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Russian yachtsmen of the year to be named on December 2

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The annual national award ceremony «Yachtsman of the Year 2015» will be held on 2 December 2015 at the Moscow State Musical Folklore Theatre «Russian Song» on 14 Olimpiysky Prospect.

The title «Yachtsman of the Year» will be contested by European Match Racing Champion Vladimir Lipavsky, World and European Champion in «Dragon class» Evgeny Braslavets and World Champion in RC44 class Vladimir Prosikhin.

Among the contenders for the title «Yachtswoman of the Year» are Mariam Sekhposyan, winner of Russian and European championships in the RS:X class; Stephania Elfutina, silver medallist at the 2015 World Championship and the world's second windsurfer according to the ISAF rating; Elena Kalinina, European and world champion in kitesurfing.

The nomination «Team of the Year» is contested by the winners of the National Sailing League team «Navigator», European and World Championship bronze medalists in the class 470 Pavel Sozykin and Denis Gribanov, silver medalists of the World Championship 2015 in the class «Dragon» team Strange Little Girl.

The award was first presented in 2009. Last year the award - a crystal sailing boat - wentto world and Russian champion in the SB20 class Evgeny Neugodnikov and kiteboarder Elena Kalinina. In the category «Sailing Team of the Year» the prize was awarded to the crew «Armadillo».

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