Mistral One Design

{{Infobox sailboat specifications

|name = Mistral One Design Class

|image = Mistral One Design Class.svg

|class_symbol = 100px

|type = Sailboard

|design = One Design

|crew = 1

|loa = {{convert|3.72|m|abbr=on}}

|beam = {{convert|0.63|m|abbr=on}}

|mainsail = {{convert|7.4|m2|abbr=on}}

|draft =

|hull = {{convert|15|kg|abbr=on}}
Volume {{convert|235|L|abbr=on}}

|ballast =

|mainsailandjib=

|mastheight =

|designer = Ernstfried Prade

|year = 1989https://www.sailing.org/tools/documents/MIS_2005_CR_050301-%5B894%5D.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=August 2024}}

|jib =

|spinnaker =

|d-pn =

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|updated = 20-APR-2010

|olympic = former

|previous = Lechner A-390

|successor = RS:X

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The Mistral One Design Class (MOD) is a one-design windsurfing class chosen by the International Sailing Federation (ISAF) for use at the Olympic regatta in Atlanta 1996, Sydney 2000 and Athens 2004.{{cite web |date=31 January 2019 |work=Surfer Today |url=https://www.surfertoday.com/windsurfing/the-list-of-official-windsurfing-classes |title=The list of official windsurfing classes}}http://www.sailing.org/olympics/history-part-5.php {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100329144956/http://www.sailing.org/olympics/history-part-5.php |date=2010-03-29 }} Olympic sailing report ISAF Starting with the 2008 Summer Olympics it was replaced by the RS:X class, which was replaced by the iQFoil class for the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Description

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The MOD was first designed in 1989. Worldwide,more than 30,000 have been built since. They are light and tough. In the right hands, they can be sailed in windspeeds ranging from {{convert|3|to|18|m/s|kn|order=flip|abbr=on|round=5}} depending on sea conditions.

The International Mistral Class Organization (IMCO)http://www.imco.org/ Mistral One Design Class Organization have established over 50 National Class Organisations.

Events

=Olympics=

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{{MedalistTable|type=Games}}
style="align:center;" | 1996 Atlanta
Women's
{{DetailsLink|Sailing at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's Mistral One Design}}

|style="vertical-align:top;"|File:Flag of Hong Kong 1959.svg Hong Kong (HKG)
Lee Lai-shan

|style="vertical-align:top;"|File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand (NZL)
Barbara Kendall

|style="vertical-align:top;"|File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy (ITA)
Alessandra Sensini

style="align:center;" | 1996 Atlanta
Men's
{{DetailsLink|Sailing at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's Mistral One Design}}

|style="vertical-align:top;"|File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece (GRE)
Nikolaos Kaklamanakis

|style="vertical-align:top;"|File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina (ARG)
Carlos Espinola

|style="vertical-align:top;"|File:Flag of Israel.svg Israel (ISR)
Gal Fridman

style="align:center;" | 2000 Sydney
Women's
{{DetailsLink|Sailing at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's Mistral One Design}}

|style="vertical-align:top;"|File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy (ITA)
Alessandra Sensini

|style="vertical-align:top;"|File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany (GER)
Amelie Lux

|style="vertical-align:top;"|File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand (NZL)
Barbara Kendall

style="align:center;" | 2000 Sydney
Men's
{{DetailsLink|Sailing at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's Mistral One Design}}

|style="vertical-align:top;"|File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria (AUT)
Christoph Sieber

|style="vertical-align:top;"|File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina (ARG)
Carlos Espinola

|style="vertical-align:top;"|File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand (NZL)
Aaron McIntosh

style="align:center;" | 2004 Athens
Women's
{{DetailsLink|Sailing at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's Mistral One Design}}

|style="vertical-align:top;"|File:Flag of France.svg France (FRA)
Faustine Merret

|style="vertical-align:top;"|File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China (CHN)
Yin Jian

|style="vertical-align:top;"|File:Flag of Italy (2003-2006).svg Italy (ITA)
Alessandra Sensini

style="align:center;" | 2004 Athens
Men's
{{DetailsLink|Sailing at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's Mistral One Design}}

|style="vertical-align:top;"|File:Flag of Israel.svg Israel (ISR)
Gal Fridman

|style="vertical-align:top;"|File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece (GRE)
Nikolaos Kaklamanakis

|style="vertical-align:top;"|File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain (GBR)
Nick Dempsey

=Men's World Championship=

{{Mistral Men's World Championship medallists}}

=Women's World Championship=

{{Mistral Women's World Championship medallists}}

References

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See also