Women's Match Racing World Championship

The Women's Match Racing World Championship is a sailing match race organized by the International Sailing Federation. With female match racing included in the 2012 Olympic Sailing Competition for the first time, this section of the sport is growing in popularity.^{[citation needed]}

History

The first ISAF Women's Match Racing World Championship was held in 1999 in Genoa, Italy after having been held at the 1998 ISAF World Sailing Games in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.^[1]

For the 2010 edition the Sonar was used.

In 2011 and 2012 the class used was Elliott 6m as preparation for the 2012 Summer Olympics, where Elliott 6m was an Olympic sailing class.^[2]

Editions

Ed	Dates	Year	Club	City	Country	Equipment	Boats	Athletes	Nations	Note
01	28–31 October	1999		Genoa	Italy		23		[3]
02	25 November – 2 December	2000		St. Petersburg, Florida	United States		24		[4]
03	2–9 September	2001		Lago di Ledro	Italy				[5]
04	28 April – 2 May	2002		Calpe	Spain				[6]
05	17–21 June	2003		Sundsvall	Sweden				[7]
06	5–12 June	2004		Annapolis	United States				[8]
07	15–18 October	2005		Hamilton	Bermuda				[9]
08	24–28 May	2006		Copenhagen	Denmark				[10]
09	6–11 August	207		Saint-Quay-Portrieux	France				[11]
10	1–6 April	2008		Auckland	New Zealand				[12]
11	27 July – 1 August	2009		Lysekil	Sweden				[13]
12	20–25 September	2010		Newport	United States	Elliott 6m					[14]
13	3–18 December	2011		Perth	Australia	Elliott 6m		part of the 2011 ISAF Sailing World Championships		[15]
14	24–30 June	2012		Gothenburg	Sweden	Elliott 6m					[16]
15	4–9 June	2013		Busan	South Korea				[17]
16	3–8 June	2014	Royal Cork Yacht Club	Cork	Ireland				[18]
17	8–12 July	2015		Middelfart	Denmark				[19]
18	21–25 September	2016		Sheboygan	United States				[20]
19	16–21 June	2017		Helsinki	Finland				[21]
20	13–18 August	2018		Ekaterinburg	Russia				[22]
21	5–10 August	2019		Lysekil	Sweden				[23]
22	28–31 October	2021		Cherbourg	France				[24]
23	9–13 November	2022		Auckland	New Zealand	Elliott 7m			[25]
24	3–7 July	2023		Middelfart	Denmark	blu26				[26]
25	3-8 Dec	2024		Jeddah	Saudi Arabia	Fareast28			[27]
26	16-20 Sept	2025	Chicago Yacht Club	Chicago	United States	Tom 28	12				[28]

