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April 2019

Fredrik Lööf is new OK Dinghy World No. 1

Current European champion, Fredrik Löof, from Sweden is the new OK Dinghy World No.1 in the April 2019 release of the World Ranking List. As runner-up in the past two world championships he overtakes Greg Wilcox, from New Zealand, who has led the rankings for the past two years.

Lööf becomes only the seventh sailor to hold the No.1 place in the 14 years of the ranking list and the ninth to accumulate more than 1,000 points. With 1048 points, he also now holds the record as the highest scoring sailor since the list was created.

Thomas Hansson-Mild, from Sweden also moves up one place to second, his highest since March 2017, with Wilcox dropping to third.

This list includes results from Sail Melbourne, the Australian Nationals, the New Zealand nationals, the world championship in New Zealand and the Turangi International open.

With all events down under, it is no surprise to see an increased number of Kiwis and Australians in the top 20. Masters champion, Rod Davis, on account of sailing at the 2018 Europeans in Bandol as well as a good season in New Zealand, moves up to fifth while Luke O’Connell jumps to eighth. Top Australian is Mark Jackson in 14th.

Double world champion Roger Blasse won both Sail Melbourne (ahead of Tim Davies and Jackson) and the Australian Nationals (ahead of Jackson and Brent Williams), but only moves up to 26th after a 19th at the worlds.

Then the fleet moved on to New Zealand with Jan Kurfeld from Germany winning the New Zealand Nationals ahead of Nick Craig, from Britain and Luke O’Connell, from New Zealand. With the worlds the following week, this event was largest southern hemisphere nationals on record with 83 boats taking part.

The 2019 World Championship that followed was the largest ever OK Dinghy event outside Europe, attracting 111 sailors. Dan Slater, from New Zealand, won from Lööf and Josh Armit, from New Zealand.

The final event was the legendary Turangi International open in New Zealand, won this year by O’Connell, from Eric Rone and Steve McDowell.

There are now 540 sailors on the list, having competing in at least one ranking event in the past two years. This is an increase of 30 from the previous release. This is expected to increase further during 2019 with many more sailors buying boats and joining the class.

