ILCA 4 World Championships
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The ILCA 4 Youth World Championships, until 2020 the Laser 4.7 Youth World Championships, have been held every year since 2002, organized by the host club on behalf of the International Class Association and recognised by World Sailing.[1] The event is open to sailors under the age of 18.
Editions
| Event | Host | Sailor | Ref. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed. | Date | Year | Host club | City | Country | Age | Gender |  |  | Nat. | Cont. | |
| 1 | 20-27 Jul | 2002 |  | Medemblik |  Netherlands |
U18 | Open | 98 | 29 | 16 | 3 | [2][3] |
| 2 | 13-18 Jul | 2003 | | Almere | Netherlands |
U18 | Open | 80 | 18 | 18 | 3 | [4] |
| 3 | 17Jul -24Jun | 2004 | Fraglia Vela Riva | Riva del Garda |  Italy |
U18 | Open | 228 | 52 | 26 | 6 | [5] |
| 4 | 8-13 Aug | 2005 |  Barrington Yacht Club | Barrington |  United States |
U18 | Open | 68 | 24 | 16 | 6 | [6] |
| 5 | 30Jun -7Jul | 2006 | Club de Viole Houtin Medoc | Hourtin |  France |
U18 | Male | 237 | - | 30 | 5 | [7] |
| U18 | Female | - | 88 | 19 | 3 | [8] | ||||||
| 6 | 27Dec -4Jan | 2007/08 | Hermanus Yacht Club | Hermanus |  South Africa |
U18 | Open | 90 | 25 | 26 | 6 | [9] |
| 7 | 22-29 Aug | 2008 | | Trogir |  Croatia |
U18 | Male | 279 | - | 41 | 6 | [10] |
| U18 | Female | - | 116 | 29 | 5 | [11] | ||||||
| 8 | 24-31 Jul | 2009 | Búzios Vela Clube | Armação dos Búzios |  Brazil |
U18 | Male | 110 | - | 24 | 6 | [12] |
| U18 | Female | - | 39 | 23 | 5 | [13] | ||||||
| 9 | 31Mar -8Apr | 2010 |  Royal Varuna Yacht Club | Pattaya |  Thailand |
U18 | Male | 46 | - | 21 | 5 | [14] |
| U18 | Female | - | 39 | 19 | 5 | [15] | ||||||
| U16 | Open | 24 | 6 | 14 | 3 | |||||||
| 10 | 26Jul -2Aug | 2011 |  St. Francis Yacht Club | Berkeley and San Francisco | United States |
U18 | Male | 110 | - | 28 | 5 | [16] |
| U18 | Female | - | 51 | 19 | 5 | [17] | ||||||
| 11 | 31Mar -6Apr | 2012 |  Yacht Club Argentino | Buenos Aires |  Argentina |
U18 | Male | 71 | - | 25 | 6 | [18] |
| U18 | Female | - | 46 | 17 | 5 | [19] | ||||||
| 12 | 6-13 Jul | 2013 |  Balatonfüredi Yacht Club | Lake Balaton, Balatonfüred |  Hungary |
U18 | Male | 230 | - | 44 | 5 | [20] |
| U18 | Female | - | 122 | 31 | 5 | [21] | ||||||
| 13 | 8-15 Aug | 2014 | | Karatsu |  Japan |
U18 | Male | 66 | - | 21 | 6 | [22] |
| U18 | Female | - | 37 | 14 | 3 | [23] | ||||||
| 14 | 6-22 Aug | 2015 | | Medemblik | Netherlands |
U18 | Male | 257 | - | 36 | 5 | [24] |
| U18 | Female | - | 127 | 29 | 5 | [25] | ||||||
| 15 | 30Jul -7Aug | 2016 | Kieler Yacht Club | Kiel |  Germany |
U18 | Male | 256 | - | 38 | 5 | [26][27] |
| U18 | Female | - | 125 | 31 | 5 | [28] | ||||||
| 16 | 16-24 Jul | 2017 |  Koninklijke Yacht Club Nieuwpoort | Nieuwpoort |  Belgium |
U18 | Male | 234 | - | 43 | 5 | |
| U18 | Female | - | 115 | 30 | 5 | |||||||
| 17 | 9-17 Jul | 2018 | | Gdynia |  Poland |
U18 | Male | 275 | - | 42 | 5 | |
| U18 | Female | - | 155 | 35 | 5 | |||||||
| 18 | 16-23 Aug | 2019 | Canadian Olympic-training Regatta, Kingston | Portsmouth Olympic Harbour, Kingston |  Canada |
U18 | Male | 117 | - | 33 | 5 | |
| U18 | Female | - | 63 | 20 | 4 | |||||||
