Europe (dinghy)

Europe

Class symbol
Current specifications
Crew	1
Type	Monohull
Design	One-Design
Construction	GRP Cold moulded plywood Composite
Rig	Bermuda rig
Keel	Daggerboard
LOA	3.35 m (11.0 ft)
Beam	1.38 m (4 ft 6 in)
Draft	0.15 m (5.9 in) 1.0 m (3 ft 3 in)
Hull weight	45 kg (99 lb)
Mast height	4.895 m (16.06 ft)
Mainsail area	7 m2 (75 sq ft)
D-PN	92.8
RYA PN	1145
Development
Year	1960
Designer	Alois Roland
Location	Belgium
Former Olympic class (Vintage Yachting class)

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The Europe dinghy on land

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Europe during the 2008 Vintage Yachting Games

The Europe is a one-person dinghy designed in Belgium in 1960 by Alois Roland as a class legal Moth dinghy. The design later changed into its own one-design class.

The dinghy is ideal for sailors weighing 50–75 kilos. The hull is made of fibre glass and weighs 45 kg, fully rigged 60 kg. The dinghy is tapering in the stem and round in the bottom. The sail is made of dacron. The mast is made of carbon fibre and specially designed to the sailor. A soft mast is best for light sailors, while heavier sailors use stiffer masts. Sails are also specially designed according to mast stiffness and crew weight.

The Europe was introduced as an Olympic class in the 1992 Summer Olympics as the women's single-handed dinghy. It was replaced by the Laser Radial in the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Since 2008 the Europe is one of the Vintage Yachting Classes at the Vintage Yachting Games.

Events

Olympic Games

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Norway (NOR)	2	0	0	2
2	Denmark (DEN)	1	0	1	2
3	Great Britain (GBR)	1	0	0	1
4	Netherlands (NED)	0	2	0	2
5	Czech Republic (CZE)	0	1	0	1
	Spain (ESP)	0	1	0	1
7	United States (USA)	0	0	2	2
8	Argentina (ARG)	0	0	1	1

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1992 Barcelona	Norway (NOR) Linda Cerup-Simonsen	Spain (ESP) Natalia Vía Dufresne	United States (USA) Julia Trotman
1996 Atlanta	Denmark (DEN) Kristine Roug	Netherlands (NED) Margriet Matthijsse	United States (USA) Courtenay Becker-Dey
2000 Sydney	Great Britain (GBR) Shirley Robertson	Netherlands (NED) Margriet Matthijsse	Argentina (ARG) Serena Amato
2004 Athens	Norway (NOR) Siren Sundby	Czech Republic (CZE) Lenka Smidova	Denmark (DEN) Signe Livbjerg

Asian Games Women's

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China	2	0	0	2
2	Japan	0	2	0	6
3	South Korea	0	0	1	1
	Singapore	0	0	1	1

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1998 Bangkok	China (CHN) Lu Chunfeng	Japan (JPN) Maiko Sato	South Korea (KOR) Hong Jing-Young
2002 Pusan	China (CHN) Zhang Hong	Japan (JPN) Aiko Saito	Singapore (SIN) Tracey Tan

Pan American Games Women's

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Brazil	1	1	0	2
2	Argentina	1	0	0	1
3	United States	0	1	0	1
4	Bermuda	0	0	1	1
	Mexico	0	0	1	1

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1995 Mar del Plata	Brazil (BRA) Marcia Pellicano	United States (USA) Kimberly Logan	Bermuda (BER) Paula Lewin
1999 Winnipeg	Argentina (ARG) Serena Amato	Brazil (BRA) Fernanda Pinto	Mexico (MEX) Tanía Elias Calles

Worlds Championship

Open

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	France	7	5	6	18
2	Belgium	3	3	4	10
3	Germany	1	1	0	2
4	United States	1	0	0	1
5	Denmark	0	2	1	3
6	Sweden	0	1	1	2
		12	12	12	36

