The 2024 29er World Championship was a world championship of sailing that was held at Aarhus International Sailing Center in Aarhus, Denmark. The 24th 29er World Championship took place between 1 August and 9 August 2024.
The event was won by Alex Demurtas and Giovanni Santi of Italy, who had previously finished 2nd in the 2022 29er World Championship, and 3rd at the 2023 World Championship.
Summary Reigning world champion Clementine Van Steenberge of Ireland finished 2nd in silver fleet after switching crews from her brother, Nathan Van Steenberge, to Jessica Riordan for the event. They finished as the 6th female team overall.
Qualifiers There were 5 different winners of the first race of the day due to separate fleets. These winners included eventual event winners Alex Demurtas and Giovanni Santi, as well as female team Emily Polson and Tiffany Mak of Hong Kong, and Swedish mixed duo Selma Hård and Lukas Wolfgang. Alex Demurtas and Giovanni Santi went on to win the first 4 races in their fleet creating a dominant lead from the start of the championship. The top 3 in the qualifying series would be Alex Demurtas and Giovanni Santi, Ewa Lewandowska and Krzysztof Królik of Poland, with French duo Nolann Huet Des Aunay and Titouan Gresset finishing 3rd.
Results Gold fleet results are shown: RankNationCrewCarried forwardRacePenaltiesTotal PointsNet Points123456789Alex Demurtas Giovanni Santi11262412(31)7217847Ewa Lewandowska Krzysztof Królik1419 SCP23(41)331841312079Jocelyn Le Goff Jules Vidor251231714114(46 DNC)11134884Nolann Huet Des Aunay Titouan Gresset241152715361(38)10161831455James Crossley Sam Webb24(38)34305132010571861486Giuseppe Montesano Enrico Coslovich591721(40)1710261722001607Santiago Sesto-Cosby Ben Bradley492510(43)243342882061638Felix Llauro Marcos Pruden65191841981513(29)31931649Logan Mraz Juan Albamonte566301234(38)1381520316510Lucas Patrick Luke Rogers4626(28)8115235162619416611Finian Morris Charlie Gran4381223(42)3532331421517312Soma Kis-Szölgyémi András Juhász73(27)911361422251020017313Benjamin Rodriguez Moron Ronan Curnyn701620924(34)25151721217814Lukas Kraus Ondrej Baštár7714(31)1814219129921418315Moritz Wagner Leo Gradel3810143185(38)29133622218416Nicklas Holt Mads Larsen533363323(43)61614423118817Bartosz Zmudzinski August Sobczak343911(42)9182815302024620418Boróka Fehér Szonja Fehér5920413117193636(39)24420519Alicja Tutkowska Alicja Dampc491532161031528(41)2525221120Kevin Cason Holland Vierling682129516257(40)242225721721Storm Kopperud Philip Forslund5424128(29)282421212125122222Folkert Van Surksum Lars Ganzevles794191926 SCP19(39)3119626122223William Mason Giorgio Mattiuzzo36298(35)3217303463225922424Sophie Schneider Victoria Egger60(42)221426391220201226722525Szymon Kolka Mateusz Gasiorowski7612622(33)242514182326222926Fynn Olsen Pierce Olsen3928172936 SCP11(40)112829327123127Josefine Nøjgaard Esther Houborg8033131025127934(38)27023228Lucas Hamm Moritz Hamm3922(38)372093337321528224429Anatole Thomas Thelio Giannantoni82(44)3339212219222829224830Truman Rogers Paula Lepa7413(37)2030201724312729325631Mór Csekovszky Martin Zarandy68(40)7736402930261830126132Giulia Bartolozzi Pietro Rizzi53323526(38)261817233530326533Sara Momplet Baixauli Isabel Momplet Baixauli44352415632373540(41)30926834Emily Polson Tiffany Mak29942324016(46 UFD)32333731627035Una Heinilä Lasse Lindell8023(39)3631291026173332428536Marie Maier Nanna Nørgaard72740213730(46 UFD)27273133829237Annabelle Vines Amelie Hiscocks583627252723362338(46 DNC)33929338Nick Plinke Nele Petersen62311524(44)272239394034329939Igor Kawalko Fabian Kocieda7034(43)414337416121934630340Assi Lindell Ines Karlemo7441234528228(46 DNF)373035430841Emília Juhász Boró Lacza79182563941214242(46 DNC)35931342Alexandre Mostini Raphaël Allain5043441713343533(46 DNC)46 DNC36131543Cameron Law Chris Lam7730163832 SCP(42)1641353436131944Jakub Kuras Wiktor Mielnik74454544354443(46 DNC)112441136545Liwia Liszkiewicz Dominika Godlewska75374134454542(46 DNS)46 DNC46 DNC457411 Scoring system: low-point system; Source: Legend: BFD – Black flag disqualification; DNC – Did not come to the starting area; DNF – Did not finish; DNS – Did not start; DNE – Disqualification (other than DGM) not excludable under rule 90.3(b); DNF – Started but did not finish; DNS – Came to the start area but did not start; DSQ – Disqualified; RDG – Redress given; RET – Retired; SCP –Scoring penalty under rule 44.3; UFD – "U" flag disqualification; (X) – Discarded race not counted in the overall result;
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