Sebastien Schneiter - Frederique Constant Junior ambassador - European Championship update

The Laser 4.7 European Championship have started. 240 participants and 29 Nations represented!

After two days of racing and 4 regattas sailed in great conditions Sebastien Schneiter - Frédérique Constant Junior Ambassador- is 8 overall and 3rd in the "less than 16 years of age" category. The score is very tight and only few points separate the first 15.

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Two more days of sailing (qualifying series) took place before the fleet will be separated into Gold (first 59), silver and bronze fleet according to each individual results. Final series took place on Saturday and Sunday.

Sébastien Schneiter, finished 6th in the overall European championship and at the second place in the "less than 16 years of age" category! Congratulations Sébastien!

 

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Sebastien Schneiter - Frederique Constant Junior ambassador - getting ready for the Youth Olympic Games

After few weeks of intensive training the international regattas have started again. This weekend Sebastien, his coach and few other team members did participate at the "Championnat de mediteranee of laser" in "Fos sur mer" (France).
After 6 regattas sailed Sebastien confirms his good form to finish 2nd overall in the Laser 4.7 category.

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The following two months will be very busy sailing wise with trainings both in Geneva and Riva di Garda and with two European championships (Byte and Laser class) as well as the Laser Nationals in "Yverdon"! This will be followed by one week of rest before heading to Singapore with the Swiss Olympic delegation (7th of August) to start practicing prior to the beginning of the Youth Olympic Games regattas towards mid-August.

So far all going according to plan. Next big event will be the Byte CII European Championship which will take place in Riva di Garda towards the end of June.

Some real exciting times ahead!

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Sebastien Schneiter - Frederique Constant Junior Ambassador - finished in 1st place!

Last weekend the second series of the Laser 4.7 "Championnat Suisse par point" took place in Thun. After 6 regattas sailed in great conditions Sebastien Schneiter - Frédérique Constant Junior Ambassador -  finished in an excellent 1st place overall.

Also, another great news for the week, the Swiss Sailing Team as well as Swiss Olympics have nominated Mr. Ezequiel Schargorodsky, Sebastien's coach, the Head Sailing coach for the Youth Olympic Games.

Training sessions continues in both Byte and Laser for Sebastien and the Swiss team. Next big event will be in June with a Laser Europa cup as well as the Byte European championship.

The team spirit is high and fully motivated for all the next events to come!

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Sébastien Schneiter - Frederique Constant Junior Ambassador - getting ready for the Youth Olympic Game

With the Youth Olympic tickets now in Sébastien Schneiter’s hands, a new phase of training has started which will involve both training session at the club as well as at the Swiss Sailing team levels. It will be an intensive three month in order to be ready for the Olympic games. The key events during that period will be Byte CII as well as the Laser 4.7 European Championship which will both take place in July.[[MORE]] In addition there will be the Nationals title events as well as several Swiss Sailing/Olympics training sessions. In August the Swiss Olympic teams will be heading to Singapore where they will be arriving there a week before the event itself to start training before the officials regattas.

Below are the various events in preparation for the Youth Olympic Games:

- 1-2 May: championnat suisse par point (Lugano), Laser 4.7.
- 7-8 May: championnat suisse par point (Thun), Laser 4.7.
- 28-30 May: Lago di Garda clinic, Byte
- 12-13 june, CM Fos sur Mer, Laser 4.7
- 25-30 June: lago di garda training, Byte.
- 1-4 July: European Byte, Lago di Garda.
- 8-11 July: Swiss Nationals, Laser 4.7
- 21-24 July: Hourtin Training, Laser 4.7
- 25-31 July: Laser 4.7 European championship, Hourtin
- 7-14 August: Byte training, Singapore.
- 15-26 August: Youth Olympic Games