2023 Sailing World Championships – Men's Formula Kite

The men's Formula Kite competition at the 2023 Sailing World Championships was the men's kiteboarding event and was held in The Hague, the Netherlands, 14–20 August 2023.^[1] The entries were limited to 90 boards.^[1] The competitors participated in an opening series that was planned to 20 races, followed by a medal series.^[1] The medal series was planned for 19 August.^[2]

Men's Formula Kite at the 2023 Sailing World Championships
Venue	The Hague, the Netherlands
Dates	14–20 August
Competitors	84 from 43 nations
Medalists
Max Maeder    Singapore   Toni Vodišek    Slovenia   Axel Mazella    France
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The competition served as a qualifying event for the 2024 Olympic sailing competition with 8 out of 20 national quota being distributed at the event.^[3]

Summary

Toni Vodišek of Slovenia was the reigning world champion, having won the 2022 Formula Kite World Championships in Cagliari,^[4] while Axel Mazella of France had won the Paris 2024 Test Event the month before.^[5] In the Sailing World Cup, Max Maeder of Singapore had won the Trofeo Princesa Sofia,^[6] while Mazella had won the Semaine Olympique Française^[7] and the Allianz Regatta.^[8]

Maeder and Vodišek both opened with three race wins in different fleets.^[9] No wind limited the possibility to sail on 18 August.^[10]

From the opening series results, Vodišek and Maeder qualified directly to the final; Vodišek carrying two wins forward and Maeder carrying one.^[10] 16-year-old Maeder won the championship title by winning the medal series ahead of Vodišek.^[11]

With the final results, national quotas were awarded Singapore, Slovenia, Austria, Great Britain, Cyprus, China, Croatia and Brazil.^[12]

