GYC member Mateo Sanz Lanz qualified for the 2020 Olympic Games
GYC Racing Team member, windsurfer Mateo Sanz Lanz, has qualified Switzerland in the RS:X windsurfing class for the 2020 Tokyo sailing competitions. He will compete in the Olympic Games for the second time since Rio de Janeiro. Mateo is also the first sailor to have achieved all the qualifications for Switzerland. At the World Championships on Lake Garda, he finished fourth in the ranking of the unqualified nations, thus securing one of the still vacant starting places. After a week of the World Championships, which were largely marked by strong wind conditions, the 26-year-old's light and mid-winds specialist was not optimal, he has however achieved the goal of the season. Mateo has expressed his relief about his performance: "I knew that it would be difficult to deliver the necessary result on Lake Garda, because the wind conditions were almost always such, that sliding wind conditions prevailed and so the large and heavier athletes had ideal conditions. Luckily, we also had a light wind regatta, where I had ideal conditions for myself and was able to make everything clear with a 4th day". For Mateo and his coach, the 4 weeks of training on Lake Garda has paid off. At the Olympic precinct in Japan, Mateo expect mainly light to medium winds and so he can now confidently start his special preparation. All the more so because he has sailed a remarkable 6th place there at this year's test event. With these two results, nothing stands in the way of Swiss Olympic nomination. We congratulate Mateo and wish him all the best.