AUT SSL GOLD CUP – By Sailors for Sailors

THE FOOTBALL WORLD CUP... IN SAILING

QUALIFYING SERIES | MAY-JULY 2022 | Switzerland

FINAL SERIES | 10 NOVEMBER-3 DECEMBER 2023 | Spain

Events (Provisional dates)

Upcoming

1/16 FINALS

Group 1 - RACE 1

11:00

16 November 2023

Spain

Participants

AUT

BRN

TBD

Points

Upcoming

1/16 FINALS

Group 1 - RACE 2

12:00

17 November 2023

Spain

Participants

AUT

BRN

TBD

Points

Upcoming

1/16 FINALS

Group 1 - RACE 3

13:00

18 November 2023

Spain

Participants

AUT

BRN

TBD

Points

Upcoming

1/16 FINALS

Group 1 - RACE 4

14:00

19 November 2023

Spain

Participants

AUT

BRN

TBD

Points

Upcoming

1/16 FINALS

Group 1 - RACE 5

11:00

20 November 2023

Spain

Participants

AUT

BRN

TBD

Points

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THE AUSTRIAN EAGLES

Storm is only when the sheep have no more curls

The collective as the greatest strength

Austria’s team is led by Nacra17 sailor Thomas Zajac at the SSL Gold Cup 2022. The Olympic bronze medalist of Rio 2016 will fill the Afterguard with double Olympic champions Roman Hagara and Christian Binder.

Hagara, who supports Zajac as a coach in his current Olympic campaign, is considered an absolute multihull and speed expert. After his Olympic career, Binder switched to the big boat scene and was able to prove himself in the RC44 class, among others.

The tasks in the cockpit, on the mast, and bow are taken over by Austria’s Olympic presence. Besides the world ranking list firsts in the 49er, Benjamin Bildstein and David Hussl, Zajac also invited the 470er aces Lukas Mähr and Thomas Czajka as well as Finn sailor Moritz Spitzauer into the boat.

The crew is united by an intensive, long-lasting process, which takes place in the most diverse classes and formats is young but rich in experience, success, and mutual appreciation, and is currently aiming for Tokyo 2021. The SSL Gold Cup is another great opportunity for Zajac and his team mates to set the bar high and create surprises with passion and team spirit.

Despite the inland status!

Statistics

THE COUNTRY

Austria has 105 Sailing Clubs
We have aprox. 17 500 registered sailors.
We educate in aprox. 85 sailing shools for lake sailing, but also for river and ocean sailing.
We have 32 sailable Lakes and Rivers in our Country, but no sea obviously.
Sailing is the most successful summer-sport in Austria
Austria got 8 olympic Medals in sailing

ACHIEVEMENTS

6 Olympians
2 Olympic Medals
8 Medallists of World Cups in Olympic Classes
Youth World- and European Champions

Ssl ranking

SSL best ranked woman: 39
SSL best ranked man: 78
SSL nations ranking: 18

MAIN EVENTS

Traunsee Woche
Spring Cup on Lake Neusiedl

Austria has won 8 Olympic sailing medals in the Olympic games so far. 8 medals are 1/3 of all medals, Austria has ever won at the summer Olympic games. Next year in Paris Austria is going after the next one, that s why 9 is our lucky number till then.

The captain

Thomas Zajac

Tom, as he is called by his friends, practically inherited sailing as a profession, as his father competed in the Soling sailing boat class at the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow. At the age of 7 he took part in his first Optimist regatta. He celebrated his first international successes with his former 420 partner Thomas Czajka in the 420 class. Junior European champions, junior world champions, many Austrian championship titles, and top placings in international and Olympic boat regattas were the reward on his ambitious path. The greatest success of his career he achieved together with Tanja Frank at the Olympic Games in Rio 2016, with a bronze medal. Since his successful participation in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games with Barabara Matz, he has been the helm of the super maxi yacht EWOL (former Morning Glory) and will lead the SSL Team Austria as captain at the SSL Gold Cup 2022.

THE LEADERS

Lukas Maehr

Lukas Mähr started his sailing career on Lake Constance at the age of eight in the Optimist boat class. After a year in the 420, he switched to the Olympic 470 class, where he won state championship titles and World Cup medals. Lukas Mähr is currently sailing an Olympic campaign for Paris 2024 in the 470 Mixed together with Lara Vadlau.

Benjamin Bildstein

Benjamin Bildstein started in the optimist class when he was ten years old; since then, he has sailed in the 420, 470, and 49er class. Together with his crew David Hussl, he attended the Olympic Games in Tokyo. Apart from that, they also celebrated other results in the 49er class such as worldcup wins, worlds medal ect.

Roman Hagara

Roman Hagara belongs with 2 Olympic gold medals (Sydney and Athens) to the Austrian’s most successful Sportsmans. After his Olympic career in the Tornado, he competed with his former crew Hans Peter Steinacher on the GC32 at the Extreme Sailing Series. Currently, he is working for the Austrian Sailing Federation to help that sailing continues to be the most successful summer sport in Austria.

THE YOUTH FACTOR

Most of our Team is under 30 and we are really looking after the big Austrian youth talents to join the SSL Team Austria in the future. Also, we like to hand over know-how from the older generation who competed at the Olympics, and successfully in many other major events. More than 6 Athletes are under 25. The youngest is Clemens Kueber who will get 21 in 2022.

Confirmed Athletes

CAPTAIN | 10

BOW | 1

TRIMMER | 5

MAIN TRIMMER | 4

GRINDER | 7

TRIMMER | 2

MID-BOW | 6

TACTICIAN | 13

PIT | 3

MID-BOW | 13

BOW | 1

Potencial Team Position

1 BOW Lukas Haberl	2 MID-BOW Tanja Frank
3 PIT David Hussl	4 GRINDER Moritz Spitzauer
5 TRIMMER Barbara Matz	6 TRIMMER Thomas Czajka
7 MAIN TRIMMER Benjamin Bildstein	8 HELM Thomas Zajac
9 TACTICIAN Lukas Mähr	10 CAPTAIN Thomas Zajac
11 FLOATER

BOW

Lukas Haberl

MID-BOW

Tanja Frank

PIT

David Hussl

GRINDER

Moritz Spitzauer

TRIMMER

Barbara Matz

TRIMMER

Thomas Czajka

MAIN TRIMMER

Benjamin Bildstein

HELM

Thomas Zajac

TACTICIAN

Lukas Mähr

CAPTAIN

Thomas Zajac

FLOATER

SQUAD

Thomas Zajac	Lukas Haberl
Thomas Czajka	Benjamin Bildstein
Moritz Spitzauer	Barbara Matz
Tanja Frank	Lukas Mähr
Richard Hilbert	Christian Binder
David Hussl	Anna Boustani
Keanu Prettner	Ute Wagner
Jakob Flachberger	Matthäus Zöchling
Clemens Kübber	Martin Neidhardt