SAILING
Sailing has a long history in the Olympic Games.
The sport made its debut in 1900 and with the exception of 1904 it has appeared at every Olympic Games since then.
The sport’s name was changed from ‘Yachting’ to ‘Sailing’ at the Sydney 2000 Games. They won their first medal in Moscow in 1980, a silver in the Flying Dutchman discipline with the team of David Wilkins and Jamie Wilkinson. Most recently Analise Murphy won a silver medal at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games in the Laser Radial.
The Irish Sailing Association or ‘Irish Sailing’ is the national governing body for sailing, powerboating and windsurfing, and the international organisation is the International Sailing Federation.
The aim of Irish Sailing is to develop, support and promote sailing, through the core values of Inspiration, Representation and Participation. In 2018 they established a Sailing Centre of Excellence at Dun Laoghaire which serves as an administrative and training base for their high performance programme and supports Olympic sailing.
Olympic Sailing features a variety of craft, from dinghies and keelboats to windsurfing boards.
Event Programme:
RS:X – Windsurfer (Men/Women)
Laser – One Person Dinghy (Men)
Laser Radial – One Person Dinghy (Women)
Finn – One Person Dinghy (Heavyweight) (Men)
470 – Two Person Dinghy (Men/Women)
49er – Skiff (Men)
49er FX – Skiff (Women)
Nacra 17 Foiling – Mixed Multihull
National Federation: Irish Sailing
International Federation: World Sailing
SAILING NEWS
Sport Events Coming up in July
We are at the start of a jam packed July, check here for information on the upcoming events? DATES EVENT (SPORT) 27 June – 6 July EQUESTRIAN Team Ireland – World Equestrian Festival CHIO Aachen – Aachen, Germany LINK 28-29 June ATHLETICS Team Ireland – European Athletics Team Championships Division 2 – Maribor, Slovenia LINK [...]
Wind Powered Performance – How Flogas are supporting Olympic Sailors Robert Dickson and Sean Waddilove
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In The News – June 16th
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Eve McMahon ranked as World Number One
Irish sailor Eve McMahon of Howth Yacht Club has achieved another historic milestone, becoming World Number One in the latest World Sailing rankings, released on June 10th. This marks the first time McMahon has held the top spot, following her impressive bronze medal performance at the ILCA World Championships in China last month and a [...]
SELECTED ATHLETES
Eve McMahon
BIOGRAPHY Eve is Ireland’s youngest ever Olympic sailor after qualifying for Paris last January, with a race to spare, while competing in her first senior ILCA6 World Championships in Argentina, where she finished 20th overall. A training partner for Rio silver medallist Annalise Murphy when she was a teenager, Eve currently trains alongside the reigning [...]
Finn Lynch
BIOGRAPHY Born in Australia and living in Carlow since he was two, Finn started sailing on Blessington Lakes when he was eight. A silver medallist at World Youth Championships in 2012, he was World U19 champion in 2014, and has been training full-time since he completed his Leaving Cert. He was only 20 when he [...]
Robert Dickson
BIOGRAPHY Proudly representing Ireland in the 2024 Paris Olympics, this dedicated and passionate athlete has demonstrated exceptional skill and commitment to their sport. Competing at the highest level, they embody the spirit and resilience of Irish athletes, striving for excellence on the global stage. The entire nation stands behind them, cheering for their success and [...]
Sean Waddilove
BIOGRAPHY World U23 champion in 2018 and bronze medallist in 2019, Seán was an extremely young Olympic debutant in Tokyo 2020 when he won his first and last races but ultimately getting two DQs over harness regulations. He was eighth at the subsequent 2021 Worlds and won the final Irish trial convincingly by finishing fifth [...]
Annalise Murphy
BIOGRAPHY Annalise Murphy was a silver medalist in the Laser Radial sailing event at Rio 2016, the culmination of years of hard work which included an agonisingly 4th place finish in the same event at the London 2012 Games. Her career highlights include an eighth-place finish at the 2009 World Championships and sixth in 2011. [...]