Italy and Lativa are crowned 2021 ILCA 4 (Laser 4.7) Youth World Champions in Dun Laoghaire

After a week of mixed conditions in Dublin Bay, Martins Attila (Latvia) and Emma Mattivi (Italy) have won the Laser 4.7 World Championships (Saturday 14 August 2021).

All of 230 sailors from the 31 competing nations returned from Dublin Bay this afternoon after six testing days of world class racing. Only one race was possible for all but the Girls gold fleet on the final day as the lighter conditions toyed with the race committee but didn’t provide the required stability to complete the 12^th and final race. Emma and Martins had already shown they were worthy contenders, and both were overnight leaders as racing began on Saturday. Cool heads, impeccable race management and perhaps leaning on the single discard that was available was enough for these deserved champions to lift the title for 2021.

Final ICLA4 Youth World Championship Results;  

Girls Gold: 1^st Emma Mattivi (ITA), 2^nd Petra Marednic (CRO), 3^rd Gaia Bolzonella (ITA), 4^th Claudia Adán Lledó (ESP), 5^th Annemijn Algra (NED), 6^th Roos Wind (NED), 7^th Johanna Böckl (AUT), 8^th Gabriëla Groenewegen Van Der Weijden (GRE), 9^th Giorgia Bonalana (ITA), 10^th Alina Iuorio (ITA).

Boys Gold: 1^st Martins Atilla (LAT), 2^nd Alexandros Eleftheriadis (GRE), 3^rd Massimiliano Antoniazzi (ITA), 4^th Joan Ravie (ESP), 5^th Hidde Wapstra (NED), 6^th Hidde Schraffordt (NED), 7^th Max Frank (NED), 8^th Daniel Cardona Balsa (ESP), 9^th Can Veysel Kaska (TUR), 10^th Miguel Sancho (POR).

Girls Silver: 1^st Cristina Castellanos (GUA), 2^nd Arwen Fflur (GBR), 3^rd Donna-Tinke Huijsmans (NED), 4^th Léonie Baudet (SUI), 5^th Isabella Mendoza Cabezas (USA), 6^th Anna Vasilieva (USA), 7^th Ava Anderson (USA), 8^th Paula Bestard Mayol (ESP), 9^th Cannelle Opstaele (BEL), 10^th Mikaela Panagopoulou (GRE).

Boys Silver:  1^st Benjamin Reeser, 2^nd Oisín Mac Sweeney (IRL), 3^rd Antonio Pascali (GBR), 4^th Karel Ratnik (EST), 5^th Jacob Zils (USA), 6^th Keijiro Kikkawa (GBR), 7^th Andrea Dubois (SUI), 8^th Florian Vreeburg (NED), 9^th Connor Demming (USA), 10^th João Pacheco (POR).

U16 Boys: 1^st Alexandros Eleftheriadis (GRE), 2^nd Hidde Schraffordt (NED), 3^rd Dionysios Kalpogiannakis (GRE)

U16 Girls: 1^st Adriana Castro (ESP), 2^nd Audrey Foley (USA), 3^rd Signe Brinkert (NED).

Irish Girls: 1^st Eimer McMorrow Moriarty, 2^nd Anna O’Connor, 3^rd Hannah Dadley-Young, 4^th Sienna Wright, 5^th Iseult Hogan, 6^th Ella Dempsey, 7^th Una Connell, 8^th Emma Lynch, 9^th Megan O’Sullivan, 10^th Isabel Mc Carthy.  

Irish Boys: 1^st Rocco Wright, 2^nd Archie Daly, 3^rd Luke Turvey, 4^th James Dwyer, 5^th Oisín Mac Sweeney, 6^th Darragh Collins, 7^th Christian Ennis, 8^th Oisin Hughes, 9^th Russell Bolger, 10^th Patrick Bruen.

As always, a huge team of volunteers made it all happen behind the scenes from joint hosts the Royal St. George Yacht Club and the National Yacht Club – all played a vital role in ensuring the event was a success and showcasing what Ireland has to offer as a world class destination and sailing venue.

Full details of the event here: http://2021-47-youth.laser-worlds.com/home-page/

Vilamoura, Portugal is the host for the 2022 ILCA4 Youth World Championships.