ARG SSL GOLD CUP – By Sailors for Sailors

THE FOOTBALL WORLD CUP... IN SAILING

QUALIFYING SERIES | MAY-JULY 2022 | Switzerland

FINAL SERIES | NOV-DEC 2023 | Spain

Events

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G1 - Race 1

10:30

21 November 2023

SPAIN

Participants

MAS

HUN

ARG

USA

Results

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G1 - Race 2

12:00

22 November 2023

SPAIN

Participants

MAS

HUN

ARG

USA

Results

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1/8 FINALS

G1 - Race 3

13:30

23 November 2023

SPAIN

Participants

MAS

HUN

ARG

USA

Results

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1/8 FINALS

G1 - Race 4

15:00

24 November 2023

SPAIN

Participants

MAS

HUN

ARG

USA

Results

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1/8 FINALS

G1 - Race 5

11:00

12 November 2022

SPAIN

Participants

MAS

HUN

ARG

USA

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CONDORES

CREATING MOMENTUM FOR THE NEW GENERATION

The Power of a Team

Despite being on the other side of the world, Argentina has proudly won Olympic medals in the last five Olympic games. From the brown waters of the Rio de la Plata , the fresh water of many lakes or the rough waves of the Argentinean sea, sailors from this country have proven to achieve the unexpected in strong top teams of TP52, America’s Cup or The Ocean Race. In addition to its sailing tradition, this country has also some worldwide distinguished yacht designers such as Germán Frers and Juan Koyoumdjian. Last but not least, we have one of the best optimist factories in the planet (Lange-Riotecna) , something that our captain started more than 30 years ago.

For the SSL Gold Cup, Argentina has put together a team that combines the large experience from Olympic medalist and TP52 top sailors, together with young sailors who aim to bring energy and fresh ideas to the team.

Statistics

THE COUNTRY

56 clubs affiliated to the National Sailing Federation
8.397 km of sea coastline
more than 10.000km of rivers
more than 400 lakes

ACHIEVEMENTS

10 Olympic Medals in Sailing (the 2nd most decorated sport in the country)
2 Gold Medals in YOG
2 Volvo Ocean Race sailors
5 America's Cup sailors

Ssl ranking

Year's best ranked woman:
Year's best ranked man:
Year Nation's best ranking

MAIN EVENTS

The captain

Santiago Lange

Santi is probably the most decorated and known sailor in Argentina. He has 3 Olympic medals, including the amazing Gold in the Nacra 17 class. He is not only a top-class sailor: he is also a Naval Architect, and has been involved in many America’s Cup campaigns, being part of the design as well as the sailing team. He has plenty of world championships, from Snipe Class to TP52s. He brings experience, leadership, and a vision of empowering young sailors in professional sailing.

THE LEADERS

Mariano “Cole” Parada

Mariano “Cole” Parada is one of Argentina’s most experienced pro sailors. He has been involved in great teams and was one of Santi’s coaches in Rio 2016. He competed in the 2000 Sydney Olympics in the Tornado class and was part of Victory Challenge for the 32nd America’s cup in 2007. In addition to many other titles, he has multiple TP52 and Soto 40 World Championships, all in which he had a role as tactician or strategist. He has been a lifelong friend from Santi and is happy to help the young pro sailors in Argentina as well as the Argentinian Olympic team.

Mateo Majdalani

Mateo was Santi and Ceci’s coach in Rio 2016. He is definitely one of the most talented and promising sailors in Argentina. Now he is a Nacra 17 sailor but his background includes top results in optimist, 29er and skippering the Youth America’s cup team from Argentina in 2013. Mateo will bring to the team a lot of experience from his sailing in the Olympic circuit as well as a lot of enthusiasm and energy.

Guillermo Parada

Guille has been the leader and helmsman of the Azzurra Tp52 project for the last 15 years. He has also been involved in America’s cup teams and was an Olympian in 470 class. He will be a great example for the young sailors on how to manage a big team and any long term project.

THE YOUTH FACTOR

Our Captain, Santi Lange, believes this project is the perfect chance for the young Argentinian sailors to shine, enhancing their talent, passion and determination in order to launch themselves into the professional sailing world.

Confirmed Athletes

CAPTAIN | 10

Main trimmer | 9

Helm | 8

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Trimmer | 6

Grinder | 4

Bow | 1

Trimmer | 5

Floater | -

Mid Bow | 2

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Grinder | 3

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Floater | 16

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Potential Team Position

1 BOW Alfredo Rovere	2 MID-BOW
3 PIT Mario de Jesus	4 GRINDER Henry Boening
5 TRIMMER Kahena Kunze	6 TRIMMER Gabriel Borges
7 MAIN TRIMMER Mario Trindade	8 HELMS Henrique Haddad
9 TACTICIAN Joao Signorini	10 CAPTAIN Robert Scheidt
11 FLOATER Martine Grael

BOW

Alfredo Rovere

MID-BOW

PIT

Mario de Jesus

GRINDER

Henry Boening

TRIMMER

Kahena Kunze

TRIMMER

Gabriel Borges

MAIN TRIMMER

Mario Trindade

HELMS

Henrique Haddad

TACTICIAN

Joao Signorini

CAPTAIN

Robert Scheidt

FLOATER

Martine Grael

SQUAD

Robert Scheidt	Joao Signorini
Mario Trindade	Martine Grael
Jorge Zarif	Gabriel Borges
Henrique Haddad	Kahena Kunze
Alfredo Rovere	Mario de Jesus
Henry Boening	Geison Mendes Dzioubanov
Marco Soffiati Grael	Gustavo Nascimento
Bruno Prada	Pedro Trouche
Guilherme Hamellman	Mario Tinoco