Women's

See also: Europe World Championships

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Sweden	8	3	4	15
2	Denmark	7	9	7	23
3	Norway	4	3	3	10
4	Netherlands	4	2	2	8
5	France	3	4	2	9
6	Italy	3	0	3	6
7	Canada	1	2	0	3
	Finland	1	2	0	3
9	Spain	1	1	4	6
10	Australia	1	1	1	3
11	Germany	1	0	2	3
12	United Kingdom	0	3	1	4
13	Belgium	0	2	0	2
14	United States	0	1	2	3
15	Czech Republic	0	0	1	1
	Mexico	0	0	1	1
		34	33	33	100

Men's

See also: Europe World Championships

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Sweden	8	9	11	28
2	Norway	6	4	5	15
3	Denmark	5	7	11	21
4	France	4	7	0	11
5	Finland	4	1	2	7
6	Spain	3	4	2	9
7	Germany	2	0	2	4
8	Netherlands	2	0	1	3
9	Canada	0	1	0	1
	Italy	0	1	0	1
		34	34	34	102

Continental Championships

European Championship Women's

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Netherlands	4	1	1	6
2	Denmark	3	3	0	6
3	Norway	2	1	1	4
4	Finland	1	3	0	4
5	Spain	1	0	2	3
6	France	0	1	1	2
	Sweden	0	1	1	2
7	United Kingdom	0	1	0	1
8	New Zealand	0	0	3	3
9	Australia	0	0	1	1
	Germany	0	0	1	1
		11	11	11	33

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1991	Norway (NOR) Linda Andersen	Denmark (DEN) Dorte Oppelstrup Jensen	France (FRA) Laurence Frementeau
1992	Denmark (DEN) Dorte Jensen	Sweden (SWE) Helena Brodin	Norway (NOR) Linda Andersen
1995 Malmö	Netherlands (NED) Margriet Matthijsse	Norway (NOR) Karolina Toll	Germany (GER) Nicola Schwarz
1997	Netherlands (NED) Margriet Matthijsse	Netherlands (NED) Carolijn Brouwer	Netherlands (NED) Marcelien de Koning
1999 Hayling Island	Netherlands (NED) Margriet Matthijsse	United Kingdom (GBR) Shirley Robertson	Australia (AUS) Sarah Blank
2000 Murcia	Netherlands (NED) Margriet Matthijsse	Finland (FIN) Sari Multala	New Zealand (NZL) Sarah Macky
2002 Nieuwpoort	Finland (FIN) Sari Multala	Denmark (DEN) Trine Julie Abrahamsen	New Zealand (NZL) Sarah Macky
2003 Palma de Mallorca	Norway (NOR) Siren Sundby	Finland (FIN) Sari Multala	New Zealand (NZL) Sarah Macky
2005 Helsinki	Denmark (DEN) Søren Johnsen	Finland (FIN) Sari Multala	Sweden (SWE) Sandra Sandqvist
2006 Marsala	Denmark (DEN) Sarah Gunni	France (FRA) Sandrine Maury	Spain (ESP) Roca de Togores Ascension
2007 L'Escala	Spain (ESP) Helen Montilla Santos	Denmark (DEN) Anette Viborg Andersen	Spain (ESP) Eli Llargués Masachs

European Championship Men's

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Denmark	3	0	1	4
2	Spain	1	1	3	5
3	Finland	1	0	0	1
4	Sweden	0	2	1	5
5	France	0	1	1	3
6	Germany	0	1	0	1
		5	5	5	15

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2002 Nieuwpoort	Denmark (DEN) Søren Johnsen	Sweden (SWE) Patrick Johansson	Sweden (SWE) Oscar Claeson
2003 Palma de Mallorca	Spain (ESP) Francisco Terrasa	Spain (ESP) Manuel Jiménez	Spain (ESP) Joan Salamé
2005 Helsinki	Finland (FIN) Teemu Rantanen	Sweden (SWE) Anton Dahlberg	Denmark (DEN) Lasse Juhl
2006 Marsala	Denmark (DEN) Jakob Ege Friis	Germany (GER) Jakob Ege Friis	Spain (ESP) Marc Paris
2007 L'Escala	Denmark (DEN) Christian Rindom	France (FRA) Jean-Christophe Gache	Spain (ESP) Gerard Marin

