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Sailor · 2023–2025

Gota Kawashima

d sseldorfer yachtclub e v Optimist420

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Events
11

81 races · 13 race wins

Win rate
18%

18% win rate · 2 of 11

Podium rate
18%

2 top-three finishes

Typically beats
80%

of boats faced (range 78%–82%, 983 boats)

Best class ranking
#3724

Helm in Optimist · rating 157

Longest win streak
5

race wins in a row

Nemesis
Noah Schweichler

8–30 head to head in 39 races

Rival
Lars Schmitz

32–31 in 65 races

Signature result
1st of 48

3. YCL-Sailing-Boom Ilca und Opti, Distriktmeisterschaft West Ilca · Optimist · 29 Mar 2025

Partnerships · 3 sailors

  • Henrik van Betteray · DYC I · Optimist 1events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 4 of 5 races won Beat 100% of the fleet together · best 1st · Jan 2025 – Jan 2025
  • Lucas Janhofer · Gota KAWASHIMA · 420 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 4 races won Beat 41% of the fleet together · best 11th · Nov 2025 – Nov 2025
  • Lars Schmitz · DYC I · Optimist 1events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 4 of 5 races won Beat 100% of the fleet together · best 1st · Jan 2025 – Jan 2025

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

Rating history

-27815820242025Helm rating, full-size sailing

Event history · 11

Helm rating, Full-size sailing: 136, #27,468.Crew rating, Full-size sailing: 82. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.