Senior Emerging Nations Program
The Senior Emerging Nations Program aims to support senior sailors to attend the Sailing World Championships and provides assistance for sailors to try and qualify for the Olympic Games.
Past Programs
Paris 2024 Senior Emerging Nations Program
World Sailing’s biggest Emerging Nations Program yet broke records for the number of athletes qualifying for the Olympic Games.
Kicking off the 2023 Sailing World Championships, 44 Sailors from 26 nations were supported to attend the event in the Men and Women’s One Person Dinghy and the Men and Women’s Windsurfer.
Athletes were then supported to their continental qualification events with the program culminating at the Last Chance Regatta in April 2024.
A total of 26 Athletes from the Emerging Nations Program competed at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
“ The ENP program has given Deisy the opportunity to realise her dream. It was a good program which helps the countries who doesn't have conditions to participate in a lot of training camps and competition because of lack funding. And with this program the athlete got the opportunity to work with all good experts and coaches to help during their preparation. ”
Tokyo 2020 Emerging Nations Program
The most recent program focused on Radial Sailors, and sailors were supported to the 2018 Sailing World Championships in Aarhus, as well as the 2019 Laser Radial World Championships and regional qualification events for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
Sailors were supported with funded training camps, flight bursaries, equipment charter and accommodation support. World Class coaching was also provided alongside fitness program support.
At Tokyo 2020, 8 Sailors from the Senior Program and previous Youth Programs qualified to represent their nations.