The Mistral One Design Class (MOD) is a one-design windsurfing class chosen by the International Sailing Federation (ISAF) for use at the Olympic regatta in Atlanta 1996, Sydney 2000 and Athens 2004.[2][3] Starting with the 2008 Summer Olympics it was replaced by the RS:X class, which was replaced by the iQFoil class for the 2024 Summer Olympics.
Description
The MOD was first designed in 1989.[1] Worldwide,more than 30,000 have been built since. They are light and tough. In the right hands, they can be sailed in windspeeds ranging from 5 to 35 kn (3 to 18 m/s) depending on sea conditions.
The International Mistral Class Organization (IMCO)[4] have established over 50 National Class Organisations.
Events
Olympics
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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1996 Atlanta Women's |
![]() Lee Lai-shan |
![]() Barbara Kendall |
![]() Alessandra Sensini |
1996 Atlanta Men's |
![]() Nikolaos Kaklamanakis |
![]() Carlos Espinola |
![]() Gal Fridman |
2000 Sydney Women's |
![]() Alessandra Sensini |
![]() Amelie Lux |
![]() Barbara Kendall |
2000 Sydney Men's |
![]() Christoph Sieber |
![]() Carlos Espinola |
![]() Aaron McIntosh |
2004 Athens Women's |
![]() Faustine Merret |
![]() Yin Jian |
![]() Alessandra Sensini |
2004 Athens Men's |
![]() Gal Fridman |
![]() Nikolaos Kaklamanakis |
![]() Nick Dempsey |
Men's World Championship
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1989 Corpus Christi | ![]() ![]() |
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1991 San Francisco | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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1993 Kashiwazaki | ![]() |
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1997 Fremantle | ![]() |
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1998 Brest | ![]() |
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1999 Nouméa | ![]() |
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2000 Mar del Plata | ![]() |
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2001 Varkiza | ![]() |
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2002 Pattaya | ![]() |
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2003 Cádiz |
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2004 Cezme | ![]() |
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2005 Palermo | ![]() |
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2006 Shenzhen | ![]() |
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Women's World Championship
References
- ^ a b https://www.sailing.org/tools/documents/MIS_2005_CR_050301-%5B894%5D.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ "The list of official windsurfing classes". Surfer Today. 31 January 2019.
- ^ http://www.sailing.org/olympics/history-part-5.php Archived 2010-03-29 at the Wayback Machine Olympic sailing report ISAF
- ^ http://www.imco.org/ Mistral One Design Class Organization
See also
- Windsurfing
- RS:X (sailboard)
- Formula Windsurfing
- Sailing at the Summer Olympics
- Windsurfing World Championships
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