China’s Quanhai Li has been elected as World Sailing President.

Four Presidential candidates were up for election in the first round and no candidate received more than 50% of votes.

A second round of voting was required between the top two candidates. Denmark’s Kim Andersen and Li advanced to the second round. In the second round Quanhai Li received 68 votes and Andersen 60 votes. Joining World Sailing President Quanhai Li on the Board of Directors are:

Tomasz Chamera (POL) Sarah Kenny (AUS) Philip Baum (RSA) Yann Rocherieux (FRA) Duriye Özlem Akdurak (TUR) Marcus Spillane (IRL) Cory Sertl (USA)

World Sailing CEO David Graham has warmly welcomed Li as President of World Sailing. “Our new President is joined by a very strong set of Vice-Presidents who have a wealth of experience as former Council and Committee members. The future of World Sailing is in very capable hands and I look forward to working with our new Board.” The Board will serve a four-year term up until the 2024 General Assembly.

World Sailing is the world governing body for the sport of sailing, officially recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the International Paralympic Committee (IPC).

Founded in 1907, World Sailing’s vision is for a world in which millions more people fall in love with sailing; inspired by the unique relationship between sport, technology and the forces of nature; we all work to protect the waters of the world.

World Sailing is made up of 146 Member National Authorities, the national governing bodies for sailing around the world and 119 World Sailing Class Associations.

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