Meet the 2015 Rio Test Event Team

The NZL Sailing Team group set to represent New Zealand at the 2015 Aquece Rio International Regatta on soon in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil are either already at the venue, or jumping on a plane to get there.

Racing starts at the Olympic dress rehearsal regatta on August 15^th with Andy Maloney the first of the seven-strong New Zealand contingent to get started.  By August 16^th all the kiwis will be underway in the racing schedule which mimics the Olympic Games which is exactly one year and one week from kick off.

New Zealand will be represented in seven events by the following sailors;

	49er Peter Burling  Blair Tuke
	Women's 470 Jo Aleh Polly Powrie
	Finn Josh Junior
	Men's 470 Paul Snow-Hansen Daniel Willcox
	49erFX Alex Maloney Molly Meech
	Laser Andy Maloney
	Nacra 17 Jason Saunders Gemma Jones

Aquece Rio - International Sailing Regatta 2015 features Olympic size fleets, uses the same race course areas and the base facilities of the Olympic venue that will be the setting for the 2016 Rio Olympic Games sailing.

The regatta runs from 15 – 22 August, will be based at Marina da Gloria on Rio’s inner harbour, and is based on the same format and schedule for racing that will be used one year on at the Rio Olympic Games.

In Olympic sailing a maximum of one crew can represent each qualified nation in each of the Olympic events.