Results

Opening series

Results of individual races

Pos	Helmsman	Country	I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX	X	XI	XII	XIII	XIV	XV	XVI	Tot	Pts
1	Max Maeder	Singapore	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	2	4	8†	2	9†	3	7†	2	47	23
2	Toni Vodišek	Slovenia	1	1	1	3	4†	1	1	2	1	2	1	1	11†	4	17†	3	54	22
3	Axel Mazella	France	16†	1	1	4	2	3	2	1	2	2	14	4	19†	7	4	20†	102	47
4	Valentin Bontus	Austria	5	2	3	3	4	2	14†	5	3	1	5	21†	6	DSQ 26†	3	7	110	49
5	Riccardo Pianosi	Italy	1	4	2	1	5†	4	4	3	5	3	3	7†	7	12†	5	1	67	43
6	Denis Taradin	Cyprus	15†	7	3	1	3	1	7	9†	2	4	18†	9	2	1	2	6	89	48
7	Huang Qibin	China	6	12†	2	14†	3	4	4	2	6	6	4	3	4	9	1	18†	98	54
8	Martin Dolenc	Croatia	3	13†	9	4	1	5	1	6	3	7	2	6	22†	2	15†	10	109	59
9	Bruno Lobo	Brazil	2	6	5	6	16†	6	5	6	1	3	5	13†	3	8†	8	5	98	61
10	Benoit Gomez	France	3	4	2	4	3	2	2	1	5†	1	1	12	16†	DSQ 26†	13	13	108	61
11	Maks Żakowski	Poland	2	10	4	2	1	4	26†	3	4	2	7	5	20†	22†	18	4	134	66
12	Connor Bainbridge	Great Britain	14†	3	4	2	5	7	11	3	1	5	5	8	10	15†	6	23†	122	70
13	Lorenzo Boschetti	Italy	5	2	DSQ 29†	13	8	3	2	4	13	1	1	RET 26†	1	RDG 16.5	24†	15	163.5	84.5
14	Florian Gruber	Germany	3	5	8	7	16†	5	8	5	5	3	2	14	21†	16	19†	8	145	89
15	Maxime Nocher	France	8	6	DSQ 29†	24†	9	2	6	2	4	7	7	17	5	10	9	25†	170	92
16	Dor Zarka	Israel	4	6	6	8	12	9	8	7	8	4	16†	10	14†	6	11	16†	145	99
17	Zhang Haoran	China	4	3	3	8	UFD 29†	7	3	4	19	10	6	DNF 26†	23†	5	10	17	177	99
18	Jannis Maus	Germany	11	2	10	1	1	5	3	7	8	12†	4	16	15	17	21†	21†	154	100
19	Cameron Maramenidis	Greece	STP 13	4	13	5	15†	3	4	9	6	6	9	15†	8	14	22†	9	155	103
20	Noah Runciman	United States	9	25†	6	8	7	10	3	4	11	10	3	11	12†	11	14†	12	156	105
21	Dvir Azulay	Israel	5	16†	7	5	10	6	9	10	3	8	10	18†	18†	18	12	11	166	114
22	Jan Marciniak	Poland	2	5	4	7	6	11	6	8	7	5	24†	22†	25†	20	20	19	191	120
23	Kai Calder	United States	8	9	7	5	8	8	5	12†	10	8	4	19†	13	19	16	24†	175	120
24	Sam Aben	Netherlands	11	3	11	9	6	8	6	UFD 29†	7	7	9	20†	17	13	23†	14	193	121
25	Théo de Ramecourt	France	6	8	8	6	7	6	5	8	4	9†	7	23	24†	21	25†	22	189	131
26	Markus Edegran	United States	7	DSQ 29†	5	20†	2	7	11	18	14	10	3	4	DNC 31†	6	4	–	171	91
27	Tiger Tyson	Antigua and Barbuda	9	15†	6	18†	8	12	9	5	9	8	8	1	2	18†	16	–	144	93
28	Lukas Walton-Keim	New Zealand	9	5	7	15†	4	10	12	10	DNF 29†	13†	13	11	6	10	2	–	156	99
29	Bruce Kessler	Switzerland	4	11	9	9	14†	12†	12	8	9	11	DNF 29†	10	12	8	5	–	163	108
30	Zohar Haruvi	Israel	8	8	12†	19†	9	11	7	12	12	5	8	15	16	4	20†	–	166	115
31	Bernat Cortes	Spain	10	10	9	19†	12	22†	10	11	7	12	14	14	5	1	25†	–	181	115
32	Jan Voster	Germany	19†	18†	16	3	13	14	15	13	14	19†	2	7	4	5	10	–	172	116
33	Alejandro Climent	Spain	12	13†	11	12	13	13	7	14†	13	14†	11	6	11	2	9	–	161	120
34	Jis van Hees	Netherlands	10	15†	10	7	5	14	12	7	11	11	DNF 29†	18†	9	17	8	–	183	121
35	Evan Heffernan	United States	13	9	14	10	17†	13	8	10	16†	9	10	8	8	16†	11	–	172	123
36	Nicolas Parlier	France	7	11	12	15	6	8	11	12	17†	13	16†	9	18†	7	12	–	174	123
37	Mario Calbucci	Italy	15	12	14	17†	9	9	13	6	12	6	DNF 29†	5	13	13	18†	–	191	127
38	Lucas Pes Fonseca	Brazil	6	8	26†	12	16	16	17	14	11	11	UFD 29†	2	1	14	DNF 31†	–	214	128
39	Vojtěch Koška	Czech Republic	13	9	15	6	11	10	25	11	DNF 29†	DNC 29†	10	12	7	3	27†	–	217	132
40	Jean de Falbaire	Mauritius	7	7	10	10	15	13	13	11	10	DNF 29†	19†	20	28†	11	7	–	210	134
41	Deury Corniel	Dominican Republic	19†	17	21†	16	11	11	10	19†	16	13	6	3	17	19	1	–	199	140
42	Sven van de Kamp	Netherlands	14	17	13	11	7	9	9	UFD 29†	16	16	DNF 29†	16	3	23	24†	–	236	154
43	Mattia Maini	Great Britain	14	DNF 29†	14	25†	13	14	15	14	13	17	12	27†	10	21	3	–	241	160
44	Scott Whitehead	Australia	21	RET 29†	8	24†	24	12	14	13	12	UFD 29†	9	13	15	12	13	–	248	166