The original press release when this ranking was published on Mailchimp

Ranking
RankNameNat.Sailno.PointsEvents sailed
(5 to count)
1Fredrik LööfSWE691048,217
2Thomas Hansson-MildSWE1001000,6811
3Greg WilcoxNZL582950,7717
4Tomasz GajPOL1928,2011
5Rod DavisNZL592792,728
6Bo PetersenDEN1507767,239
7Jan KurfeldGER18762,475
8Luke O'ConnellNZL578761,907
9Henrik Kofoed LarsenDEN1487745,8512
10Ralf TietjeGER5742,3711
11Luke GowerNZL573735,387
12Steve McDowellNZL579714,656
13Charlie CumbleyGBR6714,596
14Mark JacksonAUS768704,259
15Brent WilliamsAUS754690,046
16Andrew PhillipsNZL559672,975
17Sönke BehrensGER77671,588
18Ben MorrisonNZL580667,496
19Mike WildeNZL575664,047
20Tim DaviesAUS779656,845
21Ask AskholmDEN22655,5610
22Russell WoodNZL552651,926
23Mats CaapSWE797641,907
24Mathew MasonNZL570639,384
25Dan SlaterNZL562637,254
26Roger BlasséAUS749630,835
27Chris TurnerGBR44627,034
28Andreas PichGER7624,6213
29Mark SkeltonAUS753618,967
30André BudzienGER71598,986
31Chris FenwickNZL567597,145
32Rainer PospiechGER11593,419
33Rohan LordNZL584592,404
34Martin von ZimmermannGER803589,7910
35Jono CloughNZL498589,676
36Marek BernatPOL7586,4713
37Pawel PawlaczykPOL14583,556
38Jesper HojerDEN20581,467
39Jørgen HolmDEN1477579,608
40David BourneGBR17579,066
41Eric RoneNZL583565,954
42Jonas BorjessonSWE2846549,436
43Mark PerrowNZL581549,344
44Jørgen LindhartdsenDEN142548,015
45Dirk DameGER75545,206
46Simon ProbertNZL565540,748
47Jörg RademacherGER775536,776
48Peter RobinsonAUS774534,917
49Joe SchubertDEN1431534,229
50Ronald FoestGER8524,297
51Wolfgang HofenerGER3522,086
52Nick CraigGBR2208514,123
53Ian HopwoodGBR2188513,786
54Anders AndersenDEN1450513,366
55Julien DejugnatFRA1820509,088
56Thomas OldsNZL546508,716
57Richard BurtonGBR2183505,074
58James BevisAUS778503,214
59Jan Hempel SparsoDEN1510502,625
60Malte PedersenDEN7498,6618
61Oliver GronholzGER772495,586
62Paul RhodesNZL577495,544
63Brett DanielNZL561493,116
64Jens LaugeDEN10489,046
65David van der WendeNZL530478,904
66Keith ByersGBR2176475,205
67Henrik Kimmer PetersenDEN1433473,636
68Steve WilsonAUS741467,205
69Tony WoodsGBR2179466,316
70Andre BlasseAUS729463,485
71Hans BorjessonSWE139462,244
72Dirk GerickeGER22457,958
73Jörg SylvesterGER777456,5510
74Alistair DeavesNZL542451,966
75Stephan VeldmanNED673449,058
76Timothe PetetinFRA1838448,926
77Jan-Dietmar DellasGER81447,988
78Johan BjorlingDEN1485443,355
79Ingo BallersteinGER789440,468
80Bob BuchananAUS766439,507
81Grant WakefieldAUS776430,527
82Henri SkouDEN1419430,147
83Anthony OsmanGBR28427,744
84Stefan RassauGER12426,318
85Lars EdwallSWE59422,204
86Sam MarshallNZL482415,893
87Bo Reker AndersenDEN1405,227
88Duncan EllisGBR95399,645
89Gunter ArndtGER2397,905
90Bengt LarssonSWE7387,785
91Ralf MackmanGER773386,0410
92Gordon SimsNZL587384,804
93Hakan TornqvistSWE9384,465
94Philip RzepeckyNZL574378,367
95Peter HeideDEN1442377,465
96Dan BushNZL526373,156
97Josh ArmitNZL485368,451
98Marc GriseNZL589364,915
99Jan-Erik EngholmSWE2788364,595
100Hans ElkjaerSWE99363,976
101Thomas GlasGER731354,326
102Rob HengstNZL571349,035
103Mogens JohansenDEN1435348,845
104Thorsten SchmidtGER9347,0411
105Alain RenouxFRA1824346,216
106Jim HuntGBR11344,384
107Frank StrelowGER79342,629
108Alex ScolesGBR13332,824
