American sailor
John Paul Kostecki (born July 7, 1964) is an American competitive sailor of Polish descent. He was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania . He started his sailing career in the San Francisco Bay , California .
World Championships [ edit ] Kostecki won a number of world champion titles in different sailing classes.
Title No. Role Boat Boat Name Title Location Ref 1 1982 Sunfish World Champion [1] 2 1986 Soling Class World Champion [2] 3 1988 J/24 World Champion 4 1988 Soling Class World Champion [2] 5 1989 6 Meter World Cup 6 1996 Mumm 36 World Champion [2] 7 1997 Mumm 36 World Champion [2] 8 1998 Mumm 36 World Champion [2] 9 1998 Farr 40 World Champion [2] 10 2008 Farr 40 World Champion 11 2010 RC44 World Champion 12 2011 Farr 40 World Champion 13 Ngoni 2014 Soto 40 World Champion [3] 14 Catapult 2016 J/70 World Champion [4] 15 Illbruck 2016 Melges 20 World Champion [5] 16 Tactician Platoon 2017 TP52 World Champion [6]
Olympics [ edit ] At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Busan , South Korea, he finished in 2nd place in the Soling class along with his partners William Baylis and Robert Billingham .[7]
Volvo Ocean Race [ edit ] He also sailed the Whitbread Round the World Race in 1997/1998.
In the 2001–02 Volvo Ocean Race he led Illbruck Challenge that was based in Leverkusen to an overwhelming victory in the arguably toughest sailing race around the world. Of notable interest was the fact that Illbruck set the world 24 hours speed record for monohulls. The record of 484 nautical miles was completed at 20:02 on April 30 during Leg 7 of the Volvo Ocean Race and was confirmed by the World Sailing Speed Record Council . This sparked an unprecedented sailing boom in Germany that led to thousands of sailing fans and Illbruck supporters awaiting Kostecki and his crew finishing their last leg from Gothenburg to Kiel .
He did the 2005–06 Volvo Ocean Race with Ericsson. He was also designated skipper for Ericsson’s in the next Race (2008/2009) but resigned from his position in August 2007 for family reasons
America's Cup [ edit ] He sailed with America3 at the 1992 America's Cup .[8]
After a short employment with the BMW Oracle America’s Cup Team in the early 2000s he left for the 2005 VOE.
In 2008, the then three times America’s Cup winner Russell Coutts , who had just recently been appointed CEO of Larry Ellison 's America’s Cup Team BMW Oracle Racing, hired Kostecki for his afterguard. The next America’s cup match took place between the defender, the Swiss team Alinghi , and BMW Oracle, in Valencia (Spain) in February 2010. With Kostecki as tactician, the American team won both races against the defender and thus brought back the oldest trophy in sports history to the United States after 15 years.
In 1997, he won the One Design 48 Championship, and the Malaysia Challenge Grand Prix. Kostecki became very popular in Europe as skipper and helmsman of the German yachts all called "Pinta" owned by the Illibruck family.
In 1988, he was then named United States Rolex Yachtsman of the Year
In 2002, Kostecki was named United States Rolex Yachtsman of the Year for the second time [9]
In 2002 he was shortlisted for the World Sailing - World Sailor of the Year Awards .[2]
2012 US Sailing Hall of Fame Inductee [10]
