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Youth World Champions

2022 Champions: Nicolas Bernal

Mathias Reimer, Felipe Fonseca


2018 Champions: Jeffrey Hayden
Brian Hayes, Jr, Meredith Ryan

 
2016 Champions: Felipe Rondina
Thomas Petrie Sylvestre, Christian Lacerda Shaw

 
2014 Champions: Felipe Rondina
Jose Afonso Hackerott, Thomas Sylvestre


2012 Champions: Adam MacDonald,
Abby Bennett, Sam Jones

Year

Place

Champion

Runner-up

2022 Sheboygan YC/SEAS
Sheboygan, WI
Nicolas Bernal
Mathias Reim
Felipe Fonseca
São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Dante Parodi
Diego Natho
Santiago Lorca
Santiago, Chile
2020 Championship was not contested

2018 Nautical Athletic Club of Voula
Voula, Greece
Jeffrey Hayden
Brian Hayes, Jr
Meredith Ryan
Lake Mary, FL USA
Vasileios Gourgiotis
George Tsoulfas
Michail Kypraios
Athens, Greece
2016 Salinas Yacht Club
Salinas, Ecuador
Felipe Rondina
Thomas Petrie Sylvestre
Christian Lacerda Shaw
Brasilia-DF, Brazil
Martin Cloos
Bautisat Menendez
Lucas Elias
Buenos Aires
2014 Buffalo Canoe Club
Point Abino, Ontario, Canada
Felipe Rondina
Jose Afonso Hackerott
Thomas Sylvestre
Brazil
Jonathan Lutz
Alexandra Jones
Nicholas Sertl
Brick, NJ USA
2012 Tuusulanjärven Purjehtijat
Järvenpää, Finland
Adam MacDonald
Abby Bennett
Sam Jones
Carlisle, Ontario, CA
Timmy Crann
Lauren Jones
Ali Blumenthal
Columbia, NJ USA
2010 Salinas Yacht Club
Salinas, Ecuador
Jonathan Martinetti
Pedro Velez
Eduardo Viteri
Ecuador
Tomas Dietrich
Tomas Pellejero
Gaston Bisio
Argentina
2008 Montreal
Quebec, Canada
Taylor Lutz
Luke Vreeland
Bernie Roesler
Houston, TX USA
Ian Schillebeeckx
Connor Aswad
Will Schwarz
Labadie, MO USA
2006 Jyvasjaravi Lake
Jyväskylä, Finland
Thomas Sumner
Filipe Gil
Filipe Brito
São Paulo, Brazil
Panagiotis Verginadis
Timos Vlachos
Theodoros Poulakos
Pireaus, Attiki, Greece
2004 Laguna Guarapiranga
São Paulo, Brazil
Thomas Sumner
Felipe Brito
Mark Pineda
São Paulo, Brazil
Marcelo Bellotti
Eduardo Molina
Alejandro Carri
São Paulo, Brazil
2002 Newport Yacht Club
Rockester, NY USA
Thomas Sumner
Pedro Soares
Mark Pineda
Säo Paulo, Brazil
Erik Johnson
Karl Johnson
Kate Brush
Richmond, VT USA
2000 Yacht Club of Greece
Athens, Greece
Dionisis Dimou
Michalis Pateniotis
Thanassis Siouzios
Antonis Pateniotis
Athens, Greece
Sotiris Dimopoulos
Vagelis Kafetzidakis
Charis FinosGeorge Finos
Athens, Greece
1998 Salinas Yacht Club
Salinas, Ecuador
Sean Carroll
Karl Schutte
Kate Sheahan
Jericho, VT USA
Constantinos Merentitis
Hilias Manolakis
Michalis Koulianos
N Smirni, Greece
1996 Metedeconk River Yacht Club
Brick, NJ USA
Miguel Plaza, Jr
Guayaquil, Ecuador
Chad Atkins
Rockester, NY USA
1994 Cercle de Voile de Neuchatel
Neuchatel, Switzerland
Marty Essig
Hamilton, Ontario, CA
Miguel Plaza, Jr
Guayaquil, Ecuador
1992 Buffalo Canoe Club
Point Abino, Ontario, Canada
Tom Starck
Buffalo, NY USA
Nicholas Granucci
Buenos Aires, Argentina
1990 Buffalo Canoe Club
Point Abino, Ontario, Canada
Ned Roseberry
Buffalo, NY USA
Nicholas Granucci
Buenos Aires, Argentina
1988 Nasijarven Purjehdusseura-
Nasijarvi Segelsallskap RY
Tampere, Finland
Duncan Stewart
Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Alexandros Dimou
Pireaus, Greece
1986 Yacht Club Olivos
Olivos, Argentina
Guillermo Parada
Argentina
Christian Frers
Argentina
1984 Metedeconk River Yacht Club
Brick, NJ USA
Jody Swanson
Eggertsville, NY USA
Anthony Fink
Leonardo, NJ USA
1982 Circolo Velico Marsala
Marsala, Sicily, Italy
Gordon Anderson
Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada
Pasquale Vitaggio
Marsala, Sicily, Italy
1980 Buffalo Canoe Club
Point Abino, Ontario, Canada
Ian Jones
Snyder, NY USA
Otavio Machandode Almeida
São Paulo, Brazil
1978 Yacht Club Peruano
Peru
Stephen Craig
Heath, TX USA
Hugo Castro
Buenos Aires, Argentina

2010 Champions: Jonathan Martinetti
Pedro Velez, Eduardo Viteri

 
2008 Champions: Taylor Lutz,
Luke Vreeland, Bernie Roesler

 
2006 Champions: Thomas Sumner,
Felipe Brito, Felipe Brito


2004 Champions: Thomas Sumner,
Felipe Brito, Mark Pineda

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