Medalists

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1999 Genoa	Denmark Dorte O. Jensen	United States Betsy Alison	United States Corey Sertl
2000 St. Petersburg	Denmark Dorte O. Jensen	Sweden Marie Björling	United States Betsy Alison
2001 Lago di Ledro	Denmark Dorte O. Jensen	Sweden Marie Björling	Denmark Lotte Meldgaard Pedersen
2002 Calpe	United States Liz Baylis	Sweden Marie Björling	France Anne Lehelley
2003 Sundsvall	Sweden Malin Millbourn Kim Kulstad Åsa Aronsson Linda Yström	Denmark Lotte Meldgaard Pedersen	Sweden Marie Björling
2004 Annapolis	United States Sally Barkow	United States Betsy Alison	France Claire Leroy
2005 Hamilton	United States Sally Barkow	United States Betsy Alison	France Claire Leroy
2006 Copenhagen	Denmark Dorte O. Jensen	Sweden Marie Björling	Sweden Lotta Rahm
2007 Saint-Quay-Portrieux	France Claire Leroy	Australia Katie Spithill	Denmark Lotte Meldgaard Pedersen
2008 Auckland	France Claire Leroy	United States Liz Baylis	Finland Silja Lehtinen
2009 Lysekil	Australia Nicky Souter Rayshele Martin Nina Curtis Lucinda Whitty Kat Stroinovsky Amanda Scrivenor	Sweden Marie Björling	Sweden Anna Kjellberg
2010 Newport	Great Britain Lucy MacGregor Annie Lush Kate MacGregor Mary Rook	United States Sally Barkow Elizabeth Kratzig Alana O'Reilly Susanne Leech	Australia Nicky Souter Nina Curtis Olivia Price Laura Baldwin
2011 Perth details	United States Anna Tunnicliffe Deborah Capozzi Molly Vandemoer	Great Britain Lucy MacGregor Annie Lush Kate MacGregor	France Claire Leroy Élodie Bertrand Marie Riou
2012 Gothenburg	Finland Silja Lehtinen Silja Kanerva Mikaela Wulff	United States Anna Tunnicliffe Deborah Capozzi Molly Vandemoer	United States Sally Barkow Elizabeth Kratzig-Burnham Alana O'Reilly
2013 Busan details	Spain Támara Echegoyen Sofía Toro Eva González Mariana Lobato Lara Cacabelos	Denmark Camilla Ulrikkeholm Trine Palludan Louise Ulrikkeholm Josefine Boel Rasmussen Joan Vestergård Hansen	Australia Katie Spithill Alessandra Angelini Jessica Eastwell Maryann Thomas Stacey Jackson
2014 Cork	Sweden Anna Kjellberg Karin Almquist Vanja Lundberg Annika Carlunger	Denmark Camilla Ulrikkeholm Trine Palludan Louise Ulrikkeholm Joan Vestergård Hansen	United States Stephanie Roble Janel Zarkowsky Maggie Shea Lara Dallman-Weiss
2015 Middelfart	Denmark Lotte Meldgaard	Denmark Camilla Ulrikkeholm	United States Stephanie Roble
2016 Sheboygan[29]	Sweden Anna Östling Linnéa Wennergren Annie Wennergren	France Anne-Claire Le Berre Mathilde Géron Alice Ponsar	Netherlands Renée Groeneveld Lobke Berkhout Mijke Lievens
2017 Helsinki[30]	Great Britain Lucy MacGregor Silja Frost Rosie Watkins Imogen Stanley Charlotte Lawrence	Netherlands Renée Groeneveld Marcelien Bos-de Koning Lobke Berkhout Sanne Akkerman Mijke Lievens	Denmark Trine Palludan Lea Richter Vogelius Vivi Lund Møller Anne Sofie Munk-Hansen Joan Vestergård Hansen
2018 Ekaterinburg	Great Britain Lucy MacGregor Annie Lush Nicky Walsh Kate Macgregor	France Pauline Courtois Maëlenn Lemaitre Louise Acker Sophie Faguet	Denmark Trine Palludan Anne Sofie Munk-Hansen Louise Ulrikkeholm Bredvig Joan Wester Hansen
2019 Lysekil	Great Britain Lucy MacGregor	France Claire Leroy	France Pauline Courtois
2021 Cherbourg	France Pauline Courtois	Netherlands Renee Groeneveld	Sweden Anna Östling
2022 Auckland	France Pauline Courtois Maelen Lemaitre Louise Acker Thea Khelif Clara Bayou	New Zealand Celia Willison Charlotte Porter Serena Woodall Paige Cook Alison Kent	New Zealand Megan Thomson Ellie Copeland Chelsea Rees Josi Andres Anna Merchant
2023 Middelfart[26]	France Pauline Courtois Maelen Lemaitre Louise Acker Thea Khelif Clara Bayou	Sweden Anna Östling	Denmark Lea Richter Vogelius
2024 Jeddah	France Pauline Courtois	New Zealand Megan Thomson	Sweden Anna Östling
2025 Chicago	France Pauline Courtois Maëlenn Lemaitre Louise Acker Sophie Faguet Laurane Mettraux	New Zealand Megan Thomson Tiana Wittey Josi Andres Charlotte Porter Hattie Rogers	Denmark Lea Richter Vogelius Joan Hansen Annette Strøm Anne Sofie Munk-Hansen Josefine Boel Rasmussen

2011

Perth, Australia
December
Boat Used – Elliott 6m – 3 Person Crew

Held as part of the 2011 ISAF Sailing World Championships results can be found on that page.