109Falk HagemannGER757327,486
110Stefan HaageGER78326,636
111Jesper BendixDEN1492321,654
112Sefton PowrieNZL564314,538
113Patrick DebaereFRA86310,285
114Dean ColemanNZL568309,927
115Ingmar JanssonSWE2804306,716
116Axel FisherGER809303,826
117Nigel ManneringNZL512303,222
118Jean Louis PetetinFRA1836302,915
119Greg SalthouseNZL470301,922
120Chris LinksAUS765301,812
121Carsten SassGER690299,045
122Lars Johan BrodtkorbNOR428297,422
123Glenn WilliamsAUS719295,724
124Hessel HoekstraNED667294,9714
125Matthew HoldsworthNZL536294,952
126Ulf SahleSWE55292,045
127Jean Christphe MorinFRA1837291,234
128Claus StockhardtGER784290,539
129Bo TeglersDEN1402286,641
130Adrian CoulthardNZL588286,023
131Elizabeth WilliamsAUS759285,665
132Laurent PetetinFRA1828285,304
133Henri BerengerFRA17283,375
134Maya Hansson MildSWE57283,124
135Stefan PaviaSWE20276,575
136Michel LesureLUX1275,385
137Garry LockNZL576274,882
138Gerd BreitbartGER607274,106
139Mark RutherfordAUS757273,453
140Frederic LamarqueFRA1764273,225
141Olof StenstromDEN1484271,165
142Paul VerrijdtBEL214269,265
143Tomas SkeppmarkSWE2809269,154
144Peter WibroeDEN1509263,973
145Tim NormannDEN1482263,916
146Lutz BoguhnGER4263,657
147Sven BeyeGER715263,325
148Lars AndresenDEN1463261,134
149Christian ThomsenDEN703259,294
150Lars HaverlandGER792259,162
151Joost RommelaereBEL248258,688
152Peter ThyboDEN14255,859
153Phil CovenyNZL569252,447
154Thomas MeyerDEN1508250,496
155Sybren HornstraNED669249,998
156Przemyslaw DrozdzikPOL44249,404
157Jørgen SvendsenDEN3248,483
158Daniel GroschlGER595247,797
159Anders Gerhardt-HansenDEN1499242,405
160Michael MorrisonNZL555238,674
161Don WilliamsAUS727237,898
162Bo JensenDEN70237,336
163Stefan MyralfDEN6234,222
164Morten AndrersenDEN12229,603
165Andrew RushworthGBR67228,355
166Peter van der SchaafNED677227,837
167Jonathon BarnettNZL500227,222
168Per WestlundSWE60227,134
169Dave KetteridgeAUS725225,813
170Remi BlandureauFRA1769225,148
171Holger KrasmannGER21224,503
172Peter ZeilerDEN666223,466
173Mike InwoodNZL504221,172
174Ed BradburnGBR2185218,673
175Claes AvellanSWE2816217,725
176Heinz RidderGER820217,169
177Kelvin HoldtAUS708216,764
178Olivia ChristieNZL498214,641
179Frederik RoentgenGER13209,567
180Jan DisselGER225207,902
181Grzegorz SalamonPOL19205,724
182Frederic VandenbergheBEL2178204,043
183Deryck LovegroveGBR18202,635
184Juliane HofmannGER767202,574
185Harry MilneNZL497201,162
186Dean SalthouseNZL474198,512
187Michael HorvathAUS744196,553
188Jean Claude LidonFRA1810194,804
189John Skjoldby PetersenDEN1303194,374
190Tim McDowellNZL560193,056
191Eddie O'DonnellAUS734192,952
192Nick LoganGBR2136192,614
193George CooperNZL536192,003
194Karsten KrausGER809191,732
195Claes HeymanSWE2802191,596
196Valerian LebrunFRA11190,571
197Jochen LollertGER821190,143
198Christian MidtgaardDEN1304188,644
199David HoogenboomNZL563183,613
200Robert SwieckiPOL40182,855
201Shane SmithAUS77180,742
202Jacques PirenneBEL 230180,524
203Martin DouglasNZL586178,843
204Peter PlesnerDEN1505178,005
205Marc Vande Ghinste BEL15175,873
206Richard FurneauxAUS740175,157
207Rainer HaacksGER111175,083
208Joris van BaarleBEL627173,186
209William HeritageGBR41173,161
210Poul VincentsDEN1392173,134
211Christian HeinzeGER10172,445
212Josh NewmanNZL509172,091