| N/A | 26 Jul – 3 Aug | 2020 | Circolo Vela Arco | Lake Garda | Italy |
Cancelled due to covid | ||||||
| 19 | 7-14 Aug | 2021 | Royal St George Yacht Club Irish National Yacht Club | Dun Laoghaire |  Ireland |
U18 | Male | 150 | - | 26 | 4 | |
| U18 | Female | - | 81 | 20 | 5 | |||||||
| 20 | 13-20 Aug | 2022 | Capable Planet Clube Náutico | Vilamoura |  Portugal |
U18 | Male | 271 | - | 41 | 5 | |
| U18 | Female | - | 154 | 36 | 5 | |||||||
| 21 | 22-30 Jul | 2023 | Nautical Club of Volos & Argonauts | Volos |  Greece |
U18 | Male | 287 | - | 48 | 6 | [29] |
| U18 | Female | - | 150 | 40 | 5 | |||||||
| 22 | 22-30 Jun | 2024 | Clube de Vela de Viana do Castelo & Capable Planet Clube Nautico | Viana do Castelo | Portugal |
U18 | Male | 276 | - | [30] | ||
| U18 | Female | - | 150 | |||||||||
| 23 | 19–26 Jul | 2025 | Cabrillo Beach Yacht Club | San Pedro Bay | United States |
U18 | Male | 140 | - | 31 | 5 | [31][32][33] |
| U18 | Female | - | 100 | 33 | 5 | |||||||
| 24 | 4–9 Aug | 2026 | Aarhus International Sailing Center | Aarhus |  Denmark |
U18 | Male | 298 | - | 46 | 4 | [34][35][36] |
| U18 | Female | - | 150 | 46 | 4 | |||||||
Medalists
Open
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | 1st | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Tonči Stipanović (CRO) |
Daniel Mihelic (CRO) |
Colin Robaard (NED) |
 Tugçe Subasi (TUR) / 14th |
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| 2003 | Onur Derebasi (TUR) |
Ateş Çınar (TUR) |
Mustafa Çakır (TUR) |
Ayda Ünver (TUR) / 13th |
|
| 2004 | Justin Onvlee (RSA) |
Mathieu Frei (FRA) |
Ivo Kalebic (CRO) |
Anita di Iasio (ITA) / 5th |
|
| 2005 |  Joaquín Blanco (ESP) |
 Adam Sims (GBR) |
 Dany Stanišić (SLO) |
 Stephanie Roble (USA) / 5th |
Boys
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 |  Colin Cheng (SIN) |
 Viktor Serrezhkin (RUS) |
Marko Pereša (CRO) |
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| 2007 | Filip Matika (CRO) |
Baepi Pinna (BRA) |
 Alexander Zimmerman (PER) |
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| 2008 |  Shahar Jacob (ISR) |
Scott Sydney (SIN) |
Lovre Perhat (CRO) |
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| 2009 |  Jonathan Martinetti (ECU) |
 Hermann Tomasgaard (NOR) |
Juraj Divjakinja (CRO) |
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| 2010 | Etienne Le Pen (FRA) |
Supakorn Pongwichean (THA) |
Jolbert van Dijk (NED) |
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| 2011 | Francisco González (ESP) |
Carlos Roselló (ESP) |
William De Smedt (BEL) |
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| 2012 | Benjamin Vadnai (HUN) |
Nahuel Pérez (ESP) |
Maximilian Kuester (ITA) |
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| 2013 | Anıl Çetin (TUR) |
Jonatán Vadnai (HUN) |
 Conor Nicholas (AUS) |
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| 2014 | Alexandre Boite (FRA) |
Ismael Less (ESP) |
Federico Fornasari (ITA) |
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| 2015 | Alejandro Bethencourt (ESP) |
Rafael de la Hoz (ESP) |
Guido Gallinaro (ITA) |
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| 2016 | Dimitrios Papadimtriou (GRE) |
