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NIPPON CUP 2004 INTERNATIONAL MATCH RACE
SAILING SKIPPERS
SWEDISH MATCH TOUR
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| SKIPPER:PHILIPPE
PRESTI フィリップ
プレスティ |
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NATIONALITY:
French
RESIDENCE: Arcachon, France
DATE OF BIRTH(YEAR): June 26, 1965 39years old
TEAM: Le Defi France for America'sCup 2007
CREW LIST: Antoine Breger , Gilles Andre , Frederic Guilmin
ISAFマッチレースランキング 11位 |
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| 湖でファミリーとセーリングを楽しむセイラーであったプレスティがレースを始めたのは20才の時。彼はそれから10年の時を待たずにレーサーとしての頭角を表した。93年、そして96年フィン級ワールドチャンピオンそして二度のフランス国内のマッチレースチャンピオンを経て00年ソリング級の世界二位になる。驚くべきスピードでそのレーステクニックを磨く彼は、その後03-04年のLe
Defi Franceアメリカズカップ挑戦艇チームのアフターガードとして活躍。04年にはマッチレース世界選手権3位、スター級世界選手権4位と様々なクラスのセーリング競技において上位のキャリアを持つ。彼はまた、いつも微笑みを絶やさず、会う人には皆「釈迦」のポーズをとってみせる愛嬌のあるフランス人なのだ。 |
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| Swedish Match
Tour Results: |
| 2004-'05 |
6th
- Portugal Match Cup '04
(Crew: Jean-Marie Dauris, Fred Guilmin, Maurier Husson, Christian
Scherrer) |
| 2002-'03 |
No
events sailed. |
| 2001-'02 |
1st
- ACI Cup '02 |
| 2000-'01 |
3rd
- Match Race Germany '01 |
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| America's Cup
Affiliation: |
| le De'fi Franc,ais 2003
- Helmsman, 8th Louis Vuitton Cup 2003 |
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| Additional Accomplishments: |
Two-time Finn World Champion
(1993, '96)
Two-time French Match Racing Champion (1999, 2001)
2nd - Soling World Championship '00
3rd - Match Racing World Championship '04
4th - Star World Championship '04 |
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| Additional Information: |
Philippe Presti is one
of the most affable Frenchman you'll ever
meet. He's usually found laughing with others
and showing the “shaka,” where the thumb
and little finger are extended while the
middle three fingers are closed. In surfer's
parlance it means “hang loose.”
Philippe Presti is one of the most versatile sailors on the Swedish Match
Tour. No matter what type of boat he steps in - singlehanded or crewed
keelboat - he tends to enjoy success.
Presti has been sailing as far back as he can remember. He started sailing
on lakes with family members, and didn't take up racing until he was 20
years old. But he proved a quick learner.
Presti won his first of two Finn Gold Cups in 1993, less than 10 years
after he began racing. That's a quick rise in one of the most physically
demanding classes that is the Olympic men's singlehanded dinghy.
He won a second Gold Cup one month before the'96 Olympic Regatta off Savannah,
Ga., but he suffered from a case of heat stroke that sapped his strength.
He finished 15th in the class.
Tired of sailing by himself, Presti then turned his efforts to the Soling
and the 2000 Olympic Regatta in Sydney, Australia. He placed second in
the Soling World Championship in 2000, but couldn't advance out of the
fleet racing portion and into the match-racing portion of the event.
Following the Olympics Presti joined France's le De'fi America's Cup syndicate
for the 2003-'04 Louis Vuitton Cup as an afterguard member. The team placed
eighth in the challengers' competition after a tumultuous run that saw
the afterguard constantly in flux.
Undaunted, Presti moved into the Star class after the Louis Vuitton Cup,
hoping to represent France in the Athens Olympics. Again, he showed a deft
touch in adapting to a new class. He placed third in the European Championship
and fourth in the Worlds, but lost the berth on France's team to a rival.
Now, Presti is fully engaged in match-racing. He placed third at the 2004
World Championship in Russia, and plans to compete as often as possible
on the 2004-'05 Swedish Match Tour.
He has also resigned with le De'fi for the next America's Cup, and is slated
to be the helmsman.
Presti lives with his girlfriend Cecile, a former professional beach volleyball
player, and they have a 3-year-old son named Julian. |
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