2010

Newport RI, USA
Boats Used – Sonar (keelboat) – 4 Person

Pos.	Sailor	Crew
	Lucy MacGregor (GBR)  Annie Lush (GBR)  Kate MacGregor (GBR)  Mary Rook (GBR)
	Sally Barkow (USA)  Elizabeth Kratzig (USA)  Alana O'Reilly (USA)  Susanne Leech (USA)
	Nicky Souter AUS
4	Claire Leroy FRA
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12

2009

Lysekil, Sweden
27 July – 1 August

Pos.	Sailor	Crew
	Nicky Souter (AUS)
	Marie Björling (SWE)
	Anna Kjellberg (SWE)
4	Claire Leroy (FRA)
5	Katie Spithill (AUS)
6	Camilla Ulrikkeholm (DEN)
7	Sally Barkow (USA)
8	Lotte Meldgaard Pedersen (DEN)
9	Lucy MacGregor (GBR)
10	Linda Rahm (SWE)
11	Silke Hahlbrock' (GER)
12	Christelle Philippe (FRA)

2008

Auckland, New Zealand
1–6 April

Pos.	Sailor	Crew
	Claire Leroy (FRA)
	Liz Baylis (USA)
	Silja Lehtinen (FIN)
4	Josie GIBSON (GBR)
5	Katie SPITHILL (AUS)
6	Silke HAHLBROCK (GER)
7	Nicky Souter (AUS)
8	Jessica SMYTH (NZL)
9	Christelle PHILIPPE (FRA)
10	Lotte Meldgaard Pedersen (DEN)
11	Camilla ULRIKKEHOLM (DEN)
12	Sabrina GURIOLI (ITA)
13	Jan DAWSON (NZL)
14	Gemma FARRELL (GBR)

2007

St Quay, France
6–11 August

Pos.	Sailor	Crew
	Claire LEROY (FRA)
	Katie SPITHILL (AUS)
	Lotte Meldgaard Pedersen (DEN)
4	Josie GIBSON (GBR)
5	Klaartje ZUIDERBAAN (NED)
6	Christelle PHILIPPE (FRA)
7	Silke HAHLBROCK (GER)
8	Jessica SMYTH (NZL)
9	Jenny AXHEDE (SWD)
10	Nicky Souter (AUS)
11	Gemma FARREL (GBR)
12	Sandy HAYES (USA)

2006

Copenhagen, Denmark
24–28 May

Pos.	Sailor	Crew
	Dorte Jensen (DEN)
	Marie BJÖRLING (SWE)
	Linda RAHM (SWE)
4	Lotte Meldgaard Pedersen (DEN)
5	Klaartje ZUIDERBAAN (NED)
6	Malin KÄLLSTRÖM (SWE)
7	Sally Barkow
8	Claire Leroy (FRA)
9	Nina BRAESTRUP (DEN)
10	Betsy Alison (USA)
11	Christelle PHILIPPE (FRA)
12	Silke HAHLBROCK (GER)

2005

Hamilton, Bermuda
15–18 October

Pos.	Sailor	Crew
	Sally Barkow
	Betsy Alison
	Claire Leroy (FRA)
4	Nina BRAESTRUP (DEN)
5	Marie BJÖRLING (SWE)
6	Nicky Souter (AUS)
7	Lotte Meldgaard Pedersen (DEN)
8	Paula LEWIN (BER)
9	Klaartje ZUIDERBAAN (NED)
10	Jenny AXHEDE (SWE)
11	Linda RAHM (SWE)
12	Christelle PHILIPPE (FRA)

2004

Annapolis, USA
5–12 June

Pos.	Sailor	Crew
	Sally Barkow (USA)
	Betsy Alison (USA)
	Claire Leroy (FRA)
4	Paula LEWIN (BER)
5	Lotte Meldgaard Pedersen (DEN)
6	Katie SPITHILL (AUS)
7	Liz Baylis (USA)
8	Elizabeth KRATZIG (USA)
9	Jenny AXHEDE (SWE)
10	Carol CRONIN (USA)
11	Deb WILLITS (USA)
12	Christelle PHILIPPE (FRA)
13	Sabrina GURIOLI (ITA)
14	Linda RAHM (SWE)
15	Nina BRAESTRUP (DEN)
16	Marie FAURE (FRA)

