Sailing News of The Regatta Sailing Community

Bonnitcha wins AUS Mistral Nationals with sights set on Beijing Oiympics 2008

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA-(17-2-2005) Australian Yachting News

Sydney, Australia - Australia’s new Mistral national sailboard champion, 23-year-old Jonathan Bonnitcha, has moved his sailing and his law degree studies to Europe as he works towards representing his country at the Beijing Olympics 2008.

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Mistral athlete Kimberley Birkenfeld moves to rehab

PORTSMOUTH, RI-(10-9-2002) US Sailing Team

PORTSMOUTH, RI - After a short stay at Oregon Health and Science University Hospital (OHSU), US Sailing Team member Kimberly Birkenfeld (Miami, Fla./Myrtle Creek, Ore.) has been discharged.

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U.S. Athlete injured in Greece returns home

PORTSMOUTH, RI-(27-8-2002) US Sailing Team - Athens 2002 Regatta

PORTSMOUTH, RI - After spending two weeks hospitalized in Greece, US Sailing Team member Kimberly Birkenfeld (Miami, Fla./Myrtle Creek, Ore.), has been transported via air ambulance back to her native Oregon. Birkenfeld, the number one ranked Women’s Windsurfer on the 2002 US Sailing Team, will continue her recovery at the Oregon Health and Science Hospital in Portland.

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US Sailing Athlete injured in Athens

ATHENS-(17-8-2002) US Sailing Team - Athens 2002 Regatta

Athens - US Sailing Team member Kimberly Birkenfeld (Miami, Fla./Myrtle Creek, Ore.), the number one ranked Women’s Windsurfer on the 2002 US Sailing Team, was injured 8 August 2002 by a motorboat propeller in an accident that occurred while she was sailing, in Glyfada, Greece, in preparation for the Athens 2002 Regatta.

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