Sailor · 2015–2025

Valentin Gebhardt

berliner yacht club e v J/70 Yardstick Flying Dutchman

Search sailors · About these ratings

Events: 18
Win rate: 22%
Podium rate: 61%
Typically beats: 83%
Best class ranking: #62
Longest win streak: 2

Most successful partnership: Max Nickel
Best trio: Max Nickel & Philipp Bruhns
Biggest lift: Philipp Bruhns
Longest-running crew: Philipp Bruhns
Nemesis: Hugo Rocha
Rival: Mike Przybyl
Best day: 22 Apr 2023
Signature result: 1st of 42

Partnerships · 16 sailors

Most successful partnership: Max Nickel — 3 wins · 4 podiums in 5 events together · 60% win rate

Philipp Bruhns · Jukebox, Mezzoforte, MEZZOFORTE, Oskar · J/70, J/70 (German Open) Kiel-Cup Foxtrott, Yardstick 14events 3 wins together · 9 podiums · 21% win rate · 15 of 100 races won Beat 88% of the fleet together(+19 vs. without) · best 1st · Jun 2015 – Oct 2025
Moritz Bruhns · Jukebox, Mezzoforte · J/70, J/70 (German Open) Kiel-Cup Foxtrott, Yardstick 8events 0 wins together · 5 podiums · 0% win rate · 7 of 64 races won Beat 84% of the fleet together(+1 vs. without) · best 2nd · Jun 2015 – Jun 2019
Max Wohlfeil · Jukebox, Mezzoforte · J/70, J/70 (German Open) Kiel-Cup Foxtrott, Yardstick 7events 0 wins together · 3 podiums · 0% win rate · 1 of 44 races won Beat 80% of the fleet together(−6 vs. without) · best 2nd · Jun 2015 – Jun 2019
Max Nickel · Hanne, Jukebox, Mezzoforte · J/70 5events 3 wins together · 4 podiums · 60% win rate · 17 of 60 races won Beat 90% of the fleet together(+9 vs. without) · best 1st · Apr 2018 – Oct 2024
Philip Raabe · Jukebox, Mezzoforte, Oskar · J/70 3events 2 wins together · 3 podiums · 3 events · 4 of 23 races won Beat 99% of the fleet together(+18 vs. without) · best 1st · Apr 2023 – Oct 2025
Constantin Ernst · Jukebox · J/70 2events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 2 events · 5 of 50 races won Beat 75% of the fleet together · best 3rd · Mar 2019 – Apr 2019
Maximilian Nickel · Jukebox · J/70 2events 1 wins together · 2 podiums · 2 events · 2 of 36 races won Beat 93% of the fleet together · best 1st · Mar 2019 – Oct 2025
Nikolas Warminski · Jukebox, Newcomer · Flying Dutchman, J/70 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 3 of 30 races won Beat 45% of the fleet together · best 6th · Apr 2019 – Oct 2019
Charlotte Graffunder · Mezzoforte · J/70 1events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 4 of 6 races won Beat 100% of the fleet together · best 1st · Oct 2021 – Oct 2021
Jens Kuphal · MEZZOFORTE · Yardstick 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 92% of the fleet together · best 4th · Jun 2022 – Jun 2022

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

Rating history

Event history · 18

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
9 Oct 2025	Internationale Deutsche Meisterschaft J/70	Jukebox	J/70	Crew	1st / 42
26 Apr 2025	Frühlingswettfahrten 2025	Oskar	J/70	Crew	2nd / 28
12 Oct 2024	Senatspreis 2024	Hanne	J/70	Crew	1st / 22
22 Apr 2023	Frühlingswettfahrten	Mezzoforte	J/70	Crew	1st / 30
4 Jun 2022	Oskar-Gleier Preis	MEZZOFORTE	Yardstick	Crew	4th / 37
9 Oct 2021	Senatspreis	Mezzoforte	J/70	Crew	1st / 11
5 Oct 2019	69. Nebelpokal 2019	Newcomer	Flying Dutchman	Crew	13th / 17
27 Jun 2019	Kieler Woche 2019	Mezzoforte	J/70	Crew	2nd / 40
6 Apr 2019	Frühlingserwachen II J/70 2019	Jukebox	J/70	Crew	6th / 15
30 Mar 2019	Frühlingserwachen I J/70 2019	Jukebox	J/70	Crew	3rd / 15
21 Jun 2018	Kieler Woche 2018	Mezzoforte	J/70	Crew	8th / 45
14 Apr 2018	Frühlingserwachen II 2018	Mezzoforte	J/70	Crew	3rd / 15
14 Oct 2017	Senatspreis - 150 Jahre BYC	Jukebox	J/70	Crew	2nd / 19
22 Jun 2017	Kieler Woche 2017	Mezzoforte	J/70	Crew	2nd / 42
1 Nov 2016	Mittwochregatta 2016	Mezzoforte	Yardstick	Crew	12th / 43
4 Mar 2016	2016 Monaco Sportsboat Winter Series - Act V	Jukebox	J/70	Spinnaker trimmer	13th / 40
14 Oct 2015	2015 J 70 European Championship	Jukebox	J/70	Spinnaker trimmer	33rd / 60
20 Jun 2015	Kieler Woche 2015	Mezzoforte	J/70 (German Open) Kiel-Cup Foxtrott	Crew	3rd / 30

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
All classes Crew	590 provisional	#711 band 308–1746	—
J/70 Crew	656 provisional	#62 band 42–95	+8.3

3 more classes, not yet ranked

J/70 (German Open) Kiel-Cup Foxtrott · Crew · 6 races, 1 event · rating 58
Flying Dutchman · Crew · 5 races, 1 event · rating -48
Yardstick · Crew · 5 races, 2 events · rating 53

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	18 events	4 wins	beats 84%

Positions: Spinnaker trimmer (2)

How they race

Closer	+3 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−19 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Consistency	59%	100% = the same result every event
Big fleets	86%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Erik Witzmann	94	47–23
Jens Ahlgrimm	69	45–17
Mike Przybyl	68	26–18
Johanna Meier	65	31–20
Jasper Wagner	56	23–16
Till Pomarius	54	38–8
Paul Ost	52	25–10
Jens Kuphal	52	36–8
Alexander Swade	52	38–8
Alexander Willsch	50	19–14
Eiko Powilleit	48	39–9
Jan-Philipp Hofmann	47	20–10

Most-beaten opponent: Jost Haberland (37–1).

Seasons

Year	Events	Wins	Beat
2025	2	1	98%
2024	1	1	100%
2023	1	1	100%
2022	1	0	92%
2021	1	1	100%
2019	4	0	68%
2018	2	0	85%
2017	2	0	96%
2016	2	0	72%
2015	2	0	69%

Boats

Mezzoforte · J/70, Yardstick, J/70 (German Open) Kiel-Cup Foxtrott · 9 events · 2015–2023
Jukebox · J/70 · 6 events · 2015–2025
Oskar · J/70 · 1 events · 2025
Hanne · J/70 · 1 events · 2024
Newcomer · Flying Dutchman · 1 events · 2019

Where they race

Unknown · 16 events
Monaco, Monaco · 2 events

Is this you?

Claim it to merge duplicates and remove results that aren’t yours. Changes apply at the nightly rebuild.

Crew rating across all classes: 590, #711. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.