Sailing at 18th Asian Games : Focus Shifts to Olympic Events

Sailing at 18th Asian Games : Focus Shifts to Olympic Events
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The Indonesian cities Jakarta, Palembang are all geared up for the 18th edition of the Asian Games. Indonesia is hosting this mega sports event for the second time after 1962 when the games were played in Jakarta. The Asian Games has always been deemed as an event beyond sports. This gala is often viewed as a tool of integration and brotherhood among the athletes and the nations.

The Asian Sailing Federation governs, develops and promotes the sport within the continent in cooperation with 32 Member National Authorities. The Asian Games are controlled and regulated by the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) and is supervised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

At the 2014 Annual General Meeting of the Asian Sailing Federation which was held at Incheon, S Korea, the 14 sailing events (8 Olympic and 6 youth) for the 18th Asian Games were announced so that the members could plan and commence training of their teams a full four years ahead of the next Asian Games. However, in view of the decision of OCA to reduce the number of events from 14 to 10 last year, the General Body of the Asian Sailing Federation in compliance decided to retain the eight Olympic events as decided earlier, however, the other six events had to be removed / reconfigured.

Enthused with the shift to Olympic events, the World Sailing Council in its annual meeting of 2017 has also approved that the best ranked NOC in the Laser Standard (Men) and Laser Radial (Women) events  at the 18th Asian Games shall also qualify for the Tokyo Olympic 2020. Form more information on Olympic Qualification system click here

The Sailing competition at this edition of the Asian Games is going to be one of the biggest so far with 145 sailors comprising 87 male and 58 female sailors from 20 Member National Authorities in 10 events.

Here is the list of sailors entered in the 18th Asian Games sailing events:

