Canada Qualifies Two Additional Spots in Sailing for Santiago 2023 PanAm Games
March 15, 2023
Canada has qualified two additional spots for the sailing events at the Santiago 2023 Pan American Games to be held October 20 to November 5 in Santiago, Chile, following the reallocation of spots in 49erFX and Nacra 17 classes by PanAm Sailing.
Because the last qualifying competition for these classes in Clearwater, FL, was cancelled early in February, Panam Sailing had to move forward with the procedure for the reallocation of unused quota spots, as outlined in the PanAm Sailing qualification criteria.
Similarly to the ILCA 6 and ILCA 7 classes, Canadian sailors in 49erFX and Nacra 17 will look to qualify their team and themselves to be nominated to Team Canada’s Santiago 2023 Pan American Games squad by being the best from their country at the Princess Sofia Regatta in Palma, Spain, April 3-8.
As of today, Canada has qualified five spots in the 13 events that will be held at the Santiago 2023 Pan American Games. Will Jones (Jerseyville, ON-RHYC) and Justin Barnes (Pickering, ON-RCYC) in 49er, Mac Morrin (Kingston, ON) in men’s Kiteboarding, as well as Rebecca Heller (Dunrobin, ON-KYC) in women’s iQFoil, have all qualified to be nominated to Team Canada’s Santiago 2023 Pan American Games squad, based on Sail Canada’s Internal Nomination Procedures which are available at www.sailing.ca/sc_event/2023-pan-american-games.
Competing at the 2023 Pan American Games will be one of many opportunities to qualify spots for Canada in sailing for the 2024 Olympic Games.
