Sailor · 2015–2025

Elsa Hemming

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Events: 6
Win rate: 17%
Podium rate: 17%
Typically beats: 26%
Best class ranking: #174
Longest win streak: 3

Most successful partnership: Antti Kanninen
Best trio: Lauri Hemming & Antti Kanninen
Biggest lift: Antti Kanninen
Nemesis: Joshua Goldman
Rival: Esko Aalto
Best day: 6 Sep 2020
Signature result: 1st of 6

Partnerships · 8 sailors

Most successful partnership: Antti Kanninen — 1 wins · 1 podiums in 3 events together

Lauri Hemming · HEMMING LAURI, Päivätär · Lightning, Lightning Ranking Tampere 4events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 4 events · 6 of 30 races won Beat 60% of the fleet together · best 1st · Jun 2019 – Aug 2025
Antti Kanninen · HEMMING LAURI, Päivätär · Lightning 3events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 3 events · 5 of 25 races won Beat 64% of the fleet together(+39 vs. without) · best 1st · Jun 2019 – Aug 2025
John Tomzack · 14502 · Lightning 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 9 races won Beat 6% of the fleet together · best 63rd · Jul 2015 – Jul 2015
Ilkka Virtanen · Päivätär · Lightning Ranking Tampere 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 1 of 5 races won Beat 50% of the fleet together · best 6th · Sep 2020 – Sep 2020
Eeva Hemming · Päivätär · Lightning 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 5 races won Beat 56% of the fleet together · best 8th · Aug 2025 – Aug 2025
Grace Tomzack · 14502 · Lightning 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 9 races won Beat 6% of the fleet together · best 63rd · Jul 2015 – Jul 2015
Bob Overfield · SCHWANTZ GARY · Lightning 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 6 races won Beat 19% of the fleet together · best 40th · Jun 2019 – Jun 2019
Gary Schwantz · SCHWANTZ GARY · Lightning 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 6 races won Beat 19% of the fleet together · best 40th · Jun 2019 – Jun 2019

Lift shows how much better this sailor finishes with that partner aboard.

Rating history

Event history · 6

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
9 Aug 2025	Lightning SM LAHTI	Päivätär	Lightning	Crew	8th / 17
3 Sep 2022	H-vene lyhytrata SM & Lightning lyhytrata-LM	Päivätär	Lightning	Crew	1st / 6
5 Sep 2020	H ja Lightning Ranking Tampere	Päivätär	Lightning Ranking Tampere	Crew	6th / 11
14 Jun 2019	Lightning Class World Championship 2019	HEMMING LAURI	Lightning	Crew	32nd / 49
11 Jun 2019	Lightning Class 2019 Masters World and Open European Championships	SCHWANTZ GARY	Lightning	Crew	40th / 49
21 Jul 2015	2015 Lightning Class World Championship	14502	Lightning	Other	63rd / 67

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
All classes Crew	170 provisional	#18064 band 9585–31816	—
Lightning Crew	165 provisional	#174 band 78–328	+1.4

3 more classes, not yet ranked

All classes · Helm · 9 races, 1 event · rating -150
Lightning · Helm · 9 races, 1 event · rating -154
Lightning Ranking Tampere · Crew · 5 races, 1 event · rating 17

Rank among sailors with a substantial record, all time. In brackets, the ranks this rating cannot be told apart from. Impact is the points of fleet beaten that this sailor adds.

Helm and crew

As helm	1 events	0 wins	beats 6%
As crew	5 events	1 wins	beats 52%

How they race

Closer	−2 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−9 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Big fleets	20%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Esko Aalto	45	19–24
Laura Pesola	43	12–29
Sakari Pesola	35	11–22
Samppa J Salminen	33	12–21
Kimmo Aromaa	31	12–17
Matti Aalto	24	6–18
Joshua Goldman	23	0–23
Felipe Robles	23	1–22
Marvin Beckmann	23	1–22
Thomas Allen	23	0–23
Bill Mauk	23	0–23
David Starck	23	0–23

Most-beaten opponent: Sari Aalto (17–3).

Seasons

Year	Events	Wins	Beat
2025	1	0	56%
2022	1	1	100%
2020	1	0	50%
2019	2	0	27%
2015	1	0	6%

Boats

Päivätär · Lightning, Lightning Ranking Tampere · 3 events · 2020–2025
HEMMING LAURI · Lightning · 1 events · 2019
SCHWANTZ GARY · Lightning · 1 events · 2019
14502 · Lightning · 1 events · 2015

Where they race

Unknown · 5 events
Crystal Beach, Ontario, Canada · 1 events

Is this you?

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Crew rating across all classes: 170, #18,064.Helm rating across all classes: -150. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.