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Head Coaches 2024
Junior Head Coach
Lucas Swan
lucas@helsinkisailing.com
+358 50 3777558
• experience •
National Technical Officer, Olympic Games Rio 2016, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil — 2016-2016 Race committee in the laser class.
Sailing Athlete, Rio Yacht Club, Niteroi, Brazil — 1998-2018 Sailor optimist class From 1998 till 2007 From 2007 on, sailor on Laser, 49er, snipe, IRC and ORC Classes.
• education •
World Sailing technical course for coaches LVL 1
STCW Yacht master
National technical officer in Rio Olympics
Universidade federal fluminense — Information System
Universidade Estadual do Rio de Janeiro — Oceanography
• achievements as sailor•
2007
– 2nd place nationals Optimist class
– 1st Place Classification Worlds Optimist class
– 21st Place worlds Optimist class (3rd place till half of the event)
– 2nd Place SouthAmerican Optimist class
– Gold fleet Youth Worlds laser Class
– 4th place National Snipe Class
– 2nd Place SouthAmerican IRC Class Rolex
– 1st place National events ORC Class
– Olympic Campaign 49er class.
Several Regional events in Rio de Janeiro. Along others.
• achievements as coach•
2019- 2nd Place world Championship Optimist – Richard Shoultheis
2019- 1st and 3rd place Small Nations Games – Richard Shoultheis and Daniel Chantar
2019- 1st ranking Laser 4.7 class- Saul Vassallo 2019- 1st, 2nd and 4th Raking Malta Optimist Class
2019- National Champion Optimist and Laser 4.7- Eric Pace and Saul Vassallo
2021- 1st Place Kinder Cup Italy Optimist Class – Timmy Vassallo
2021- 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th place Ranking in Malta – Timmy Vassallo, Eric Pace, Jonas Micalef and Nico Drescher
2021- Malta National Coach for Words in Lake di Garda
2022 – Performance coach ILCA Princess Sophia trophy Youth Worlds Youth European
2023 – Performance Coach ILCA Andora ILCA Senior European Palma Princess Sophie Trophy Cadiz Youth Europeans ILCA 4 Kiel Week Poland Youth Worlds ILCA 6 Poland Youth Europeans ILCA 6 Norway U21 European
Sailing and Windsurfing Center (Adult sailing) Head Coach
Michal Gryglewski
michal@helsinkisailing.com
+358 50 550 6110
• education •
Masters Degree in Tourism and Sport, University of Szczecin
• own sailing career •
Optimist, Laser, Melges Escow, match racing, J70, sailing league, Team Scamp 3, HRM racing (professional match racing and sailing league team member), Star Sailors league Gold Cup
• coaching career•
2012- 2013 Head Coach in Kamień Pomorski YC (Poland)
2013 Coach in Optimist Team LBI ( USA)
2014-2015 Coach of a private Laser team based out of Restronguet YC (UK) 2013 Coach in Optimist Team Lisot (USA)
2014-2016 Head Coach at Howth Yacht Club (Ireland)
2016-2018 Coach in a private Laser team based out of Bay Head Yacht Club (USA) since 2015 Coach of Irish National Optimist Development team (Ireland)
2018- 2019 Head Coach of Oman National Optimist team (Oman) 2017-2019 Head Coach at Royal Cork Yacht Club (Ireland)
2019 Coach of team „D6” – best team in Ireland.
2021 Polish Optimist team for Team Racing European Championships
2021 Polish Optimist team for World Championships
2022-, HSS Sailing Center Head Coach
Juniorivalmentajat
Akseli Orama
• koulutus•
—
• oma purjehdusura•
Amos Bonsdorff
+358 44 274 00 27
• koulutus •
Ohjaajan peruskurssi, SPV, 2019
• oma purjehdus- ja valmennusura •
I’m one of the Club’s windsurfing coaches for this season. I have been windsurfing for almost ten years and I have experience for the wast amount of different classes and competitions. I have been coaching in HSS from the season 2018. I really enjoy coaching as I get to meet new people and bring them to the amazing sport of windsurfing!