45	Yael Paz	Israel	11	14	21†	14	10	19	DSQ 29†	13	6	17	6	25†	23	20	15	–	243	168
46	Xantos Villegas	Mexico	16	19†	16	12	14	15	14	20†	17	16	11	28†	25	9	6	–	238	171
47	Jakub Jurkowski	Poland	16	7	17	9	18	23†	19†	17	15	17	STP 18	24†	14	15	17	–	246	180
48	Tomás Pires de Lima	Portugal	13	15	13	18†	12	15	10	18†	15	18	17	DNF 31†	19	24	19	–	257	190
49	Joseph Jonathan Weston	Thailand	DPI 19	DNC 29†	5	17	10	DSQ 29†	16	17	9	14	15	21	22	DNF 31†	26	–	280	191
50	Jacobo Espi	Spain	15	12	15	20†	19†	18	18	9	14	15	19	DNF 31†	27	22	14	–	268	198
51	Roderick Pijls	Netherlands	DNF 29†	10	17	13	19†	18	15	19	15	15	16	17	24	27†	23	–	277	202
52	Gian Andrea Stragiotti	Switzerland	20†	18	18	11	15	17	17	16	18	19†	14	26†	20	25	21	–	275	210
53	Armağan Ersolak	Turkey	20	20	12	11	11	16	21†	16	21	9	DNF 29†	19	26	29	DNC 31†	–	291	210
54	Marcin Kroczak	Switzerland	17	11	20	10	UFD 29†	17	20	20	DNF 29†	DNC 29†	13	23	21	26	22	–	307	220
55	Daniel Harris	Great Britain	12	13	22†	16	17	19†	18	15	19	16	15	22	29	28	DNF 31†	–	292	220
56	Oscar Timm	Australia	23†	14	19†	18	17	19	17	24†	18	15	13	2	3	5	3	–	210	144
57	Arthur Brown	Great Britain	21	26†	15	20	18	15	18	22†	10	14	21	UFD 30†	2	3	4	–	239	161
58	Carl Beckett	Denmark	22†	19	16	22†	21	16	13	15	17	20	20	1	1	2	DCT 30†	–	235	161
59	Alexander Bachev	Bulgaria	STP 19	17	19	15	21†	18	19	16	20	22†	24†	8	5	6	2	–	231	164
60	Michał Wojciechowski	Poland	17	18	11	19	18	17	21†	UFD 29†	18	21†	21	5	7	4	9	–	235	164
61	Pedro Afonso Rodrigues	Portugal	17	21	DNF 29†	13	22†	20	20	20	19	26†	15	6	12	10	7	–	257	180
62	Karl Maeder	Switzerland	DNF 29†	19	19	22†	20	21†	21	STP 20	20	20	11	20	21	1	1	–	265	193
63	Adam Farrington	Great Britain	22†	21	22	26†	20	20	22	21	21	23†	20	4	9	7	6	–	264	193
64	Gilberto Di Fiore	Venezuela	20	14	18	14	26†	21	24†	28†	22	20	19	15	4	16	10	–	271	193
65	James Johnsen	Denmark	21	20	20	16	24†	21	23†	18	20	18	DNF 29†	10	11	11	11	–	273	197
66	Logan Sutherland	Canada	19	16	24†	21	19	22	20	22	23	UFD 29†	18	7	6	9	DNF 30†	–	285	202
67	Victor Bolaños	Colombia	10	28	DNF 29†	DNF 29†	25	26	16	15	8	18	17	DNC 30†	26	25	5	–	307	219
68	Sarun Rupchom	Thailand	RET 29†	DNC 29†	DNC 29†	DNC 29	20	20	19	21	23	24	23	17	8	8	8	–	307	220
69	James Morrin	Canada	25†	16	24	17	22	23	23	25†	25†	22	12	9	22	22	12	–	299	224
70	Casey Brown	United States	DNF 29†	RDG 18.7	RDG 20.6	RDG 20.6	24	22	16	21	DNF 29†	12	12	3	DNF 30†	DNF 30	DNF 30	–	317.9	229.9
71	Jindřich Houštěk	Czech Republic	STP 23	23	22	21	22	24†	25†	24†	23	24	22	12	15	15	14	–	309	236
72	Federico Aguilar	Argentina	26†	21	18	23	21	25	25	23	22	23	DNC 29†	11	10	DNC 30†	17	–	324	239
73	Hiro Karamon	Japan	25†	22	23	25	23	23	26†	23	21	19	21	16	17	14	DNF 30†	–	328	247
74	Siriwit Prangsri	Thailand	DPI 24†	24†	20	24†	23	24	22	24	22	23	18	14	19	18	21	–	320	248
75	Cheol Cho-su	South Korea	27†	23	26	22	UFD 29†	24	22	27†	24	25	22	23	14	12	16	–	336	253
76	Vasileios Livas	Greece	26	25	23	21	23	27†	27†	26	24	21	23	13	13	17	DNF 30†	–	339	255
77	Po Chak Leung	Hong Kong	DNF 29†	24	25	23	25.5†	26†	24	23	25	21	23	18	18	21	13	–	338.5	258
78	J. J. Rice	Tonga	24	23	25	26†	25.5	25	26†	22	24	24	22	DNF 30†	16	13	15	–	340.5	258.5
79	Chitresh Tatha	India	23	24	23	23	DNC 29†	25†	24	25	DNF 29†	25	20	19	20	20	19	–	348	265
80	André Olsson	Sweden	24	22	21	25	UFD 29†	27†	23	25	26†	22	25	21	23	19	20	–	352	270
81	Valentyn Sudak	Ukraine	STP 26†	25	24	26†	25	26	27†	26	25	26	25	22	24	24	18	–	369	290
82	Ejder Ginyol	Turkey	24	22	DNF 29†	DNF 29†	14	28	28	17	DNF 29	DNF 29	DNF 29	DNC 30†	DNC 30	DNC 30	DNF 30	–	398	310
83	Daan Baute	Belgium	18	20	17	DNF 29†	DNC 29†	DNF 29	DNF 29	DNC 29	DNC 29	DNC 29	DNF 29	DNC 30†	DNC 30	DNC 30	DNF 30	–	407	319
84	Tomas Juška	Lithuania	STP 28	27	DNF 29†	DNF 29†	26	27	28	27	DNF 29	DNC 29	DNF 29	24	25	23	DNF 30†	–	410	322