213Fritz Banner PedersenDEN1454171,763
214Sverker HardSWE2849171,173
215Peter RudblomSWE77170,214
216Peter LynchAUS726164,584
217Axel ProppGER178164,184
218Sipke HeokstraNED638160,037
219Julius RaithelGER746157,573
220Chris SalthouseNZL479157,374
221Simon CowoodGBR3157,304
222Terry CurtisGBR69152,643
223Philippe CowezBEL 221148,299
224Niels BjorlingDEN1465147,283
225Rod AndrewBEL1144,446
226Chris ArnellGBR21143,912
227Lasse HanssonSWE22143,662
228Joe PorebskiNZL523143,493
229Arne MalmSWE80141,034
230Robert DeavesGBR10139,632
231John DouglasNZL 369137,733
232Mats HovdeSWE15136,283
233Jan BechmannGER567135,646
234Jaroslaw RadzkiPOL10134,773
235Nigel ComberNZL511130,345
236Jacob BangDEN88130,312
237Jon HendesonNZL339126,692
238Jan CarlssonSWE17125,192
239Francois PodevynBEL207123,918
240Patrice RovereFRA1709123,763
241Jesper StrandbergDEN77122,713
242Henrik HamannDEN1424122,523
243Matt ButterfieldNZL593121,182
244Erik ThompsonAUS706120,855
245Troels TrabjergDEN1503120,422
246Florent DelacourtFRA769119,554
247Andrew ThyrdAUS662119,293
248Anders BuhlDEN1395119,092
249Peter KorsbjergDEN1441118,723
250Ulli KurfeldGER18118,701
251Christian RasmussenDEN1446118,002
252Jean-Pierre GailesFRA104117,514
253Knut RaminGER751117,104
254Didier SoulieFRA794116,552
255Olle AlbrektssonSWE2797116,132
256Jorn WilleGER721115,152
257Adrian ManneringNZL504114,002
258Mary ReddyhoffGBR58113,663
259Christian TellerDEN1457112,862
260Brian TerpDEN1473112,823
261Mads BendixDEN100112,341
262Michael MockelGER812111,232
263Tony BierreNZL550111,084
264Andy OsmanGBR59111,023
265Stefan JaensonSWE722110,772
266Will CroxfordGBR2124110,392
267Marten BernesandSWE2803110,132
268Pierre ArrighiFRA1829110,092
269Gary McLennanAUS694109,302
270Simon CoxGBR4107,692
271Timo PapasokratisBEL224106,184
272Susanne MackmannGER771105,534
273Gerard BonnetFRA1756105,393
274Rob LigtenbergNED473103,043
275Michael WolfGER799102,804
276Palle LarsenDEN1329102,783
277Jonas QuistSWE666101,032
278Gunnar GoronziGER766100,012
279Fabian GronholzGER698,902
280Soren NielsenDEN146198,684
281Uli BorchersGER53997,085
282Dean DorazioAUS73596,462
283Brian FogedDEN496,013
284Patrick RohlinSWE096,001
285Fergus BarnhamGBR213495,171
286Rodney TiddGBR6894,984
287John ShirleyNZL 53993,412
288Andreas DeubelGER992,211
289Mike WilliamsAUS73091,952
290Robert BanckenNED67591,735
291Jessica FinkeGER78890,196
292Nick BennettAUS75688,592
293Lars Jørgen AndresenDEN146386,742
294Mats ClarsundSWE1686,671
295Sam JedigDEN143886,272
296Paul PikeGBR208086,114
297Soren SigurdssonDEN145885,834
298Sven MarchotGER64085,302
299Tom LonsdaleGBR885,152
300Jacob LundingDEN138584,901
301Fabien CapeilleresFRA183383,631
302David VincentAUS78283,232
303Thomas KvistDEN133683,223
304Thomas ChristensenDEN141582,433
305Michael ShannonNZL55782,362
306Folkert JanssenAUS73382,242
307Stefan HagerlandSWE1081,961
308Daen DorazioAUS71581,621
309Anders WiddingSWE279281,384
310Per SorensenDEN143781,304
311Christian HussGER74280,783
312Chris VisickAUS75880,723
313Andrew MartinGBR9980,224
314Thomas JacobsenDEN151679,192
315Nick GrayAUS76479,053
316Tom PedersenDEN126178,312
317Johan GeenenNED67878,272
318Xavier BeckiusFRA184677,994
319Douglas PowellGBR214577,551
320Pierre GaryFRA210075,913
321Michael FlavellAUS72075,574
