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Sailing squad nominated for the OlympicsSix boats, ten athletes: the sailing team for Enoshima

Tatjana Pokorny

 · 19.05.2021

Sailing squad nominated for the Olympics: Six boats, ten athletes: the sailing team for EnoshimaPhoto: German Sailing Team/Lars Wehrmann
This summer, they are the only German Olympic sailors to have already won an Olympic medal: the 49er World Championship bronze medallists and Rio bronze medallists Erik Heil (right) and Thomas Plößel (Norddeutscher Regatta Verein) were officially nominated for the 2020 Olympic Games in 2021 by the German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB) on 19 May, along with five other crews from the German Sailing Team
The DOSB has confirmed all ten candidates proposed by the DSV. Two Olympic medallists, 49er aces Erik Heil and Thomas Plößel, are among them

65 days before the opening ceremony in Tokyo, the German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB) has nominated the first 54 athletes from six sports. This includes all the sailors in the first round that the German Sailing Association (DSV) had previously proposed to the DOSB for nomination. With six crews and a total of ten athletes, including six women and four men, the sailing team for the Games of the XXXII Olympiad is smaller than last time, but will be starting with strong players.

49er helmsman Erik Heil celebrates his 20th anniversary of friendship and sailing with his co-skipper Thomas Plößel on 19 May 2021. Few Olympic crews have known each other as long and as well as these twoPhoto: German Sailing Team 49er helmsman Erik Heil celebrates his 20th anniversary of friendship and sailing with his co-skipper Thomas Plößel on 19 May 2021. Few Olympic crews have known each other as long and as well as these two

Erik Heil and Thomas Plößel, who won bronze in Rio de Janeiro five years ago and are so well remembered by Olympic fans for their backflip into the waters of Guanabara Bay, are the only sailors in Team D who have already won an Olympic medal. As the reigning world champion, Laser helmsman Philipp Buhl - once again fuelled by his victory in this year's most important test regatta - is starting his second Olympic Games. As European champions and also winners of their most important test regatta of the 2021 season so far, the 49erFX sailors Tina Lutz and Susann Beucke are heading for the longed-for Olympic summit of their careers.

The 30-year-old Tina Lutz fulfils a lifelong sporting dream with her Olympic premiere alongside foresailor Susann "Sanni" Beucke: the duo is in top form and ready for the Olympic showdownPhoto: German Sailing Team The 30-year-old Tina Lutz fulfils a lifelong sporting dream with her Olympic premiere alongside foresailor Susann "Sanni" Beucke: the duo is in top form and ready for the Olympic showdown

The youngest members of the team have also already impressed this year and made a very strong impression on the Olympic competition with second place at the high-calibre test in Santander: In the mixed catamaran Nacra 17, Paul Kohlhoff and Alica Stuhlemmer from the Kieler Yacht-Club are stepping on the gas for the helmsman's second participation and the foresailor's premiere. The team is completed by Luise Wanser and Anastasiya Winkel from the Norddeutscher Regatta Verein, who qualified at the last minute just a few weeks ago, and Laser Radial helmswoman Svenja Weger from the Potsdam Yacht Club.

He is the youngest helmsman in the German sailing team for Enoshima and yet he is already competing at the Olympics for the second time: Paul Kohlhoff (still 25 years old, will turn 26 on 26 June) is competing with his 21-year-old foresailor Alica StuhlemmerPhoto: German Sailing Team He is the youngest helmsman in the German sailing team for Enoshima and yet he is already competing at the Olympics for the second time: Paul Kohlhoff (still 25 years old, will turn 26 on 26 June) is competing with his 21-year-old foresailor Alica Stuhlemmer

Due to ongoing qualifications in some sports, the final size of the German Olympic team cannot yet be predicted before the next four nomination rounds. In London, the team comprised 407 athletes across all sports, in Rio 452 athletes. The deadline for entries to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) is 5 July. Click here for the Team D line-up (please click) which will be updated regularly over the coming weeks.

23 years young, determined and smart: 470 coxswain Luise Wanser has her sights set on her first Olympic participation in Enoshima alongside her experienced foresailor Anastasiya WinkelPhoto: German Sailing Team 23 years young, determined and smart: 470 coxswain Luise Wanser has her sights set on her first Olympic participation in Enoshima alongside her experienced foresailor Anastasiya Winkel

The German sailing squad for the Olympic regatta in Enoshima, Japan, from 25 July to 4 August - all the medal hunters at a glance:

Optimistic on course for Enoshima: Laser world champion Philipp Buhl - here in an interview with YACHT at the Norddeutscher Regatta VereinPhoto: Tati Optimistic on course for Enoshima: Laser world champion Philipp Buhl - here in an interview with YACHT at the Norddeutscher Regatta Verein
  • Laser Standard: Philipp Buhl (31), Segelclub Alpsee-Immenstadt & Norddeutscher Regatta Verein
  • 49er: Erik Heil (31)/Thomas Plößel (33), Norddeutscher Regatta Verein
  • 49erFX: Tina Lutz (30)/Susann Beucke (29), Chiemsee Yacht-Club/Norddeutscher Regatta Verein
  • Nacra 17: Paul Kohlhoff (25)/Alica Stuhlemmer (21), Kieler Yacht-Club
  • 470 Women: Luise Wanser (23)/Anastasiya Winkel (26), Norddeutscher Regatta Verein
  • Laser Radial: Svenja Weger (27), Potsdamer Yacht-Club
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Tatjana Pokorny

Tatjana Pokorny

Sports reporter

Tatjana “tati” Pokorny is the author of nine books. As a reporter for Europe's leading sailing magazine YACHT, she also works as a correspondent for the German Press Agency (DPA), the Hamburger Abendblatt and other national and international media. In summer 2024, Tatjana will be reporting from Marseille on her ninth consecutive Olympic Games. Other core topics have been the America's Cup since 1992, the Ocean Race since 1993, the Vendée Globe and other national and international regattas and their protagonists. Favorite discipline: Portraits of and interviews with sailing personalities. When she started out in sports journalism, she was still intensively involved with basketball and other sports, but sailing quickly became her main focus. The reason? The declared optimist says: “There is no other sport like it, no other sport with such interesting and intelligent personalities, no other sport so diverse, no other sport so full of energy, strength and ideas. Sailing is like a constantly refreshing declaration of love for life."

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