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WOMEN sailing FDs at FD World Championships


2006 - St Petersburg - USA

1st Women

Tanja Heijink Nettie van der Valk NED

Lady crew
1 Nettie van der Valk
2 Barbara Wells


2005
- Lake Balaton, Hungary

Peggy Bahr - winner of Ladies Trophy at FD Worlds 2005

Lady helms
 
1 Peggy Bahr GER
2 Maria -Dolores Sanchez-Herrero ESP
3 Elisa Konig GER
4 Erika Geekerken GER
5 Elena Raga ESP
6 Tanja Heijink NED
7 Lucy Lingard GBR
8 Victoria Parry GBR
9 Petra Schengber GER

D
ouble handed Women
1 Nettie van der Valk(crew) Tanja Heijink (Helm) NED

L
ady crews
1 Simone Frank GER
2 Nettie van der Valk NED

2004 - Warnemunde, Germany
There was strong competition for the Ladies Trophy and it was decided that the winner for this event should be the first lady helm.


Dolores Sanchez-Herrero (ESP) - winner Ladies Trophy at
 FD World Championship in Warnemunde 2004

Lady helms
 
1 Dolores Sanchez-Herrero ESP
2 Elisa Konig GER
3 Brigitte Wilchens GER
4 Victoria Parry GBR
5 Tanja Heijink NED
6 Petra Schengber GER

D
ouble handed Women
 
1 Tanja Heijink Nettie van der Valk NED

L
ady crews
 
1 Simone Frank GER
2 Marleen van Ballegooijen NED
3 Nettie van der Valk NED
4 Claudia Lehner GER
5 Cathy Bridges GBR
6 Anna Nazar POL
 
2003 - Melbourne, Australia
IFDCO decided to acquire and present a trophy for the first woman in the FD Worlds.  This was first presented at the FD Worlds 2003 at Melbourne to Marleen van Ballegooijen (NED) who was the first woman (crew) in the overall results

Tanja Heijink was the first women helm.


Marleen receiving Ladies Trophy from
Alberto Barenghi (IFDCO President)  and his wife

 
2002 - Tavira Portugal
T
he FD worlds in 2002 saw an increased number of women sailing FDs

Elisa Koenig & Julia Weissbach (GER)
1st Double-handed women team

Tanja Heijink (NED).
1st women helm

 
2001 Gilleleje, Denmark.
Tanja Heijink with Marianne Lubbers. made FD history in 2001 in Denmark, being the first all women team to sail in a FD World Championship.

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