322Chris RhodesGBR4475,521
323Bruce AshtonAUS72874,032
324Patrick MoreauFRA176973,752
325Stefan JaruddSWE073,191
326Roger WoodNZL50172,912
327Sjouke BusNED56672,642
328Jan Siebe de VriesNED65272,382
329Peter FrissellUSA58572,112
330Bertil EliassonSWE11172,063
331Glenn YatesAUS76771,052
332Mike WalkerAUS73670,813
333Karsten KathGER79370,734
334Thomas BergSWE069,931
335David HaseldineAUS76268,622
336Przemyslaw KryszczynskiPOL967,851
337Stig FrandsenDEN139667,833
338Maximilian KiepGER65967,782
339Jonny BillstromSWE366,971
340Max FryAUS72266,562
341Jörg PosnyGER69766,202
342Rene BrunnDEN143065,802
343Jean-Michel RouxFRA104465,711
344Hugh BurrowsGBR214765,691
345Pierre PetetinFRA210065,601
346Peder ThunanderSWE277663,971
347Pierre VandepoolBEL6363,602
348Morten JensenDEN148962,902
349Christian KirchnerGER6662,781
350Piotr PrzewoznyPOL11762,411
351Phillippe ChelleFRA185262,412
352Mathew HoldsworthGBR206462,351
353Bart de HaarNED67462,082
354Tim O'LearyGBR211661,792
355Nils TrollandDEN148161,681
356Magnus GillgrenSWE88861,502
357Lars MollerDEN12660,683
358Alex RijninkNED66860,243
359Ingvar BengstonSWE060,151
360Damien WiddyAUS78460,082
361Mark WildenbergNED47260,001
362Frederik SvendsenDEN859,911
363Michal JodlowskiPOL47259,381
364Antony RichGBR212159,141
365Bruce SchofieldAUS71758,454
366Johanna Andrew BeckerBEL2958,296
367Stig LassenDEN138258,151
368Peter LesterNZL 55057,961
369Svend Erik MolbechDEN142457,901
370Emil AlnebeckSWE056,891
371Erik BorkGER69555,901
372Steve CookeGBR206855,861
373Rob McmillanAUS 77755,001
374Marina DellasGER77954,364
375Jesper SommerDEN131653,741
376Christer BerndtssonSWE053,631
377Olle HeimerssonSWE274653,631
378Karen RobertsonGBR1452,591
379Ronny PoelmanBEL22051,572
380Christen KockDEN125049,312
381Marty PikeNZL55448,733
382Jan Eric NystedtSWE274948,451
383Luke CromieAUS71547,883
384Ray HallNZL50247,671
385Radoslaw DrozdzikPOL447,501
386Sven Christian KochGER77147,111
387Jakob WitthoftDEN846,633
388R EkbergAUS73346,541
389Gareth WellsAUS74245,932
390Stefan FagerlandSWE281245,901
391David CarrollGBR8545,621
392Glen BishopFRA184344,933
393Frank BergDEN6644,921
394Ben SteelGBR8444,332
395Frederik Dahl HansenDEN142644,291
396Stephen MooreAUS75543,792
397Birgit MeterGER52743,212
398Roime EricsonSWE279143,172
399Graham LambertNZL47543,032
400Robert Cambell GreyGBR213142,781
401Peter MeyerGER63842,682
402Paul DuttonGBR204541,361
403Flemming HostgaardDEN130541,113
404Hinnerk RiesGER67039,741
405Nicklas HeideDEN145139,501
406Jakob BennikeDEN138739,462
407Arne JohanssonSWE248038,851
408Martin StenderDEN140938,751
409Kim ViborgDEN134638,001
410Bengt StrombergSWE1137,331
411Jimmy HansenDEN117737,102
412Phiippe MuyzereGER69136,671
413Jean-Luc ArrighiFRA147236,381
414Anthony RidgeGBR2536,151
415Ulf DagerbrandtSWE274136,031
416Pascal PerraudFRA7935,682
417Henrik Bohm JensenDEN144335,221
418John SammonsAUS77735,052
419Johannes DagerbrantSWE281034,621
420D KurzAUS7734,361
421Christophe BouvierFRA154734,302
422Claus Hoj JensenDEN1133,711
423Benoit DevillersBEL 2133,663
424Mads Bjorndal RoblDEN133333,461
425Hayden WhitburnNZL51533,261
426Jonathan Prom ScharffDEN137732,571
427Gaelle PaponnaudFRA032,501
428Jean-Yves GeoffroyFRA125732,391
429Wilhelm KathGER81432,221