European Championship Open Master

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	France	3	6	7	16
2	Spain	3	2	1	6
3	Denmark	3	0	0	3
4	Belgium	2	2	2	6
5	Czech Republic	1	2	1	4
6	Germany	1	1	2	4
		13	13	13	39

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2000 Barcelona	Spain (ESP) Joseph Ramon Aragay	Spain (ESP) Helen Montilla	Belgium (BEL) Pieter van Laer
2001 Bad Saarow	France (FRA) Jean-Luc Labonne	Czech Republic (CZE) Eva Skorepova	France (FRA) Jean-Paul Terret
2002 Černá v Pošumaví	Belgium (BEL) Pieter van Laer	Germany (GER) OLaf Koppin	France (FRA) Jean-Luc Labonne
2003 Biscarosse	Germany (GER) Olaf Koppin	Czech Republic (CZE) Miroslav Cenet	France (FRA) Jean-Paul Terret
2004 Lake Neusiedl	Denmark (DEN) Søren Johnsen	Belgium (BEL) Pieter van Laer	Czech Republic (CZE) Vaclav Novotny
2005 Poznań	Denmark (DEN) Søren Johnsen	Belgium (BEL) Pieter van Laer	France (FRA) Séverine Blondet
2006 Skive	Denmark (DEN) Søren Johnsen	France (FRA) Séverine Blondet	Germany (GER) Anja Fiedler
2007 Girona	Spain (ESP) Helen Montilla	France (FRA) Séverine Blondet	Spain (ESP) Ariadna Herrándiz
2008 Quiberon	France (FRA) Jean-Luc Labonne	France (FRA) Séverine Blondet	France (FRA) Vincent Pham
2009 Cerfontaine	Belgium (BEL) Pieter van Laer	France (FRA) Jean-Luc Labonne	Germany (GER) Birgit Harder
2010 Lago di Garda	Czech Republic (CZE) Smesny Marek	France (FRA) Vincent Pham	France (FRA) Patrick Chevalier
2012 Lago di Garda	Spain (ESP) Carlos Masdevall Jr.	Spain (ESP) Hellen Montilla	Belgium (BEL) Pieter van Laer
2013 Brest	France (FRA) Perrine Darroux	France (FRA) Séverine Blondet	France (FRA) Jean Luc Labone

European Championship Women's Youth

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Denmark	7	7	6	20
2	Sweden	2	1	4	7
3	Belgium	2	0	0	2
4	France	0	1	1	2
5	Finland	0	1	0	1
	Netherlands	0	1	0	1
7	Germany	0	0	1	1
		11	11	11	33

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2003 Palma de Mallorca	Belgium (BEL) Marie Amandine Vande Ghirste	Netherlands (NED) Merel Witteveen	France (FRA) Mathilde Geron
2004 Vila Real de Santo António	Belgium (BEL) Marie Amandine Vande Ghinste	France (FRA) Mathilde Geron	Sweden (SWE) Sandra Sandquist
2005 Tønsberg	Denmark (DEN) Sarah Bregendahl	Denmark (DEN) Maiken Schuett	Germany (GER) Sarah Leinert
2006 L'Estartit	Denmark (DEN) Maiken Schuett	Denmark (DEN) Sarah Bregendahl	Denmark (DEN) Anna Livbjerg
2007 Biscarrosse	Denmark (DEN) Annette Viborg Andreasen	Denmark (DEN) Anne Livbjerg	Denmark (DEN) Anne-Marie Rindom
2008 Gravedona	Denmark (DEN) Anette Viborg Andreasen	Denmark (DEN) Anette-Julie Schuett	Sweden (SWE) Emma Oljelund
2009 Dénia	Denmark (DEN) Anne-Marie Rindom	Denmark (DEN) Annette Lundoe	Denmark (DEN) Anette-Julie Schuett
2010 Aarhus	Denmark (DEN) Anne-Line Lyngsø Thomsen	Denmark (DEN) Julie Foght Schytt	Sweden (SWE) Julia Gross
2011 Travemünde	Sweden (SWE) Julia Carlsson	Denmark (DEN) Christina Andersen	Sweden (SWE) Julia Gross
2012 Lago di Garda	Sweden (SWE) Anna Mikkelsen	Sweden (SWE) Julia Carlsson	Denmark (DEN) Anne-Line Lyngsen Thomsen
2013 Brest	Denmark (DEN) Trine Bentzen	Finland (FIN) Julia Toroi	Denmark (DEN) Kristine Marie Mauritzen