Country Event Family Name Given Name Gender Date of Birth
BRN Laser Standard JANAHI ABDULLA M 20/03/1988
CAM RS:X SOTH MESA M 10/04/2002
CAM Open Laser 4.7 NHOV CHAN M 20/05/2002
CAM Laser Standard DUCH BUNTHUOEN M 10/04/1980
CHN Laser Standard QIU YULONG M 25/03/1994
CHN RS:X BI KUN M 12/11/1995
CHN Mixed RS One CHEN HAO M 10/09/1999
CHN Mixed RS One TAN YUE W 11/03/1998
CHN Laser Radial ZHANG DONGSHUANG W 13/12/1989
CHN RS:X CHEN PEINA W 19/06/1989
CHN 470 WEI MENGXI W 16/02/1994
CHN 49er FX HE XIAN W 16/01/1997
CHN Open Laser 4.7 WANG JIANXIONG M 03/03/2002
CHN Open Laser 4.7 CHEN JIAMING W 16/04/2002
CHN 49er HONG WEI M 14/08/1995
CHN 49er ZHANG TAO M 06/04/1999
CHN 49er FX YU XUEBIN W 14/04/1999
CHN 470 WANG CHAO M 11/10/1985
CHN 470 XU ZANGJUN M 06/02/1992
CHN 470 GAO HAIYAN W 26/03/1991
HKG Laser Standard BEZY NICHOLAS BRIAN M 18/06/1999
HKG 470 TSE SUI LUN M 10/01/1996
HKG 470 KAY BERNARD IAN M 01/07/1993
HKG 49er CHEUNG KA HO M 10/09/1985
HKG 49er TSE SIU KIT M 31/08/1985
HKG Laser Radial HIGHFIELD MOLLY TRYPHENA W 19/03/1999
HKG 470 TONG KIT FONG W 24/10/1980
HKG 470 FISHER ANNA LEE W 13/06/1991
HKG RS:X CHENG CHUN LEUNG MICHAEL M 30/04/1994
HKG RS:X CHAN HEI MAN HAYLEY VICTORIA W 10/01/1991
HKG Mixed RS One KIKABHOY RAFEEK M 26/06/1997
HKG Mixed RS One MA KWAN CHING W 31/08/1997
INA RS:X HOIRIYAH HOIRIYAH W 10/08/1991
INA RS:X SUARTANA I NYOMAN M 21/12/1984
INA Mixed RS One MARLINI NENNI W 07/03/2001
INA Mixed RS One RAMADAN RIDAWAN M 01/06/2000
INA Laser Radial WARDOJO KIRANA W 14/03/1999
INA Open Laser 4.7 WARDOJO GREGORY ROGER M 14/08/2002
INA 470 BASRI NURUL OCTAVIANI W 11/10/1996
INA 470 FINANDIKA ZEFANYA ELDIVA W 05/12/2002
INA 470 ANDRIYANTO BOBBY FERI M 23/05/1979
INA 49er EPRIANO ALGA SURYA SENJAYA M 22/04/1992
INA Laser Standard ZAINUDDIN AHMAD M 26/06/1999
INA 49er FX IEDHA NURUL RAHMA W 28/03/1999
INA 49er FX SARI NOVIANA PUSPITA W 09/11/1986
INA 49er RAHMAT ISMAIL ABD. M 15/03/1986
INA 470 TRIWIRA NUGIE M 24/02/1998
INA Open Laser 4.7 SETYANINGRUM ANDINI W 14/08/2001
IND 49er FX YADAV EKTA W 22/10/1995
IND Mixed RS One COELHO DAYNE EDGAR AGNELO M 18/03/1998
IND 49er ASHOK THAKKAR VARUN M 10/02/1995
IND 49er KELAPANDA CHENGAPPA GANAPATHY M 18/11/1995
IND Mixed RS One COELHO KATYA IDA W 13/08/1999
IND Laser Radial KUMANAN NETHRA W 21/08/1997
IND 49er FX CHARLS SHAILA W 12/08/1994
IND Open Laser 4.7 TOMAR HARSHITA W 02/03/2002
IND Open Laser 4.7 BAIRAGI GOVIND M 08/08/2001
IRI Laser Standard JANINASAB DARZI MASOUD M 30/08/1993
IRI Open Laser 4.7 TALEBI SHILESAR SEYED AREF M 15/03/2001
JPN Laser Radial DOI MANAMI W 29/08/1993
JPN 49er FURUYA SHINGEN M 09/01/1989
JPN 49er HACHIYAMA SHINJI M 15/05/1987
JPN 470 ISOZAKI TETSUYA M 04/04/1992
JPN RS:X KOMINE MEGUMI W 28/07/1987
JPN Open Laser 4.7 MAEDA KAIYO M 06/03/2002
JPN Open Laser 4.7 NUKUI LISA W 12/03/2002
JPN Laser Standard SEGAWA KAZUMASA M 24/08/1989
JPN 470 TAKAYANAGI AKIRA M 21/08/1996
JPN RS:X TOMIZAWA MAKOTO M 19/07/1984
JPN 470 YOSHIDA AI W 05/11/1980
JPN 470 YOSHIOKA MIHO W 27/08/1990
KAZ Laser Standard JANGAZOV RUSLAN M 30/12/1973
KAZ 470 KUBAYEV BERIK M 23/02/1996
KAZ 470 YUGAY YEVGENIY M 10/03/2000
KAZ Laser Radial JANGAZOVA KARINA W 27/06/1996
