Sailor · 2019–2025

Heikki Nurmi

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Events: 11
Win rate: 18%
Podium rate: 46%
Typically beats: 57%
Best class ranking: #98
Longest win streak: 2

Most successful partnership: Samppa J Salminen
Best trio: Samppa J Salminen & Tero Kotimäki
Longest-running crew: Samppa J Salminen
Nemesis: Thomas Allen
Rival: Laura Pesola
Best day: 12 Jul 2025
Signature result: 1st of 18

Partnerships · 2 sailors

Most successful partnership: Samppa J Salminen — 2 wins · 5 podiums in 11 events together · 18% win rate

Samppa J Salminen · Nikea, Nikea II, SALMINEN SAMPPA J · Lightning, Lightning Ranking Tampere 11events 2 wins together · 5 podiums · 18% win rate · 12 of 78 races won Beat 65% of the fleet together · best 1st · May 2019 – Aug 2025
Tero Kotimäki · Nikea, Nikea II, SALMINEN SAMPPA J · Lightning, Lightning Ranking Tampere 11events 2 wins together · 5 podiums · 18% win rate · 12 of 78 races won Beat 65% of the fleet together · best 1st · May 2019 – Aug 2025

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

Rating history

Event history · 11

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
9 Aug 2025	Lightning SM LAHTI	Nikea II	Lightning	Crew	3rd / 17
12 Jul 2025	Lightning Ranking ja J70 luokan kilpailu	Nikea II	Lightning	Crew	1st / 10
24 Aug 2024	Lightning ja 2.4mr Ranking 2024	Nikea	Lightning	Crew	3rd / 4
8 Aug 2024	Lightning Europeans 2024	Nikea	Lightning	Crew	5th / 18
28 Jul 2023	Lightning SM / JVS	Nikea	Lightning	Crew	5th / 14
20 Aug 2021	Lightning SM 2021	Nikea	Lightning	Crew	1st / 18
19 Sep 2020	Tuusulanjärven Syyspurjehdus 2020	Nikea	Lightning	Crew	6th / 9
5 Sep 2020	H ja Lightning Ranking Tampere	Nikea	Lightning Ranking Tampere	Crew	2nd / 11
14 Jun 2019	Lightning Class World Championship 2019	SALMINEN SAMPPA J	Lightning	Crew	31st / 49
11 Jun 2019	Lightning Class 2019 Masters World and Open European Championships	SALMINEN SAMPPA J	Lightning	Crew	35th / 49
18 May 2019	Lightning Ranking M	Nikea	Lightning	Crew	6th / 13

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
Full-size sailing Crew	269 provisional	#10149 band 5519–17577	—
Lightning Crew	246 provisional	#98 band 49–180	+6.2

1 more class, not yet ranked

Lightning Ranking Tampere · Crew · 6 races, 1 event · rating 108

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	0 events	0 wins	beats —
As crew	11 events	2 wins	beats 65%

How they race

Closer	−6 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−12 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Consistency	48%	100% = the same result every event
Small fleets	65%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Laura Pesola	78	35–43
Esko Aalto	72	48–24
Sakari Pesola	62	26–36
Matti Leppänen	60	36–24
Henry Elfving	58	39–19
Lauri Hemming	53	33–20
Juha Savela	49	43–6
Sari Aalto	48	42–6
Kimmo Aromaa	47	26–21
Matti Aalto	47	17–30
Niko Lappalainen	36	23–13
Jari Kaplas	35	32–3

Most-beaten opponent: Juha Savela (43–6).

Seasons

Year	Events	Wins	Beat
2025	2	1	94%
2024	2	0	55%
2023	1	0	69%
2021	1	1	100%
2020	2	0	64%
2019	3	0	42%

Boats

Nikea · Lightning, Lightning Ranking Tampere · 7 events · 2019–2024
Nikea II · Lightning · 2 events · 2025
SALMINEN SAMPPA J · Lightning · 2 events · 2019

Where they race

Unknown · 11 events

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Crew rating, Full-size sailing: 269, #10,149. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.