2003

Sundsvall, Sweden
17–21 June

Pos.	Sailor	Crew
	Malin Millbourn (SWE)
	Lotte Meldgaard Pedersen (DEN)
	Marie BJÖRLING (SWE)
4	Liz BAYLIS (USA)
5	Betsy ALISON (USA)
6	Nina BRAESTRUP (DEN)
7	Marie FAURE (FRA)
8	Gwen JOULIE (FRA)
9	Deborah WILLITS (USA)
10	Sabrina GURIOLI (ITA)
11	Linda RAHM (SWE)
12	Ines MONTEFUSCO (ITA)

2002

Calpe, Spain 28 April – 2 May

Pos.	Sailor	Crew
	Liz Baylis (USA)
	Marie BJÖRLING (SWE)
	Anne LEHELLEY (FRA)
4	Cordelia EGLIN (GBR)
5	Dawn Riley (USA)
6	Nina B. PETERSEN (DEN)
7	Sabrina GURIOLI (ITA)
8	Lotte Meldgaard Pedersen(DEN)
9	Sandy GROSVENOR (USA)
10	Giulia CONTI (ITA)
11	Mar CASTANEDO (ESP)
12	Malin Millbourn (SWE)
13	Claire Leroy (FRA)
14	Ines MONTEFUSCO ITA
15	Gwen JOULIE (FRA)
16	Christelle PHILIPPE (FRA)

2001

Lago di Ledro, Italy 2–9 September

Pos.	Sailor	Crew
	Dorte Jensen (DEN)
	Marie BJÖRLING (SWE)
	Lotte Meldgaard Pedersen (DEN)
4	Katie HILL (AUS)
5	Giulia CONTI (ITA)
6	Sabrina GURIOLI (ITA)
7	Christine BRIAND (FRA)
8	Malin KALLSTROM (SWE)
9	Mar CASTANEDO (ESP)
10	Malin Millbourn(SWE)
11	Nina B PETERSEN (DEN)
12	Ines MONTEFUSCO (ITA)
13	Anne LEHELLEY (FRA)
14	Karen JOHNSON (CAN)
15	Courtney LAWRENCE (AUS)
16	Catharina GYLLING (FIN)
17	Martina KARLEMO (FIN)

2000

St Petersburg, USA 25 November – 2 December

Pos.	Sailor	Crew
	Dorte O JENSEN (DEN)
	Marie BJÖRLING (SWE)
	Betsy Alison (USA)
4	Shirley Robertson (GBR)
5	Klaartje ZUIDERBAAN (NED)
6	Hannah SWETT (USA)
7	Katie SPITHILL (AUS)
8	Paula LEWIN (BER)
9	Christine BRIAND (FRA)
10	Cristiana MONINA (ITA)
11	Malin MILLBOURN (SWE)
12	Cordelia EGLIN (GBR)
13	Carolijn BROUWER (NED)
14	Amy Waring (NZL)
15	Dru Slattery (USA)
16	Gwen Joulie (FRA)
17	Marie Klok (DEN)
18	Catharina GYLLING (FIN)
19	Nadine STEGENWALNER (GER)
20	Karen JOHNSON (CAN)
21	Maria COLEMAN (IRL)
22	Mar CASTANEDO (ESP)
23	Cristina PEREIRA (POR)
24	Catherine RANKE (NOR)

1999

Genoa, Italy 28–31 October

Pos.	Sailor	Crew
	Dorte O JENSEN (DEN)
	Betsy ALISON (USA)
	Cory SERTL (USA)
4	Klaartje ZUIDERBAAN (NED)
5	Shirley Robertson (GBR)
6	Dru SLATTERY (USA)
7	Malin MILLBOURN (SWE)
8	Sharon FERRIS (NZL)
9	Christine BRIAND (FRA)
10	Mar CASTANEDO (ESP)
11	Paula LEWIN (BER)
12	Malin KALLSTRÖM (SWE)
13	Kristine ROUG (NED)
14	Marie KLOK (DEN)
15	Jessie CUTHBERT (GBR)
16	Susanne MADSEN (DEN)
17	Nadine STEGENWALNER (GER)
18	Cordelia EGLIN (GBR)
19	Katie SPITHILL (AUS)
20	Altani DANEZI (GRE)
21	Marie BJÖRLING (SWE)
22	Cristina MONINA (ITA)
23	Cristina PEREIRA (POR)