430Edouard KockDEN9931,411
431Lars NilssonSWE030,811
432Olof LindgrenSWE271930,381
433Hugh MyersGBR208229,661
434Emma HutchesonAUS68529,632
435James BlandUSA829,512
436Dick van der ZeeNED66529,441
437Michael AireyGBR4629,231
438Chris ColemanNZL49729,141
439Ingo GriemDEN141728,803
440Patrick NicolasFRA183028,571
441Nicholas HeinerNED51028,521
442Jake RestallAUS73228,171
443Peter BacklundSWE279327,561
444Gustav KoritzSWE027,561
445Luke FarthingGBR218427,501
446Soren ChristiansenDEN138227,501
447Willem DijkstaNED60927,452
448Norbert PetrauschGER63026,703
449Tomas MeyerDEN134826,521
450Dirk JahnkeGER9226,301
451Per JaenssonSWE22226,151
452Tony SaundersNZL48126,002
453Andrew BoxerGBR219625,742
454John HammondGBR6425,391
455Gunnar LarssonSWE280524,741
456Emil G AndersenDEN137724,621
457Frederic le DelaizirFRA181224,571
458Wayne LavertyAUS67224,511
459Dennis JosefssonSWE024,301
460Michal GajPOL1124,291
461Klaus JorgensenDEN142524,262
462Dirch ZibrandtsenDEN126224,212
463Brian QuayleGBR6324,141
464Peter GardewegGER80123,591
465William PringleAUS70323,291
466Vanessa Weedeon-JonesGBR206423,101
467Ken ZierDEN144123,001
468Frieder BillerbeckGER81622,641
469Didier GeorgeFRA21122,401
470Allen HansenSWE276322,251
471Stephen WilsonAUS74122,001
472Greg SalamonPOL1921,601
473Phil BentonGBR216721,552
474Andrew BakerAUS76121,551
475Stephen McmullenAUS77120,851
476Erik DubreuilFRA181620,651
477Gerard LindgrenSWE1320,412
478Gavin WaldronGBR216320,231
479Barbara BorgerLUX220,001
480Paul DeaneGBR201819,831
481Christian RoulsenDEN139819,801
482Arnd GlundeGER76919,741
483Kevin KnottAUS73819,631
484Svend JacobsenDEN11218,752
485Philippe BradferFRA213318,701
486Oliver HuberGER8318,681
487Rasmus RosenkvistDEN130218,591
488Michael DateAUS73918,411
489Simon DavisGBR99918,241
490Alexa MullerGER63618,151
491Bill MackyNZL47918,002
492Johan AstradssonSWE017,781
493Brian BrunnDEN138017,751
494Mats PeterssonSWE272717,691
495Ken CarrollGBR4617,572
496Harm de VriesNED 67217,302
497Pierre DarcheBEL017,142
498Uwe BohmGER59916,581
499Rolf WahlqvistNOR44416,281
500Vig per SorensenDEN143715,571
501Dirk SundermannGER79215,431
502Michael LindhSWE281414,871
503Gert KeddeNED67914,521
504Clemence ArrighiFRA147213,761
505Jesper HansenDEN131313,651
506Tom LeeGBR172813,651
507Nils MarlingDEN135413,251
508Bengt-Ingvar SorgardSWE1113,001
509Chris DevineNZL54812,681
510Bjarne HansenDEN147812,501
511K WilliamsonAUS71312,441
512Bob BourneGBR217011,921
513Jesper NielsenDEN711,661
514Mats BorgSWE011,261
515Samuel PodevynBEL13111,252
516Steven HumphrisAUS64211,101
517Jacques KauffmannFRA82810,881
518Etienne DelpechFRA153410,871
519Sam WoodsGBR213110,571
520Alan RobinsonGBR10010,001
521Bjorn JohanssonSWE1110,001
522Koen SchellengNED66610,001
523Paul BoutsBEL15110,001
524Waldermar CzyzPOL810,001
525Kai McMullenAUS6419,881
526Magnus BagerSWE27469,231
527Jaroslaw SoltysGER6869,011
528Jean-Francis PonsFRA10678,911
529Ed GoodeyNZL4728,001
530Graham ArcusNZL 3608,001
531Reidar SarheimNOR4637,821
532Steve WyattAUS7607,441
533Philippe ThomieresFRA8206,961
534Jon HammondGBR646,731
535Hendrik RyninkNED6685,101
536Lex VogelenzangNED6715,001
537Peter AebeloeSWE27845,001
538Philippe DarcosFRA1295,001
539Tim PhillipsAUS6795,001
540Andreas DellwigGER784,001