Mapfre Middlesea Yachting Malta Christmas Regatta – Large Fleet, Competitive Racing
For the past two decades, the weekend before Christmas – particularly for the Malta Young Sailors Club, was all about bringing together a fleet of…
For the past two decades, the weekend before Christmas – particularly for the Malta Young Sailors Club, was all about bringing together a fleet of…
A selection of candid shots of sailors as they patiently waited to race on Day 3 of the Christmas Regatta organised by Malta Young Sailors.
Photos Courtesy of Pavel Images
Jean Paul Fleri Soler
National Sailing Coach
Jean-Paul Fleri Soler has been coaching Optimist Class sailors at the Malta Young Sailor’s Club for the past twenty years and has been appointed National Coach by the Malta Olympic Committee from 2000 to date. A former Olympic Athlete who participated in the windsurfing class at three Olympic Games, namely Los Angeles in 1984, Seoul in 1988 and Barcelona in 1992 and 2 editions of the Giro D’Italia. Winner of three editions of the Sicily-Malta Windsurf Race and two Gold medals at the Small Nations Games in Cyprus in 1991 and Malta in 1993, Jean-Paul draws on this vast sailing experience to prepare his young sailors to achieve prestigious results both at European and World level. Suffice to say he is coach to the Bronze medallist in the European Championships 2015 and to the current Optimist Female World Champion 2016.
The Yachting Malta Awards are being supported by Mercedes-Benz, Simon Estates, Charles Grech and Transport Malta.
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