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27 - 31 August 2008
Frederikshavn, Denmark
2008 World Championship Standings
Day 1 from Match Cup Sweden at Sail.TV
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Jochen Schuemann (right) and his Alinghi crew finished Day 1 with a 4-1 record. (©Swedish Match Tour/Stephanie Lamy)
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Nationality German
Country of Residence Switzerland
Date of Birth June 8, 1954
World Match Racing Tour Results
2005-’06
3rd — Danish Open ’05
(Crew: Claudio Celon, Yann Guniot, Matt Mitchell, Peter van Niekerk)
2002-’03
4th — Match Race Germany ’03
2001-’02
No events sailed.
2000-’01
2nd — Match Race Lake Constance ’01
6th — Trofeo Challenge Roberto Trombini ’00
7th — Swedish Match Cup ’01
2000
6th — Trofeo Challenge Roberto Trombini ’00
America’s Cup Affiliation
Team Alinghi – Defense syndicate for America’s Cup 2007
Team Alinghi – Helmsman/Strategist, Winner 31st America’s Cup, Winner Louis Vuitton Cup 2003
FAST 2000 – Helmsman, 11th place Louis Vuitton Cup 2000
Achievements
1976 Olympics — Gold medal, Finn Class
1988 Olympics — Gold medal, Soling Class
1995 Admiral’s Cup — German Team, 3rd overall
1996 Olympics — Gold medal, Soling Class
ISAF Rolex World Sailor of the Year 1996
1997 Admiral’s Cup — German Team, 2nd overall
2000 Olympics — Silver medal, Soling Class
Additional Information
With his four Olympic medals, including three Golds, a world championship title and numerous continental and national titles, Jochen Schümann is the most successful sailor in German yachting history.
Originally from East Germany, Schümann began sailing at the age of 12. He picked up his enthusiasm from a school teacher who used to build boats. Schümann spent one winter building an Optimist dinghy, an 8-foot long trainer, and then sailed it the next summer.
“The technical side of things is so important in sailing that it is really very useful to have some relevant knowledge and skill,” Schümann says.
His won his first Olympic Gold medal in the Finn class at the 1976 Games in Montreal. His next two were won in the Soling class in 1988 and 1996. He also won a Silver medal at the 2000 Games in Sydney.
Schümann’s third Gold medal in 1996 was won 20 years after his first and also earned him the ISAF Rolex World Sailor of the Year award for his complete domination. Schümann won the fleet racing competition, defeated the British crew 3-0 in the semifinals and then easily swept the gold medal races against the Russians. Schümann’s performance ranks as one of the best ever at an Olympic regatta.
Schümann has enjoyed success in big boat racing as well. He was a member of two German teams in the Admiral’s Cup, a multi-race series of three-boat teams held off England’s South Coast, that finished second (1995) and third (’97).
Schümann then moved onto the America’s Cup arena, where he broke in with FAST2000, the first ever Cup syndicate from Switzerland. Although an underfunded team that ultimately finished last in Louis Vuitton Cup 2000, Schümann, the helmsman, kept a bright perspective throughout it all.
He moved on to join Switzerland’s second ever Cup syndicate, and the results were diametrically opposed from the first effort. Schümann joined skipper Russell Coutts as a strategist and training boat helmsman, and went on to win the 32nd America’s Cup in 2003.
Schümann has remained with Team Alinghi and figures to feature prominently in its defense of the America’s Cup in 2007.
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