Cecila Zorzi wins 2011 Laser 4.7 Girls World Championship at San Francisco Bay – Sailing News
Italy’s Laser sailor, Cecila Zorzi led the 2011 Laser 4.7 Girls World Championship standing from the beginning of the championship and finally claimed the crown with 26 points on the scoreboard. She displayed stunning sailing tactics to become the leader
of Laser 4.7 Girls fleet which sailed at the San Francisco Bay in America.
The breeze on the final day started blowing around the racing area from eight to ten knots for the boys’ fleet. But as the girls started sailing, the wind conditions became a bit tighter for them with breeze gusting up to 15 knots.
The girls sailed impressively around the St. Francis Yacht Club under such conditions on the final day of 2011 Laser 4.7 Girls World Championship. Zorzi came up strongly during the last day’s races and with two third places in the ultimate races, she managed
to clinch the championship with 26 points overall. Slovenia’s Kim Pletikos finished second with victory in last race and 55 points overall.
The overall standings of 2011 Laser 4.7 Girls World Championships are given below:
1. ITA 200480 Zorzi Cecila, 1994 - 5, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 8, 3, 3 = 26 points
2. SLO 198483 Pletikos Kim, 1994 - 1, 3, 5, 6, 6, 20, 3, 4, 6, 1 = 55 points
3. NOR 194765 Höst Line Flem, 1995 – 12, 2, 2, 7, 6, 9, 4, 7, 4, 2 = 55 points
4. NOR 198747 Herud Celine Therese, 1995 – 6, 4, 7, 3, 11, 2, 16, 1, 15, 9 = 74 points
5. SUI 199846 Jayet Maud, 1996, U16 - 11, 18, 19, 9, 15, 6, 2, 5, 1, 4 = 90 points
6. TUR 198917 Yentur Zeynep, 1995 – 6, 6, 16, 2, 12, 4, 10, 12, 16, 8 = 92 points
7. GRE 183545 Fakidi Athanasia, 1996, U16 - 3, 4, 3, 17, 5, 7, 21, 30, 10, 10 = 110 points
8. GRE 194857 Karachaliou Vasileia, 1996, U16 - 9, 8, 13, 2, 4, 19, 23, 12, 25, 6 = 121 points
9. AUS 196421 Bennett Milly, 1994 - 19, 8, 11, 20, 3, 16, 22, 7, 12, 5 = 123 points
10. ESP 196946 Luque Gonzalez Yolanda GranCan, 1995 - 4, 18, 5, 4, 11, 10, 19, 25, 18, 14 = 128 points
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