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Sailor · 2011–2025

Jeroen van der Velden

rotterdamsche zeilvereeniging SB20FinnClass 40

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Events
15

97 races · 19 race wins

Win rate
13%

13% win rate · 2 of 15

Podium rate
60%

9 top-three finishes

Typically beats
71%

of boats faced (range 68%–74%, 525 boats)

Best class ranking
#8

Helm in SB20 · rating 331

Longest win streak
2

race wins in a row

Most successful partnership
Nic Bol

1 wins · 3 podiums in 3 events together

Best trio
Jan van der Meijden & Nic Bol

1 wins · 3 podiums in 3 events, all three aboard

Biggest lift
Nic Bol

+20 points of fleet beaten when sailing together

Longest-running crew
Jan van der Meijden

Apr 2017 – May 2023 · 11 events

Nemesis
Paul Gast

12–15 head to head in 27 races

Rival
Bart Tytgat

21–15 in 36 races

Signature result
1st of 21

OPEN BELGIANS SB20 & OSTENDCUP 3: Discovery cup · SB20 · 2 Jul 2021

Partnerships · 4 sailors

Most successful partnership: Nic Bol — 1 wins · 3 podiums in 3 events together
  • Jan van der Meijden · 3 J's, 3J's · SB20 11events 2 wins together · 8 podiums · 18% win rate · 19 of 83 races won Beat 83% of the fleet together(+19 vs. without) · best 1st · Apr 2017 – May 2023
  • Jeroen Kop · 3 J's, 3J's · SB20 8events 1 wins together · 5 podiums · 13% win rate · 13 of 67 races won Beat 79% of the fleet together(+2 vs. without) · best 1st · Apr 2017 – May 2023
  • Nic Bol · 3 J's · SB20 3events 1 wins together · 3 podiums · 3 events · 6 of 16 races won Beat 94% of the fleet together(+20 vs. without) · best 1st · Aug 2019 – Jul 2021
  • Joep van der Velden · Juffrouw Jannie · Class 40 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 71% of the fleet together · best 6th · May 2025 – May 2025

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

Rating history

01743472012201420162018202020222024Helm rating, full-size sailing

Event history · 15

Helm rating, Full-size sailing: 345, #7,923. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.