Scoring system: low-point system; Source: ^[13]
Legend: DCT – Disqualified after causing a tangle in an incident; DNC – Did not come to the starting area; DNF – Did not finish; DPI – Discretionary penalty imposed; DSQ – Disqualified; RDG – Redress given; RET – Retired; STP – Standard penalty imposed; UFD – "U" flag disqualification; † – Discarded race not counted in the overall result;

Medal series

Semi-final A

Results of individual races

Pos	Crew	Country	CF	I	II
1	Valentin Bontus	Austria	W	W	W
2	Riccardo Pianosi	Italy	WW	3	2
3	Huang Qibin	China		2	3
4	Benoit Gomez	France		4	4

Scoring system: most wins; Source: ^[13]
Legend:   – Advance to final;

Semi-final B

Results of individual races

Pos	Crew	Country	CF	I	II
1	Axel Mazella	France	WW	3	W
2	Denis Taradin	Cyprus	W	W	3
3	Martin Dolenc	Croatia		2	2
4	Bruno Lobo	Brazil		4	4

Scoring system: most wins; Source: ^[13]
Legend:   – Advance to final;

Final

Results of individual races

Pos	Crew	Country	CF	I	II	III
	Max Maeder	Singapore	W	W	2	W
	Toni Vodišek	Slovenia	WW	4	3	RET 5
	Axel Mazella	France		3	W	3
4	Valentin Bontus	Austria		2	4	2

Scoring system: most wins; Source: ^[13]
Legend: RET – Retired;