The Mistral One Design Class (MOD) is a one-design windsurfing class chosen by the International Sailing Federation (ISAF) for use at the Olympic regatta in Atlanta 1996, Sydney 2000 and Athens 2004.[2][3] Starting with the 2008 Summer Olympics it was replaced by the RS:X class, which was replaced by the iQFoil class for the 2024 Summer Olympics.
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Development | |
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Designer | Ernstfried Prade |
Year | 1989[1] |
Design | One Design |
Name | Mistral One Design Class |
Boat | |
Crew | 1 |
Hull | |
Type | Sailboard |
Hull weight | 15 kg (33 lb) Volume 235 L (52 imp gal; 62 US gal) |
LOA | 3.72 m (12.2 ft) |
Beam | 0.63 m (2 ft 1 in) |
Sails | |
Mainsail area | 7.4 m2 (80 sq ft) |
Former Olympic class | |
RS:X →
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Description
editThe MOD was first designed in 1989.[1] Worldwide, there are more than 30,000 build since. They are light and tough. In the right hands, they can be sailed in windspeeds of between 5 and 35 kn (3 and 18 m/s) depending on sea conditions.
The International Mistral Class Organization (IMCO)[4] have established over 50 National Class Organisations.
Events
editOlympics
editGames | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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1996 Atlanta Women's |
Hong Kong (HKG) Lee Lai-shan |
New Zealand (NZL) Barbara Kendall |
Italy (ITA) Alessandra Sensini |
1996 Atlanta Men's |
Greece (GRE) Nikolaos Kaklamanakis |
Argentina (ARG) Carlos Espinola |
Israel (ISR) Gal Fridman |
2000 Sydney Women's |
Italy (ITA) Alessandra Sensini |
Germany (GER) Amelie Lux |
New Zealand (NZL) Barbara Kendall |
2000 Sydney Men's |
Austria (AUT) Christoph Sieber |
Argentina (ARG) Carlos Espinola |
New Zealand (NZL) Aaron McIntosh |
2004 Athens Women's |
France (FRA) Faustine Merret |
China (CHN) Yin Jian |
Italy (ITA) Alessandra Sensini |
2004 Athens Men's |
Israel (ISR) Gal Fridman |
Greece (GRE) Nikolaos Kaklamanakis |
Great Britain (GBR) Nick Dempsey |
Men's World Championship
editGold | Silver | Bronze | |
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1986 | Julian Anderson (GBR) Nils Hangard (NOR) |
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1987 | Francesco Wirz (ITA) Chris Lawrence (AUS) |
Thomas Foyen (NOR) D. Woods (AUS) |
H. Nissen-Lie (NOR) M. Pedersen (AUS) |
1988 | L. de Pedrini (ITA) H. Piegelin (FRA) |
Francesco Wirz (ITA) M. Quintin (FRA) |
Claude Muzellec (FRA) Robert Nagy (FRA) |
1989 Corpus Christi | Julian Anderson (GBR) Chris Lawrence (AUS) |
Riccardo Giordano (ITA) Nikolaos Kaklamanakis (GRE) |
H. Mann (SWE) J. Callahan (USA) |
1990 | J. Hutchcroft (GBR) Chris Lawrence (AUS) |
A. Dale (RSA) Ted Huang (USA) |
J. Blinnikka (FIN) H. Plumb (GBR) |
1991 San Francisco | Julian Anderson (GBR) Riccardo Giordano (ITA) Mike Gebhardt (USA) |
A. Morell (ISV) Wim Opten (NED) S. Borncroft (GBR) |
H. Mann (SWE) Tim Ratzlaff (USA) K. Schumacher (USA) |
1992 Mondello | Riccardo Giordano (ITA) P. van Schie (NED) |
T. Lentall (AUS) Aaron McIntosh (NZL) |
A. Dale (RSA) Nikolaos Kaklamanakis (GRE) |
1993 Kashiwazaki | Bruce Kendall (NZL) | Aaron McIntosh (NZL) | Mike Gebhardt (USA) |
1994 Gimli | Aaron McIntosh (NZL) | Bruce Kendall (NZL) | Andrea Zinali (ITA) |
1995 Port Elizabeth | João Rodrigues (POR) | Nikolaos Kaklamanakis (GRE) | Aaron McIntosh (NZL) |
1996 Haifa | Nikolaos Kaklamanakis (GRE) | Gal Fridman (ISR) | Eduardo García (ARG) |
1997 Fremantle | Aaron McIntosh (NZL) | Amit Inbar (ISR) | Marcos Galván (ARG) |
1998 Brest | Aaron McIntosh (NZL) | Amit Inbar (ISR) | João Rodrigues (POR) |
1999 Nouméa | Lars Kleppich (AUS) | Tony Philp (FIJ) | Marcos Galván (ARG) |
2000 Mar del Plata | Nikolaos Kaklamanakis (GRE) | Aaron McIntosh (NZL) | Carlos Espinola (ARG) |
2001 Varkiza | Nikolaos Kaklamanakis (GRE) | Przemysław Miarczyński (POL) | Fabrice Hassen (FRA) |
2002 Pattaya | Gal Fridman (ISR) | Ricardo Santos (BRA) | Julien Bontemps (FRA) |
2003 Cádiz |
Przemysław Miarczyński (POL) | Nikolaos Kaklamanakis (GRE) | Gal Fridman (ISR) |
2004 Cezme | Julien Bontemps (FRA) | Przemysław Miarczyński (POL) | Nicolas Huguet (FRA) |
2005 Palermo | Nicolas Huguet (FRA) | Ricardo Santos (BRA) | Andreas Cariolou (CYP) |
2006 Shenzhen | Cheng Kwok Fai (HKG) | Chan King Yin (HKG) | Wu Shifu (CHN) |
Women's World Championship
editReferences
edit- ^ a b https://www.sailing.org/tools/documents/MIS_2005_CR_050301-%5B894%5D.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ "The list of official windsurfing classes". Surfer Today. 31 January 2019.
- ^ http://www.sailing.org/olympics/history-part-5.php Archived 2010-03-29 at the Wayback Machine Olympic sailing report ISAF
- ^ http://www.imco.org/ Mistral One Design Class Organization
See also
edit- Windsurfing
- RS:X (sailboard)
- Formula Windsurfing
- Sailing at the Summer Olympics
- Windsurfing World Championships