KOR SSL GOLD CUP – By Sailors for Sailors

THE FOOTBALL WORLD CUP... IN SAILING

QUALIFYING SERIES | MAY-JULY 2022 | SWITZERLAND

FINAL SERIES | 10 November-3 December 2023 | BAHRAIN

Events (Provisional dates)

Red Fury

Rising Star Sailors from Korea

A desire for a big challenge with small forces

Although Korea is a peninsula, sailing is not very popular, so there are not many sailors despite the large population.

Nevertheless, the Sailors continue to dream, aim, and strive to become Olympian.

Although most of the team has no experience in Keelboat racing, we are ready to compete at the SSL GOLD CUP with enthusiasm because we are ready to accept and learn about new opportunities and experiences at any time.

Statistics

The Country

3300 nautical passionate
1500 sailors
96 sailing clubs
20 sailing schools
14,963km of seacoast

Achievements

7th place at the Olympic Games 2020
4-time Olympian in sailing
1 Olympic athlete
4 Gold medals Asian Games

SSL Ranking

SSL best ranked woman: 2296(2020)
SSL best ranked man: 1026(2020)
SSL nations ranking: 47(01/2022)

Main Events

BUSAN Sailing Week > 500 participants
KOREA CUP INTERNATIONAL YACHT RACE > 200 participants
WMRT KOREA MATCH CUP >60 participants

The meaning of 31 is Three different classes of sailors (laser, 470, 49er)became one team .

The Captain

JEE MIN HA

Ha, Jee-min started by encountering yachts by chance in a country where yachts were not popular. He has a lot of experience in laser events and has a record of participating in the Olympics four times in a row, winning the Asian Games three times in a row, and finishing second in the European Championship.

Ha Jee-min has not much experience in keelboat competitions, so he is trying to make a new attempt with this opportunity.

The Leaders

SUNGWOOK KIM

Sungwok is a member of the TEAM KOREA.

He was 34th Americas cup campaign with TEAM KOREA and Extreme40 sailing series.

Also 49er national team of Korea.

SUNGMIN-CHO

Raised in front of the sea in Busan. Sungmin has sailed 470 for a long time and participated in two Olympics. In the meantime, Sungmin has also participated in various match race events.

Confirmed Athletes

CAPTAIN | 10

TRIMMER | 5

TACTICIAN | 9

MIDBOW | 2

PIT | 3

TRIMMER | 4

GRINDER | 6

MAIN TRIMMER | 7

BOW | 1

FLOATER | 11

Potential Team Position

1 BOW HYEON SU YOON	2 MID-BOW MINJE LEE
3 PIT SUNGHWAN CHOI	4 GRINDER SANGWOO BAE
5 TRIMMER SUNGMIN CHO	6 TRIMMER JIHOON KIM
7 MAIN TRIMMER SEUNG KIM	8 HELM
9 TACTICIAN SUNGWOK KIM	10 CAPTAIN JEEMİN HA
11 FLOATER DONGWOO LEE