Guido Gallinaro (ITA) |
Pere Ponsetti (ESP) |
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| 2017 | Yılkan Timurşah (TUR) |
Sofiane Karim (FRA) |
Cesare Barabino (ITA) |
[37] |
| 2018 | Daniel Hung (SGP) |
Michael Compton (AUS) |
Stefano Viale (PER) |
[38] |
| 2019 | Niccolo Nordera (ITA) |
Roko Stipanović (CRO) |
Gašper Strahovnik (SLO) |
|
| 2020 | Cancelled due to COVID-19 | |||
| 2021 |  Mārtiņš Atilla (LAT) |
Alexandros Eleftheriadis (GRE) |
Massimiliano Antoniazzi (ITA) |
[39] |
| 2022 | Nicoló Cassitta (ITA) |
Dionysios Kalpogiannakis (GRE) |
Max Frank (NED) |
[40] |
| 2023 | Weka Bhanubandh (THA) |
James Pine (USA) |
Lorenzo Ghirotti (ITA) | |
| 2024 | Carlos Charabati (CAN) |
Josip Tafra (CRO) |
Ali Poyraz Özdemir (TUR) |
[41] |
| 2025 | Konstantinos Portosalte (GRE) |
Erik Scheidt (BRA) |
Sadrihan Süer (TUR) |
[33] |
| 2026 |  Leo Gosling (SUI) |
Stefanos Samaras (GRE) |
Alexander Montagu (USA) |
[36] |
Girls
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Victoria Chan (SIN) |
Agnieszka Skrzypulec (POL) |
Julie Chehab (FRA) | |
| 2007 | Tatjana Ganić (CRO) |
Ewa Makowska (POL) |
Lina Stock (CRO) | |
| 2008 | Elizabeth Yin (SIN) |
Matea Senkić (CRO) |
Ante Kordić (CRO) | |
| 2009 | Urška Košir (SLO) |
Tomoyo Wakabayashi (JPN) |
Hitomi Murayama (JPN) | |
| 2010 | Caitlin Elks (AUS) |
 Amirah Hamid Nur (MAS) |
Jacob Oren (ISR) | |
| 2011 | Cecilia Zorzi (ITA) |
Kim Pletikos (SLO) |
Line Flem Höst (NOR) | |
| 2012 | Celine Therese Herud (NOR) |
Yolanda González (ESP) |
Anja Hamerlitz (CRO) | |
| 2013 | Silvia Morales (ESP) |
Magdalena Kwaśna (POL) |
Sofia Capparuccini (ITA) | |
| 2014 | Asya Luvisetto (SUI) |
Irene Miras (ESP) |
Francesca Bergamo (ITA) | |
| 2015 |  Kateryna Gumenko (UKR) |
Julia Büsselberg (GER) |
Isaura Maenhaut (BEL) | |
| 2016 | Emma Savelon (NED) |
Mariia Kislukhina (RUS) |
Elisa Navoni (ITA) | |
| 2017 | Federica Cattarozzi (ITA) |
Giorgia Cingolani (ITA) |
Anna Moncada (ESP) |
[42] |
| 2018 | Chiara Benini (ITA) |
Simone Chen (SGP) |
Giorgia Cingolani (ITA) |
[43] |
| 2019 | Anja Von Allmen (SUI) |
Lara Himmes (ESP) |
Sara Savelli (ITA) | |
| 2020 | Cancelled due to COVID-19 | |||
| 2021 | Emma Mattivi (ITA) |
Petra Marednic (CRO) |
Gaia Bolzonella (ITA) | |
| 2022 | Ginevra Caracciolo (ITA) |
Alina Shapovalova (UKR) |
Petra Marendic (CRO) | |
| 2023 | Hermionie Ghicas (GRE) |
Kleopatra Anastassiou (GRE) |
Alina Shapovalova (UKR) | |
| 2024 | Hieke Schraffordt (NED) |
Féline van Ede (NED) |
 Katrina Micallef (MLT) |
[44] |
| 2025 | Blanca Ferrando (ESP) |
Isabella Suazo (PER) |
Derin Bartan (TUR) |
[33] |
| 2026 | Eleni Triantou (GRE) |
Blanca Ferrando (ESP) |
Despoina Theodorakopoulou (GRE) |
[36] |
See also - Class Events
- Men's ILCA 6 World Championship
- Women's ILCA 6 World Championship
- Open ILCA 7 World Championship No Longer Held
- Male ILCA 7 World Championship
- Male Under 18 ILCA 4 World Championships
- Female Under 18 ILCA 4 World Championships
- Male Youth ILCA 6 World Championships
- Female Youth ILCA 6 World Championships
- Female Under 21 ILCA 6 World Championships
- Male Under 21 ILCA 7 World Championships
- Over 30,45,55,65,75 ILCA Masters World Championships