SSL Team DEN – By Sailors for Sailors

THE FOOTBALL WORLD CUP... IN SAILING

15 NOV - 13 DEC 2026 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Events

Upcoming

1/4 FINALS

G1 - Race 1

11:00

07 December 2026

BRAZIL

Participants

GBR

DEN

EFA1

EFD2

Results

Upcoming

1/4 FINALS

G1 - Race 2

12:30

08 December 2026

BRAZIL

Participants

GBR

DEN

EFA1

EFD2

Results

Upcoming

1/4 FINALS

G1 - Race 3

14:00

09 December 2026

BRAZIL

Participants

GBR

DEN

EFA1

EFD2

Results

Upcoming

1/4 FINALS

G1 - Race 4

15:30

10 December 2026

BRAZIL

Participants

GBR

DEN

EFA1

EFD2

Results

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DANISH DYNAMITE

The raw power of Danish Sailing

STRENGTH THROUGH TEAMWORK AND IMAGINATION

With a team of Olympic medalists and world class sailors from some of the toughest racing circuits in the world, the Danish team is world class. The great ethos of “the Danish model” within Danish sailing is based on the principle of sharing knowledge and gains to lift the overall level of Danish sailing. As a small country, teamwork and collaboration is key to our success and create a pathway for young talents to mix and learn from the sailing legends of Denmark. This is the way for a small country to become the best sailing nation in the world. Dream big and work together!

Our national pride and the opportunity to represent Denmark with a strong male and female crew is a true testament to our nation’s focus on gender equality and is seen in the strong Olympic history of our nation. The power of the Danish Dynamite will explode when we hit the starting line at the SSL Gold Cup.

Statistics

THE COUNTRY

8755KM Coastline
60.000 sailors
258 Yacht clubs
Most winning Olympic sport in Denmark

ACHIEVEMENTS

2 Olympic Gold medalists
1 Olympic Silver medalist
3 Bronze medalists
5 olympic classes world championships and a number of world championships in other classes such as World match racing tour, RC44 and TP 52

SSL Ranking

SSL best ranked woman:
SSL best ranked man:
SSL nations ranking:

7.314

The country has a total coastline length of approximately 7,314 km compared to a land border of 68 km.

The captain

Jonas Høgh-Christensen

Jonas Høgh-Christensen is an accomplished Olympian with participation in 4 Olympic games winning a silver medal in 2012 in the Finn class. He also has 2 world championship titles in the Finn and a number of world championship medals. He is the founder of the Denmark SailGP team and Vice Commodore of the Royal Danish Yacht Club and is truly passionate about creating a legacy for future generations in Danish Sailing. He is known for eagerness to lead change and his willingness to push himself harder than anybody to obtain success.

THE LEADERS

Claus Høj Jensen

Claus started in the Optimist dinghy, and later in the Europe dinghy participating in the world championship. After the Europe dinghy, Claus changed from Dinghys to keelboats, and began racing in the Yngling class and won the world championship in 2002. He also sailed the Dragon class from 1992, and won his first world championship in Martinique in 1999, beating no more than 7 olympic gold medalists, and the danish elite of Jesper Bank, Poul Ricahrd Høj Jensen, Valdemar Bandolowski and Theis Palm. Claus began competing in the H-Boat in 2006, and won his first world championship later in 2008. After that he has been dominant in the H-Boat class, with no less than 11 world championsships in the class.

Frederik Dahl Hansen

Frederik started in the Optimist dinghy at the age of 9. Since then he has sailed a great number of dinghys like Europe class, ILCA, 420, and afterwards in Yngling, Dragon, H-boat and DS37.
in 2015 Frederik began racing the H-boat, and became the youngest world champion in the class in 2011, being only 15 years old.
Ever since, Frederik has been competing in the H-Boat class and became world champion for the 10th time in 2023.

THE YOUTH FACTOR

Our sailing team is committed to promoting the participation of young talents in our country. We recognize that youth brings renewed vigor and passion, which propels our sport to new heights. We believe that by investing in the youth, we are ensuring a vibrant and successful future for sailing in our country.

Confirmed Athletes

Jonas Høgh-Christensen

CAPTAIN | 10

Christian Kamp

TRIMMER | TBD

Martin Kirketerp Ibsen

TBD | TBD

Anne-Marie Rindom

TACTICIAN | TBD

Jonas Hviid

PIT | TBD

Jonas Warrer

HELM | TBD

Katja Salskov Iversen

TRIMMER | TBD

Sebastian Wright Olsen

GRINDER | TBD

Joachim Aschenbrenner

FLOATER | TBD

Frederik Sparvath

BOW | TBD

Lin Ea Cenholt

TBD | TBD

Potential Team Position

1 BOW Frederik Sparvath	2 FLOATER Joachim Aschenbrenner
3 PIT Jonas Hviid	4 GRINDER Sebastian Wright Olsen
5 TRIMMER Katja Salskov Iversen	6 TRIMMER Christian Kamp
7 MAIN TRIMMER	8 HELM Jonas Warrer
9 TACTICIAN Anne-Marie Rindom	10 CAPTAIN Jonas Høgh-Christensen
11 FLOATER

BOW

Frederik Sparvath

FLOATER

Joachim Aschenbrenner

PIT

Jonas Hviid

GRINDER

Sebastian Wright Olsen

TRIMMER

Katja Salskov Iversen

TRIMMER

Christian Kamp

MAIN TRIMMER

HELM

Jonas Warrer

TACTICIAN

Anne-Marie Rindom

CAPTAIN

Jonas Høgh-Christensen

FLOATER

SQUAD

Jonas Høgh-Christensen	Christian Kamp
Martin Kirketerp Ibsen	Anne-Marie Rindom
Lin Ea Cenholt	Jonas Hviid
Jonas Warrer	Katja Salskov Iversen
Sebastian Wright Olsen	Joachim Aschenbrenner
Frederik Sparvath