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Gerardo Seeliger President of Honour IFA President 1981-1997 |
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Nikos Kouklelis (1921-1995) Life Honorary Member IFA Honorary Secretary 1975-1991 |
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Rickard Sarby Designer of the Finn Olympics Bronze 1952 |
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Jörg Bruder Finn Gold Cup 1970, 1971, 1972 |
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Paul Elvstrøm Olympics Gold 1952, 1956, 1960 Finn Gold Cup 1958, 1959 Europeans 1960 |
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Gilbert Lamboley Chairman of the Technical Committee 1970-1980 |
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Willy Kuhweide Olympics Gold 1964 Finn Gold Cup 1963, 1966, 1967 Europeans 1961, 1964 |
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Hubert Raudaschl Olympics Silver 1968 Finn Gold Cup 1964 Europeans 1966 |
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John Bertrand Olympics Bronze 1976 |
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Lasse Hjortnæs Finn Gold Cup 1982, 1984, 1985 Europeans 1981, 1982, 1985 |
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Jose Luis Doreste Olympics Gold 1988 Finn Gold Cup 1987 Europeans 1988 |
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Fredrik Lööf Olympics Bronze 2000 Finn Gold Cup 1994, 1997, 1999 |
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José Maria van der Ploeg Olympics Gold 1992 Europeans 1994, 1995, 1996 |
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August Miller IFA Vice President 1979-1981 IFA Development Coach IFA Solidarity Coach 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004 |
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Mateusz Kusznierewicz Olympics Gold 1996, Bronze 2004 Finn Gold Cup 1998, 2000 Europeans 2000, 2004 |
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Ben Ainslie Olympics Gold 2004, 2008, 2012 Finn Gold Cup 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2012 Europeans 2002, 2003, 2005, 2008 |
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Richart Hart Richard Hart was the Chairman of the Technical Committee from 1989 to 2015, making him the longest serving official in the history of the class. He has been involved in the class since 1961 as a sailor and official, with his best result being a third place in the 1965 Finn Gold Cup in Poland. In 1989 he was asked to be Chairman of the Technical Committee and oversaw the modernisation of the class over the next three decades. As a sailor he competed in many Olympic trials during this time and won several British Nationals. After a break, he returned to competitive Finn sailing in 1989 and is still regularly sailing his Finn. In 2010 and 2014 he won |
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Jüri Saraskin Jüri Saraskin started sailing in 1952, and since 1962 his life was intricately connected to the Finn class, initially as a sailor and after 1967 as a measurer. He was twice Finn Champion of Estonia, in 1968 and 1970, and was the Chief Measurer of the Finn class from 1992 up to his death in 2018. His scientific background and experience enabled him to develop and refine a lot of tools and methods for full and accurate measurement of dinghies. He was instrumental in ensuring that modern Finns are measured accurately and consistently so that all boats are as alike as possible. |
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Rafael Trujillo Villar (February 2026) Rafa Trujillo was inducted into the Finn Class Hall of Fame during the closing ceremony of the Porsche Centre Brisbane 2026 Finn Gold Cup at the Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron, in Brisbane, Australia. Trujillo is most famous in the Finn class for having won the silver medal at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, the 2007 Finn Gold Cup in Cascais, Portugal, and the 2016 Finn World Masters on Garda. After four Olympic Games appearances, three times in a Finn, he turned to coaching and was behind the youngest ever winner of the Finn Gold Cup, Jorge Zarif, in 2013. Since then, he has become a coach for Australian Sailing, most notably coaching Matt Wearn to Olympic Gold in Paris 2024. His other sailing achievements and awards are well renowned. More. |
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Tim Tavinor (February 2026) During the opening ceremony of the Porsche Centre Brisbane 2026 Finn World Masters, Tim Tavinor inducted into the Finn Class Hall of Fame inside of week. There are few people who have had such a huge impact on the Finn class as Tim Tavinor. In the early 1990s, alongside Luca Devoti, he helped create Victor Boats and the Devoti hull that transformed Finn sailing worldwide. It is no idle statement that without this development the class is unlikely to have thrived in the way it has over the past 30 years. More. |