References [ edit ] ^ AmericaOne. "AmericaOne - John Kostecki" . www.americaone.org . Archived from the original on April 26, 2012. Retrieved September 20, 2017 . ^ a b c d e f g "John KOSTECKI (USA)" . sailing.org . Archived from the original on September 15, 2017. Retrieved September 20, 2017 . ^ "Convincing victory for Ngoni at Soto 40 Worlds" . sailing.org . Archived from the original on September 15, 2017. Retrieved September 20, 2017 . ^ "Catapult Wins J/70 World Championship >> Scuttlebutt Sailing News" . October 1, 2016. Archived from the original on September 15, 2017. Retrieved September 20, 2017 . ^ "Illbruck the New 2016 Melges 20 World Champion, Savoini Claims Corinthian" . Archived from the original on September 15, 2017. Retrieved September 20, 2017 . ^ "Super Steady Platoon Win Rolex TP52 World Title" . TP52 Class. Archived from the original on March 3, 2018. Retrieved March 2, 2018 . ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill ; et al. "John Kostecki" . Olympics at Sports-Reference.com . Sports Reference LLC . Archived from the original on November 24, 2010. ^ "Yachting" . May 1, 1991. Archived from the original on June 16, 2022. Retrieved July 27, 2017 – via Google Books. ^ Illbruck Sets 24-Hour Monohull World Speed Record , Cruising World magazine, archived from the original on July 8, 2011, retrieved January 10, 2011 ^ Walker, Dan. "Kostecki, John - 2012 Hall of Fame" . www.nshof.org . Archived from the original on September 15, 2017. Retrieved September 20, 2017 . External links [ edit ]
Fleet racing 1971 Dane , LeBlanc , Cerise 1972 Goldsmith 1973 Canada Fogh 1974 Melges 1975 Kolius 1976 Melges 1977 Curtis 1978 Curtis 1979 Haines 1980 Baird 1981 Canada Fogh 1982 Canada Fogh 1983 Curtis 1984 Haines 1985 Canada Fogh 1986 Canada Fogh 1987 Kostecki 1988 Kostecki 1989 Canada Abbott, Jr. , M. Abbott , Beatty 1990 Canada Fogh 1991 Mahaney 1992 Mahaney 1993 Not completed 1994 Klein 1995 Madrigali 1996 Madrigali 2001 J. Hoeksema , Wolf, R. Hoeksema 2002 Cohan , Buttner, Gladchin 2003 Walker 2004 Wareham , Vance , Brackett 2005 Galloway , Steinborn , Anthony 2006 Canada P. Hall , Karrigan , Deacon 2007 Canada P. Hall , Parekh , Parsons 2008 Canada Fogh , Cheer , Findlater 2010 Canada Fogh , Fich , Devries 2011 Gallaway , Proctor , Ewing 2012 Canada Fogh , Fich , Devries 2013 Canada P. Hall , Lacey , W. Hall 2014 Canada P. Hall , Parsons , W. Hall 2015 Canada P. Hall , Lacey , W. Hall 2016 Canada P. Hall , Lacey , W. Hall 2017 Germany Dietzel , Zeileis , Ramoser 2018 Canada P. Hall , Lacey , W. Hall 2019 Canada P. Hall , Scott McNeil, W. Hall
Fleet racing 1969/70: Ryves 1970/71: United Kingdom Pattisson 1971/72: Miller 1972/73: Bertrand 1973/74: Coggan 1974/75: Hardy 1975/76: Forbes 1976/77: Robins 1977/78: Manford 1978/79: Bertrand , Fisher , Dorning 1979/80: Bertrand , Fisher , Dorning 1980/81: Mark Bethwaite 1981/82: Mark Bethwaite , Fisher , Dorning 1982/83: Mark Bethwaite , MacDiarmid 1983/84: Gilmour 1984/85: Gilmour 1985/86: Collings 1986/87: Collings 1987/88: United States Kostecki , Billingham , Baylis 1988/89: Wilmot , P. Gossing, G. Crowie 1989/90: Allsep Match racing
Fleet racing 1969: Dane , Le Blanc & Cerise 1970: Curtis , Doyle & Cormier 1971: Mosbacher , Hutcheson & Dickey 1972: Curtis , J. Curtis , Rousmaniere & Nystedt 1973: Dakin , J. Dakin & Crowler 1974: Kolius , Hoepfner & Hunt 1975: Forbes , Anderson & O'Neil 1976: Buchan , Buchan & Scorett 1977: Fogh , Toews & Kerr 1978: Haines , Trevelyan & V. Brun 1979: Abbott Jr. , Abbott Sr. & Bissel 1980: Allen , Hoffman & Porter 1981: Grael , Adler & Senfft 1982: Baird , Klein & Edmundson 1983: Melges , Melges III & H. Melges 1984: Fogh , Toews & Calder 1985: Fogh , Calder & Maru 1986: Fogh , Calder & Maru 1987: Kostecki , Billingham & Baylis 1988: Mahaney , L. Mahaney & Brady 1989: Mahaney , Brady & Kern 1990: Mahaney , Brady & Kern 1991: Mahaney , Brady & Kern 1992: Klein , Corwin & Burns 1993: Klein , Corwin & Burns 1994: Fogh , T. Fogh & van Wonderen 1995: Madrigali , Barton & Massey 1996: Madrigali , Barton & Massey 1997: Curtis , McKlintock & Anderson 1998: Madrigali , Healy & Jordan 1999: Curtis , Hart & Brenner 2000: Larsen , Anderson & Moffett 2001: Heitzinger , Tennity & Santos 2002: Johnsson , M. Johnsson & Leslie 2003: Johnsson , M. Johnsson & Hernandez 2004: Abbott Jr. , Tucker & Turvey 2005: Abbott Jr. , J. Abbott & Boston 2006: Johnsson , M. Johnsson & Hernandez 2007: Fogh , Cheer & Devries 2008: Fogh , Cheer & Devries 2009: P. Hall , Kerrigan & Flynn 2010: Fogh , Cheer & Devries 2011: Kanter , Tully & Freemann 2012: P. Hall , Davis & W. Hall 2013: Fogh , Findlater & Devries 2014: P. Hall , Davis & W. Hall 2015: P. Hall , W. Hall & Lacey 2016: Abbott Jr. , Davis & J. Abbott 2017: P. Hall , W. Hall & Devries 2018: Kanter , Willan & Devries 2019: den Outer , de Lange & Bosch 2020: Not held due to COVID-19 2021: Not held due to COVID-19 Match racing
Fleet racing 1969: Elvstrøm , Jensen & Mik-Meyer 1970: Wennerström , Krook & Lybeck 1971: Mosbacher , Hutcheson & Dickey 1973: Ussing Andersen , Lindhasten & Winther 1974: Elvstrøm , Fogh & McCurrach 1975: Buchan , Thomas & Golberg 1977: Dexter , Josenhans & MacMillan 1978: G. Brun , V. Brun & Martins 1979: Haines , R. Davis & Trevelyan 1980: Dexter , Josenhans & MacMillan 1981: V. Brun , G. Brun & Bakker 1982: Bethwaite , McDiarmid & Read 1983: Haines , V. Brun & Kinney 1984: Bandolowski , Calder & Palm 1985: Curtis , Engel & Corwin 1986: Kostecki , Baylis & Billingham 1987: Nauck , Hellriegel & Diedering 1988: Kostecki , Baylis & Billingham 1989: no champion decided 1990: Bouet , Levet & Pointet 1991: Klein , Redman & Rosenberg 1992: Schümann , Flach & Jäkel 1993: Bountouris , Deligiannis & Pelekanakis 1994: M. Doreste , Valades & Galmes 1995: L. Doreste , Manrique & Vera 1996: Shayduko , Skalin & Shabanov 1997: no champion decided 1998: Shayduko , Volchkov & Komarov 1999: S. Westergaard , Bojsen-Møller & B. Westergaard 2000: Madrigali , Hartwell & Healy 2001: Warburg , Celedoni & Smith 2002: B. Abbott Jr. , P. Davis & B. Abbott III 2003: Pichuhin , Timokhov & Yarovoy 2004: Warburg , Celedoni & Smith 2005: R. Koch , M. Koch & Bornemann 2006: Fogh , Cheer & Devries 2007: Nehm , M. Pinto Ribeiro & L. Pinto Ribeiro 2008: Antončič , Strakh & Hmeljak 2009: B. Abbott Jr. , P. Davis & J. Abbott 2010: R. Koch , M. Koch & Bornemann 2011: P. Hall , P. Davis & Kerrigan 2012: P. Hall , P. Davis & W. Hall 2013: Litkey , Vezér & Weinhardt 2014: P. Hall , Offermans & W. Hall 2015: Litkey , Vezér & Weinhardt 2016: B. Abbott Jr. , J. Abbott , McNeill 2017: Litkey , Vezér , Oroszlán 2018: Warburg , Celedoni , Roldan 2019: Litkey , Joo , Nemeth Match racing
1973: Blackaller 1975: Fredell 1977: Petterson 1979: Petterson 1981: no champion decided 1983: Petterson 1985: Dürr 1987: Owen 1989: Kostecki 1991: Carlsson 1993: Favini & Bassani 1995: Piehl 1997: Owen , Howe , Lipsett, Smallridge & Barron 1999: Haissly , Berthoud , Megavand , Pachoud & Bechard 2003: Piehl 2005: Grünau , Batzil & Eich 2007: Haissly 2009: Stenbeck 2011: Marilley 2013: MacDonald , Costa , Kinsey , Vogel & Griffin 2015: Marilley , Berthoud , Schadegg , Dürr & Nicole
2010: Spithill , Kostecki , Baxter , Newton , van Nieuwenhuyzen , Langford , Hviid-Nielsen , von Bibra & Ruthenberg 2012: Bassadone , Vascotto , Pasabant , Gongora , Panei , Jauregui , Imaz & Rosano 2013: Lah , Ivaldi , Cannoni , Callahan , Sofuku , Furlani , Cicchetti , Klemencic & Westlake 2014: Liubomirov , Ivaldi , Barovier , Ikonnikov , Mantovani , Krivov & Liubomirova