Lili Kotilainen
lili@helsinkisailing.com
• koulutus•
—
• oma purjehdusura•
Mikaela Söderberg
mikaela@helsinkisailing.com / +358 45 3572227
• koulutus•
Ohjaajan peruskurssi, 2017, SPV
Ohjaajan jatkokurssi, 2021, SPV
• oma purjehdusura•
Pablo Avila Gray
pablo@helsinkisailing.com / +358 50 3373227
• professional training•
2017 FAY, Federación Argentina de Yachting, Course 1, World Sailing.
2020 FIV, Federazione Italiana di Vela, 1 Level sailing coach.
• own sailing career•
Optimist, Snipe and J-24.
• coaching background•
2007 – 2018 Optimist coach, Club Náutico Córdoba, Argentina
2019 – 2021 Optimist coach, Club Nautico Augusta, Italy
2022 – 2023 Optimist coach, Helsingfors Segelsällskap
2024 Optimist group responsible coach, HSS, Helsinki, Finland
Languages
Spanish, Italian and English
Aikuisten valmentajat
Amos Bonsdorff
purjelautailu, sijainen
+358 44 274 00 27
• koulutus •
Ohjaajan peruskurssi, SPV, 2019
• oma purjehdus- ja valmennusura •
purjehdus:
Raceboard 2013 –
Raceboard U SM 1. sija, 2016
Raceboard U Ranking 1.sija, 2017
valmennus:
HSS, Techno293, 2018-
Dimi Tsallos
Adult and Youth Sailing Beginner’s courses
dimi@helsinkisailing.com / +358 40 1683438
• education •
• your sailing career •
Dipesh Nerpagare
Sailing Center Coordinator, Adult Sailing Green and Blue groups
dipesh@helsinkisailing.com / +358505553115
• education •
• your sailing career •
Assistant national coach of the Indian sailing team by the Sports Authority of India for the Asian Games in 2014 and Olympic qualification in 2016
29er events coach for the world championship in the UK and the youth world championship in Malaysia, 2015
ILCA class coach in the Olympic qualification in Abudhabi, 2016
Coaching at TOP-Level sailing academy: preparing the Indonesian East Jawa team for the National Games (2016), Taiwan (2017) and Egyptian (2019) teams for their Nationals championship Series
Head Coach for Aquamarine- AMS sailing foundation Mumbai, 2018-2019
I started sailing in 2006 in Sea Cadet corps India in the Optimist sailing class and won many regattas in my Opti sailing career in India. Later I sailed the 29er sailing class and many other youth classes. I started coaching in Optimist class in 2012. I have coached ILCA, 29er 470 class, and attended international events like European championships in the Netherlands in 2014 and 2015. Along with these, I have attended various Asian events with 29er classes with the Indian team. I have been part of the J122 sailing yacht team in Mumbai since 2017 as a crew and enjoyed racing in multiple races in India. I represented India in the Nansha International regatta in 2019 in China Fareast 26 class. Prior to HSS, I coached the Open Skiff class in India (2019-2022). We were preparing the teams for the World Championships but couldn’t attend due to Covid.
Ilya Baraev
Adult and Youth Sailing Blue group, Adult and Youth Sailing Beginner’s courses
ilya@helsinkisailing.com / +358 50 4839965
• koulutus •
Ohjaajakurssi, PORY, 2015
Ohjaajakurssi 2, SPV, 2021
National Umpire, appointed by SPV, 2014
International Umpire, appointed by World Sailing, 2019
• oma purjehdusura •
Sailing since 2008
Fleet racing since 2011
Match racing since 2012
Umpiring since 2014
Teaching and Coaching since 2015
Foiling since 2016
Most of my sailing career was dedicated to match racing. As a skipper won a couple of Grade 4 events and was ranked in the top 100 in the World Sailing Match Race Ranking. As an umpire participated in multiple Grade 1 and World Championship level events, including WIM and WMRT events. As a sailing instructor and coach had most experience with teaching basics of sailing to adults and match racing tactics for racers.