George Kavas

George Kavas

Personal information
Born	26 March 1995
Medal record Representing  Greece Men's Sailing

George Kavas (born 26 March 1995) is a Greek sailor. He was educated at the Nautical Lyceum of Peiraeus in Athens, in 2013 he graduated with honours and attended the National Technical University of Athens as a Naval Architect.

Along with his brothers and team mates Alexander Kavas & Theofanis Kavas has won numerous races and championships both in Greece and abroad starting from an early age with the Optimist (dinghy) class and later moving on to 420 (dinghy) and 470 class.^{[1] [2][3][4]}

Career highlights

Optimist (dinghy) Racing Category

2005 - Athens, Greece 1st Place National Junior Championship

2006 - 2nd Overall Balkan Optimist Championship

2006 - Athens, Greece 1st Overall World Championship Junior Qualifier

2006 - Athens, Greece 1st Place National Junior Championship

2007 - Athens, Greece 1st Place National Junior Championship

2007 - 3rd Overall Balkan Optimist Championship

2007 - Vigo, Spain 2nd Place Semana Caixanova del Atlantico

2007 - Cagliari, Italy 1st Place Optimist World Championship with his brother Theofanis Kavas and 3 more Greek teammates

420 (dinghy) Racing Category

2010 - Athens, Greece 1st Place National Championship

2010 - Athens, Greece 2nd Overall European Youth Championship

2011 - Rafina, Greece 1st Place National Championship

2011 - Tavira, Portugal 1st Overall European Championship with his brother Alexander Kavas

2011 - Kieler Woche, Germany 3rd Overall European Championship with his brother Alexander Kavas

2011 - Nieuwpoort, Belgium 2nd Overall European Youth Championship with his brother Alexander Kavas

2012 - Paros, Greece 1st Place National Championship

2012 - Lake Neusiedl, Austria 1st Overall 1st Men and Junior World Championship with his brother Alexander Kavas

470 (dinghy) Racing Category

2012 - Takapuna, New Zealand 10th Overall World Youth Championship

2012 - Lake Garda, Italy 4th Overall European Youth Championship

2012 - 1st Overall Balkan Youth Championship

2012 - 2nd Overall Balkan Championship

2013 - Athens, Greece 4th Place National Championship

2013 - Thessaloniki, Greece 3rd Overall National Championship with his brother Alexander Kavas

2013 - La Rochelle, France 12th Place in Youth, 33rd Overall World Championship with his brother Alexander Kavas

References

1. "420 JR. WORLDS". xssailing.com. August 7, 2012. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
2. Luissa Smith (August 13, 2012). "470 Junior Europeans day 2". sail-world.com. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
3. "Won in Open Class and Ladies Class!!". jp.onedesign.com. August 13, 2012. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
4. "420 World Championships at Lake Neusiedl, Austria - Day 3". yachtsandyachting.com. International 420 Class Association. August 4, 2012. Retrieved 27 May 2016.

External links

• Official page