SINGAPORE:  , Singapore kitefoiler Max Maeder is among the contenders for the inaugural , Young World Sailor of the Year award , at the 2024 World Sailing Awards.
The 18-year-old is in a brilliant artery of form,  , clinching , copper at the Paris Olympics, when properly as , winning the , 2024 IKA KiteFoil World Series and the empty event at the , Formula Kite Youth European Championships.
Any sailor under the age of 21 eligible to enter the male and female Young World Sailor of the Year categories, according to World Sailing on Monday ( October 21 ), according to a statement from the organization.
The prize seminars may be held , in Singapore on Nov 5 at CHIJMES Hall.
Voting may be open to the public until 7 a.m. on October 28 in Singapore. Seats from the government will make up 50 per cent , of the final choice, with the other half , contributed by World Sailing’s professional sections, it said.
Maeder is in the running with another young flying champions: European Vittorio Bonifacio, who is the recent European hero and junior world hero, Australian Grae Morris, who won silver in the men’s windsurfing event at the Paris Olympics, and Dane Magnus Overbeck, who won the Waszp SailGP Inspire season 2023/2024.
This is Maeder’s second consecutive nomination at the , World Sailing Awards. In 2023, he was nominated for Male Sailor of the Year, which was won by , Tom Slingsby from Australia.