SINGAPORE: Singapore kitefoiler Max Maeder was named the inaugural Young World Sailor of the Year at the 2024 World Sailing Awards on Tuesday (Nov 5).
This is the first time a Singaporean has won a World Sailing Awards trophy, the Singapore sailing team said in an Instagram post.
The 18-year-old claimed the title ahead of Italy’s Vittorio Bonifacio, Australia’s Grae Morris and Denmark’s Magnus Overbeck.
The award was presented to Maeder at a ceremony at CHIJMES Hall in Singapore.
Maeder is in a stellar vein of form, clinching bronze at the Paris Olympics, as well as winning the 2024 IKA KiteFoil World Series and the open event at the Formula Kite Youth European Championships.
The male and female Young World Sailor of the Year categories were open to any sailor under the age of 21.
This was 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.