KOR Laser Standard HA JEEMIN M 21/03/1989
KOR RS:X LEE TAEHOON M 18/05/1986
KOR RS:X CHUN SA BIN W 03/11/1995
KOR 470 KIM CHANGJU M 20/09/1985
KOR 470 KIM JIHOON M 27/06/1985
KOR 49er CHAE BONGJIN M 08/08/1983
KOR 49er KIM DONGWOOK M 06/07/1980
KOR Mixed RS One SEO YOUNGKIL M 02/11/1997
KOR Mixed RS One KIM SAEBOM W 20/04/2000
KOR Open Laser 4.7 KIM DONGWOOK M 22/03/2001
KOR Open Laser 4.7 KIM DAJEONG W 29/01/2001
KOR Laser Radial KIM JIA W 02/03/1998
MAS Open Laser 4.7 KAMAN SHAH MUHAMMAD FAUZI M 10/11/2002
MAS Open Laser 4.7 MOHD NAZRI NOR NABILA NATASHA W 17/05/2002
MAS 470 NORIZAN MOHAMAD FAIZAL M 27/05/1996
MAS 470 ABDUL AZIZ AHMAD SYUKRI M 14/02/1996
MAS 470 JAMIL NURAISYAH W 12/07/1996
MAS 470 MOHAMAD SAYED NORASHIKIN W 10/01/1993
MAS Laser Standard MOHD AFENDY KHAIRULNIZAM M 27/05/1993
MAS Laser Radial MOHAMAD LATIF NUR SHAZRIN W 02/02/1998
MAS Mixed RS One ABDUL RAHMAN NUUR FATIN SOLEHAH W 22/03/2001
MAS Mixed RS One WAHAB ILLHAM M 13/10/1999
OMA 49er AL HASANI AHMED GHARIB JUMA M 04/07/1992
OMA 49er AL HADI MUSAB MOHAMMED SULAIYAM M 04/04/1989
OMA Open Laser 4.7 AL HINAI ABDULMALIK GHARIB JUMA M 03/09/2002
PAK 470 HUSSAIN KHALID M 21/05/1987
PAK Laser Standard KHAN NAJEEB ULLAH M 15/06/1987
PAK RS:X RATHORE RAJA QASIM ABBAS M 09/09/1985
PAK 470 ULLAH REHMAN M 04/02/1985
PHI RS:X COVETA GEYLORD M 25/08/1981
PHI 470 TAYONG LESTER TROY M 31/01/1990
PHI 470 VILLENA EMERSON M 09/05/1989
QAT Laser Standard ALSHARSHANI WALEED M 18/12/1991
QAT Open Laser 4.7 ALNASR ABDUL M 22/02/2002
SGP Mixed RS One CHAN REYNOLD M 25/07/2000
SGP 49er KOH YI NIAN M 02/03/2001
SGP 49er FX LIM KIMBERLY MIN W 26/08/1996
SGP 49er FX LOW RUI QI CECILIA W 01/04/1991
SGP Laser Standard LO JUN HAN RYAN M 26/02/1997
SGP Laser Radial LEE SOOK YING JILLIAN W 27/03/1996
SGP 470 TOH DANIEL IAN M 25/12/2001
SGP 470 NG XAVIER YAOJUN M 19/05/2001
SGP 470 YOKOYAMA ELISA YUKIE W 22/02/1997
SGP 470 TEO CHERYL W 20/09/1999
SGP 49er WONG RIJI M 02/04/2001
SGP Mixed RS One LIM SI YING YNEZ W 13/08/1998
SGP Open Laser 4.7 LAI XUAN YI JODIE W 12/01/2001
SGP Open Laser 4.7 HUNG DANIEL BOON LOK M 29/07/2001
SGP RS:X NG LING KAI AMANDA W 03/05/1994
SRI Laser Standard WEERATHUNGA ARACHCHIGE ROSHIL NISHANTHA M 13/08/1979
THA Mixed RS One SANGNGERN BUNYARIT M 13/12/2001
THA RS:X PHONOPPHARAT NATTHAPHONG M 16/05/1988
THA RS:X KAEWDUANG NGAM SIRIPON W 27/07/1994
THA Mixed RS One JUNTHONGLANG CHOLCHAYA W 29/09/2001
THA 470 THAMSOONTORN NAVEE M 05/08/1992
THA 470 BUTMARASRI NUT M 21/07/1993
THA 49er FX WAIWAI NICHAPA W 20/11/1993
THA 470 SATTA NARISARA W 25/05/1993
THA 49er FX KLAHAN KAMONCHANOK W 14/05/2000
THA Open Laser 4.7 WANGSUK CHANOKCHON W 23/03/2001
THA Laser Standard BUALONG KEERATI M 06/12/1992
THA Open Laser 4.7 POONPAT SARANWONG M 18/07/2002
THA 49er WHITCRAFT DON M 18/06/1995
THA 49er WHITCRAFT DYLAN M 23/12/1996
THA Laser Radial CHANYIM KAMOLWAN W 03/01/1996
THA 470 POONPAT SUTIDA W 01/11/1999
TPE RS:X CHANG HAO M 14/11/1990
UAE Open Laser 4.7 ALMANSOORI SALAMA W 23/03/2002
UAE Laser Standard ALALI HAMZA M 03/05/2001
UAE Open Laser 4.7 ALMANSOORI SAIF M 25/09/2001

For more about past editions of Asian Games click here