European Championship Men's Youth

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Sweden	3	3	6	11
2	Denmark	3	3	3	9
3	France	2	0	0	2
4	Spain	1	2	1	4
5	Norway	1	3	1	5
6	Finland	1	0	0	1
		11	11	11	33

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2003 Palma de Mallorca	France (FRA) Mathieu Derand	Denmark (DEN) Kim Braad Carlsen	Sweden (SWE) Anton Dahlberg
2004 Vila Real de Santo António	France (FRA) Mathieu Derand	Sweden (SWE) Victor Vasternas	Sweden (SWE) Lucas Orn
2005 Tønsberg	Sweden (SWE) Victor Bergström	Norway (NOR) Stian Tuv	Sweden (SWE) Filip Bolmgren
2006 L'Estartit	Denmark (DEN) Mads Bendix	Sweden (SWE) Victor Bergström	Denmark (DEN) Thomas Tang
2007 Biscarrosse	Finland (FIN) Teemu Rantanen	Spain (ESP) Marc Terrasa	Denmark (DEN) Michael Hansen
2008 Gravedona	Denmark (DEN) Pascal TImshel	Denmark (DEN) Martin Frurgaard	Sweden (SWE) Philip Carlson
2009 Dénia	Denmark (DEN) Stig Steinfurth	Norway (NOR) Kristian Hammarstroem	Spain (ESP) Juan Calvo
2010 Aarhus	Spain (ESP) Albert Codinachs	Spain (ESP) Juan Calvo	Sweden (SWE) Hampus Appelgren
2011 Travemünde	Sweden (SWE) Emil Bengtson	Sweden (SWE) Marcus Höglander	Sweden (SWE) Albin Gipperth
2012 Lago di Garda	Sweden (SWE) Marcus Höglander	Norway (NOR) Nicholas Fadler Martinsen	Denmark (DEN) Tobias Hemdorff
2013 Brest	Norway (NOR) Lars Johan Brodkorb	Denmark (DEN) Frederick Rask	Norway (NOR) Håvard Katle Fjon

Vintage Yachting Games

Women's

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Germany (GER)	2	0	0	2
2	Denmark (DEN)	0	1	1	2
3	Italy (ITA)	0	1	0	1
4	Spain (ESP)	0	0	1	1

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2008 Medemblik	Germany (GER) Svenja Puls	Italy (ITA) Silvia Zennaro	Spain (ESP) Elisabet Llargués Masachs
2012 Lake Como	Germany (GER) Janika Puls	Denmark (DEN) Anne-Line Lybgsø Thomsen	Denmark (DEN) Anna Livbjerg
2016 Weymouth Bay

Men's

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Denmark	1	0	1	2
2	France	1	0	0	1
3	Germany	0	1	1	2
4	Spain	0	1	0	1

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2008 Medemblik	France (FRA) Thomas Ribeaud	Spain (ESP) Marc Paris Gilbert	Germany (GER) Arne Berg
2012 Lake Como	Denmark (DEN) Frederik Rask	Germany (GER) Sverre Reinke	Denmark (DEN) Jacob Cholewa
2016 Weymouth Bay

See also

• Europe World Championships

External links

• US Class Website
• International Europe Class Union Website