 20 11 20 21 1 1 – 265 193
63 Adam Farrington  Great Britain 22† 21 22 26† 20 20 22 21 21 23† 20 4 9 7 6 – 264 193
64 Gilberto Di Fiore  Venezuela 20 14 18 14 26† 21 24† 28† 22 20 19 15 4 16 10 – 271 193
65 James Johnsen  Denmark 21 20 20 16 24† 21 23† 18 20 18 DNF 29† 10 11 11 11 – 273 197
66 Logan Sutherland  Canada 19 16 24† 21 19 22 20 22 23 UFD 29† 18 7 6 9 DNF 30† – 285 202
67 Victor Bolaños  Colombia 10 28 DNF 29† DNF 29† 25 26 16 15 8 18 17 DNC 30† 26 25 5 – 307 219
68 Sarun Rupchom  Thailand RET 29† DNC 29† DNC 29† DNC 29 20 20 19 21 23 24 23 17 8 8 8 – 307 220
69 James Morrin  Canada 25† 16 24 17 22 23 23 25† 25† 22 12 9 22 22 12 – 299 224
70 Casey Brown  United States DNF 29† RDG 18.7 RDG 20.6 RDG 20.6 24 22 16 21 DNF 29† 12 12 3 DNF 30† DNF 30 DNF 30 – 317.9 229.9
71 Jindřich Houštěk  Czech Republic STP 23 23 22 21 22 24† 25† 24† 23 24 22 12 15 15 14 – 309 236
72 Federico Aguilar  Argentina 26† 21 18 23 21 25 25 23 22 23 DNC 29† 11 10 DNC 30† 17 – 324 239
73 Hiro Karamon  Japan 25† 22 23 25 23 23 26† 23 21 19 21 16 17 14 DNF 30† – 328 247
74 Siriwit Prangsri  Thailand DPI 24† 24† 20 24† 23 24 22 24 22 23 18 14 19 18 21 – 320 248
75 Cheol Cho-su  South Korea 27† 23 26 22 UFD 29† 24 22 27† 24 25 22 23 14 12 16 – 336 253
76 Vasileios Livas  Greece 26 25 23 21 23 27† 27† 26 24 21 23 13 13 17 DNF 30† – 339 255
77 Po Chak Leung  Hong Kong DNF 29† 24 25 23 25.5† 26† 24 23 25 21 23 18 18 21 13 – 338.5 258
78 J. J. Rice  Tonga 24 23 25 26† 25.5 25 26† 22 24 24 22 DNF 30† 16 13 15 – 340.5 258.5
79 Chitresh Tatha  India 23 24 23 23 DNC 29† 25† 24 25 DNF 29† 25 20 19 20 20 19 – 348 265
80 André Olsson  Sweden 24 22 21 25 UFD 29† 27† 23 25 26† 22 25 21 23 19 20 – 352 270
81 Valentyn Sudak  Ukraine STP 26† 25 24 26† 25 26 27† 26 25 26 25 22 24 24 18 – 369 290
82 Ejder Ginyol  Turkey 24 22 DNF 29† DNF 29† 14 28 28 17 DNF 29 DNF 29 DNF 29 DNC 30† DNC 30 DNC 30 DNF 30 – 398 310
83 Daan Baute  Belgium 18 20 17 DNF 29† DNC 29† DNF 29 DNF 29 DNC 29 DNC 29 DNC 29 DNF 29 DNC 30† DNC 30 DNC 30 DNF 30 – 407 319
84 Tomas Juška  Lithuania STP 28 27 DNF 29† DNF 29† 26 27 28 27 DNF 29 DNC 29 DNF 29 24 25 23 DNF 30† – 410 322

Scoring system: low-point system; Source: [13]
Legend: DCT – Disqualified after causing a tangle in an incident; DNC – Did not come to the starting area; DNF – Did not finish; DPI – Discretionary penalty imposed; DSQ – Disqualified; RDG – Redress given; RET – Retired; STP – Standard penalty imposed; UFD – "U" flag disqualification; † – Discarded race not counted in the overall result;

Medal series

Semi-final A

Results of individual races
Pos Crew Country CF I II
1 Valentin Bontus  Austria W W W
2 Riccardo Pianosi  Italy WW 3 2
3 Huang Qibin  China   2 3
4 Benoit Gomez  France   4 4

Scoring system: most wins; Source: [13]
Legend:   – Advance to final;

Semi-final B

Results of individual races
Pos Crew Country CF I II
1 Axel Mazella  France WW 3 W
2 Denis Taradin  Cyprus W W 3
3 Martin Dolenc  Croatia   2 2
4 Bruno Lobo  Brazil   4 4

Scoring system: most wins; Source: [13]
Legend:   – Advance to final;

Final

Results of individual races
Pos Crew Country CF I II III
Max Maeder  Singapore W W 2 W
Toni Vodišek  Slovenia WW 4 3 RET 5
Axel Mazella  France   3 W 3
4 Valentin Bontus  Austria   2 4 2

Scoring system: most wins; Source: [13]
Legend: RET – Retired;

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