World Sailors of the year 2024: Marit Bouwmeester NED and Diego Botin/Florian Trittel ESP

The Annual Conference of the World Sailing Federation began in Singapore on Sunday. The individual committees have met so far, and last night the awards ceremony was on the programme. ILCA 6 Olympic champion Marit Bouwmeester NED and the 49er gold medallists and Sail-GP winners Diego Botin/Florian Trittel ESP won the trophies. Ruggero Tita/Caterina Banti ITA, who dominated the Nacra 17 all year and won their second Olympic gold medal in Marseille, were honoured as Team of the Year.For the first time, trophies were also awarded for the best young sailors: 29er helmswoman Ewa Lewandowska POL won the women's category, while kite foiler Max Maeder SGP won a home victory. The report with all other award winners.