A match race is a race between two competitors, going head-to-head. In sailboat racing it is differentiated from a fleet race, which almost always involves...
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The World Match Racing Tour (or WMRT) is, since 2000, an annual series of professional sailing match race events held in multiple countries. Since 2006...
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Sailing (sport) (redirect from Sailboat racing)
sanctioned through various sailing federations and yacht clubs. Racing disciplines include matches within a fleet of sailing craft, between a pair thereof or...
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World Sailing (redirect from International Yacht Racing Union)
Championships Team Racing World Championship Offshore Team Racing World Championship Women's Match World Championship Open Match Racing World Championship...
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The Women's Match Racing World Championship is arranged by the International Sailing Federation. With female match racing included in the 2012 Olympic...
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Russell Coutts (category Oracle Racing sailors)
the ISAF World Youth championships, three World Match Racing Championships, numerous international match race wins and IOR, IMS and One Design World Championship...
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Repechage (category Road bicycle racing terminology)
Air New Zealand Cup. A repechage stage in sailing is sometimes used in match-racing competition to allow teams finishing the round robin(s) just below the...
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most common form of sailboat racing and contrasts with match racing and team racing. Fleet racing can take place in two main formats. In the "One-Design"...
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Ben Ainslie (category Oracle Racing sailors)
Cup 1st 2005 Finn Gold Cup 1st 2008 Finn Gold Cup 1st 2010 ISAF Open Match Racing World Championship 1st 2012 Finn Gold Cup 73rd 1989 Optimist World Championships...
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International Match Racing Series is an annual match racing series for women. World Match Racing Tour match racing World Sailing Women's Match Racing Ranking...
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world's best match-racing sailors (including world champions and Olympic sailors) to Bermuda for five days of one-on-one 'match racing'. Points accrued...
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1899. Racing easily won the match, defeating Stade Bordelais 37–7. The two clubs would meet again in the 1902 championship game, where Racing would again...
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Championship; however, it changed its name in 2010 when the racing format was changed to match racing. Winners are awarded the Cornelius Shields Sr. Trophy...
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Yacht racing is a sailing sport involving sailing yachts and larger sailboats, as distinguished from dinghy racing, which involves open boats. It is composed...
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The Racing Rules of Sailing (often abbreviated to RRS) govern the conduct of yacht racing, windsurfing, kitesurfing, model boat racing, dinghy racing and...
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international match, versus Uruguayan team River Plate. The first league title came in 1913 when Racing defeated San Isidro and River Plate in a playoff. Racing first...
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one club of the ten founding clubs of La Liga. Real Racing Club played their first football match on 23 February 1913, losing 1–2 to neighbouring Strong...
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America's Cup (category Match racing competitions)
oldest international competition still operating in any sport. America's Cup match races are held between two sailing yachts: one from the yacht club that...
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Open Match Racing World Champion has been named annually since 1988. Since 2006 the World Match Racing Tour Champion has been named ISAF Match Racing World...
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RC Strasbourg Alsace (redirect from Racing Club de Strasbourg)
Racing Club de Strasbourg Alsace (Alsatian: Füeßbàllmànnschàft Vu Stroßburri), commonly known as RC Strasbourg or Racing Straßburg, is a French professional...
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The 2016 World Match Racing Tour was a series of match racing sailing regattas staged during 2016 season. Phil Robertson won the tour by winning the last...
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pentathletes represented Australia in 1992. Men Women Men Women Open Fleet racing Match racing Men Women Open Men Women Two synchronized swimmers represented Australia...
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designed by New Zealander, Greg Elliott. It was selected for the women's match racing event for the 2012 Olympics. The Elliott 6m carries a spinnaker pole...
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The 2015 World Match Racing Tour was a series of match racing sailing regattas staged during 2015–16 season. Ian Williams won the tour, his sixth title...
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Pauline Courtois (category Short description matches Wikidata)
(born 27 April 1989) is a French sailor competing in match racing. She won the Women's Match Racing World Championship three years running, from 2021 to...
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The 2017 World Match Racing Tour was a series of match racing sailing regattas staged during 2017 season. Torvar Mirsky won the finals and became 2017...
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Peter Gilmour (section World Match Racing Tour)
Australian Sportsman of the Year in 1987. He is also the only 4 time World Match racing Tour Champion. He currently resides in Perth, Western Australia. Gilmour...
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towards the World Match Racing Tour and a place in the final event, with the overall winner taking the title ISAF World Match Racing Tour Champion. Thanks...
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Monsoon Cup (category World Match Racing Tour)
the tour winner with the premier 'match racing' prize being the ISAF World Match Racing Champion. The match racing sport differs from other sailing disciplines...
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National 2, the fourth level of French football. Racing is managed by Guillaume Norbert and hosts its home matches at the Stade Lucien-Choine, a smaller stadium...
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