Techno 293 European Championships In Torbole Overall
Elena Jolai April 16, 23:33 BST April 9-15, 2023After a full week of flurry, unsettled weather and intermittent winter conditions, the Techno 293 European Championship, organized in collaboration with the International Division and the Italian Surf Federation, ended on a clear sunny day at Circolo Surf Torbole in Garda Trentino.
It was a joy to see so many young people (270 from 16 countries) competing, even though they did not have a Nordic representative and could not train during the winter. Important data, especially under the age of 13 and 15, and prove that there are as many passionate young women as boys.
The techno class, before the young people begin to be raped, is said to be necessary to prepare the sailors for the regatta and to introduce the young people to the wonderful world of sailing and racing.
They came from the south to the north of Italy, and in addition to the large participation from Greece, Turkey, there were also teams from Estonia, Great Britain and Hungary. The top of Lake Garda did not disappoint us; Even though it was unstable and sometimes stormy, the wind always allowed us to race, thanks to the quick work of the two race committees. Considering the cold temperature of the air and water, they decided to run every day after noon. In total, there are ten races for the senior U17 and plus fleet, nine for the under 13s and the under 15s.
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Results: europeans2023.techno293.org/results
On the last day, the south wind was blowing at 12-14 knots which allowed for three beautiful and spectacular slides. It was great joy for Circolo Surf Torbole that started the season of major sporting events. And seeing the two athletes on stage, which confirms the great work that has always been done among the youngsters, is a great joy for the club organizer.
Under 13: Greece title 0, Theseus Nikolopoulos
The titles are awarded regardless of gender and age in the categories. The first three important sides: the victory over the Greek Nikolopoulos with 10 points, the protagonist in the last day of the first two and a second; Sarli, silver of a Turk, and bronze of other Greeks, Orestes, Nicholas Palamides. First Italian Francesco Cassano, fifth. The first woman was Turkish Kabasalak, the second - Italian Marta Clemente. 5.0 sailing was given to athletes under 13: first to Turkish Neel Erdamar and among boys to Hungarian Florian Katay.
Sub 15 F: title for ESTONIA 209, Berta Kivistik; Bronze ITA 40 Gaia Bonezzi
Estonia's Berta Kivisti beat Greece's Danai Ananosta by one point. Valuable bronze medalist Gaia Bonezzi Circolo Surf Torbole was penalized early on the gravel in the first race of the final day and finished fourth in a very respectable final race.
Under 15 meters: Title Greece 23, Panagiotis Ioannou
Greece came close to reaching the U15 men's podium with gold and bronze medals from Ioannou and Yanakololos respectively. The second was the German Moritz Schleicher. Too bad for the Italian Luca Paciotti, who narrowly lost his way in the last two races (17-15) and was therefore unable to reach the podium, but still finished in an excellent fourth place. A good sixth place went to Andrea Totaro of the Circolo Surf Torbole team.
Sub 17f: Turkish name 1030, Nurhayat Guven; Bronze ITA 347 Teresa Medde
At the championships, Turkey's European champion Nurhayat Guven was just 2 points behind silver medalist Aleksandra Lozhinova of the Czech Republic and bronze medalist Teresa Mede of Italy's Cagliari. 1-3-2 in Italy's latest standings.
Sub 17 M: SPAIN 49 title for Bruno Barbara Torren; Bronze ITA 228 for Riccardo Poldrini
From the first day, the Spanish "Tor" prevailed: he won by 20 points against the Greek "Kutelas" for the well-deserved title; The Sardinian Riccardo Poledrini took the bronze despite having only one point.
Plus U19 F: ITA 160 title, Angelina Medde
Angelina Medde has been Italy's best player in this European Championship, with only 5 firsts and 5 seconds in 10 races. She was followed by Linda Falkiewicz from Poland and Lizbeth Orav from Estonia.
Plus U19 M: Greece 19 Title, Alexandros Kokkinakis; Silver ITA 3 Marco Gida di Ronza (Circolo Surf Torbole)
Greece again won the under-19 men's championship, with Kokkinakis winning gold by five points, beating Italy's Marco Gida Dironze by one point over third-placed Haralambos of Cyprus.
He also participates in the Techno 293 Plus Open category, a continental title for under-19s only: Victory with Veronika Poldrini from Italy and Kaur Serites from Estonia.
