Sailor · 2015–2026

Lauri Hemming

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Events: 17
Win rate: 6%
Podium rate: 12%
Typically beats: 27%
Best class ranking: #180
Longest win streak: 3

Most successful partnership: Elsa Hemming
Best trio: Elsa Hemming & Antti Kanninen
Biggest lift: Antti Kanninen
Longest-running crew: Eeva Hemming
Nemesis: Thomas Allen
Rival: Esko Aalto
Best day: 30 Jul 2023
Signature result: 1st of 6

Partnerships · 9 sailors

Most successful partnership: Elsa Hemming — 1 wins · 1 podiums in 4 events together

Antti Kanninen · HEMMING LAURI, Lauri HEMMING, Päivätär · Lightning 11events 1 wins together · 2 podiums · 9% win rate · 7 of 79 races won Beat 52% of the fleet together(+36 vs. without) · best 1st · May 2019 – May 2026
Eeva Hemming · Drum, Päivätär · Lightning 8events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 0% win rate · 2 of 58 races won Beat 49% of the fleet together(+18 vs. without) · best 3rd · Jul 2015 – May 2026
Antti Varheenmaa · Drum, Lauri HEMMING · Lightning 4events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 4 events · 0 of 26 races won Beat 17% of the fleet together(−29 vs. without) · best 7th · Jul 2015 – May 2019
Elsa Hemming · HEMMING LAURI, Päivätär · Lightning, Lightning Ranking Tampere 4events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 4 events · 6 of 30 races won Beat 58% of the fleet together(+24 vs. without) · best 1st · Jun 2019 – Aug 2025
Kimmo Aromaa · Drum · Lightning 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 15 races won Beat 11% of the fleet together · best 20th · Nov 2017 – Nov 2017
Mika Aromaa · Drum · Lightning 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 15 races won Beat 11% of the fleet together · best 20th · Nov 2017 – Nov 2017
Maija Veiss · Drum · Lightning 2events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 2 events · 0 of 13 races won Beat 10% of the fleet together · best 30th · Mar 2016 – Mar 2016
Antti Varhenmaa · HEMMING LAURI · Lightning 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 6 races won Beat 29% of the fleet together · best 35th · Jun 2019 – Jun 2019
Ilkka Virtanen · Päivätär · Lightning Ranking Tampere 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 1 of 5 races won Beat 40% of the fleet together · best 7th · Sep 2020 – Sep 2020

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

Rating history

Event history · 17

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
16 May 2026	Kotka Ranking	Päivätär	Lightning	Skipper	5th / 6
9 Aug 2025	Lightning SM LAHTI	Päivätär	Lightning	Skipper	8th / 17
12 Jul 2025	Lightning Ranking ja J70 luokan kilpailu	Päivätär	Lightning	Skipper	4th / 10
8 Aug 2024	Lightning Europeans 2024	Päivätär	Lightning	Skipper	13th / 18
28 Jul 2023	Lightning SM / JVS	Päivätär	Lightning	Skipper	4th / 14
3 Sep 2022	H-vene lyhytrata SM & Lightning lyhytrata-LM	Päivätär	Lightning	Skipper	1st / 6
18 Sep 2021	Syyspurjehdus 2021	Päivätär	Lightning	Skipper	3rd / 10
20 Aug 2021	Lightning SM 2021	Päivätär	Lightning	Skipper	10th / 18
5 Sep 2020	H ja Lightning Ranking Tampere	Päivätär	Lightning Ranking Tampere	Skipper	7th / 11
14 Jun 2019	Lightning Class World Championship 2019	HEMMING LAURI	Lightning	Skipper	32nd / 49
11 Jun 2019	Lightning Class 2019 Masters World and Open European Championships	HEMMING LAURI	Lightning	Skipper	35th / 49
25 May 2019	EPSranking2019	Lauri HEMMING	Lightning	Skipper	7th / 10
22 Nov 2017	2017 ILCA World Championship	Drum	Lightning	Other	52nd / 56
18 Nov 2017	2017 International Lightning Masters Championship	Drum	Lightning	Other	20th / 23
18 Mar 2016	2016 Winter Lightning Championship - 69th Annual St. Petersburg Yacht Club	Drum	Lightning	Skipper	40th / 46
14 Mar 2016	58th Annual Lightning Miami Midwinter Regatta	Drum	Lightning	Other	30th / 32
21 Jul 2015	2015 Lightning Class World Championship	Drum	Lightning	Other	54th / 63

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Adj. ±
All classes Helm	153 provisional	#24503 band 15982–36328	—
Lightning Helm	138 provisional	#180 band 119–279	−6.4

1 more class, not yet ranked

Lightning Ranking Tampere · Helm · 5 races, 1 event · rating 17

Rank among sailors with ten or more rated races over three or more events, all time. In brackets, the ranks this rating cannot be told apart from. Adj. ± is the adjusted plus-minus in points of fleet beaten.

Helm and crew

As helm	17 events	1 wins	beats 39%
As crew	0 events	0 wins	beats —

How they race

Closer	−11 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−9 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Consistency	46%	100% = the same result every event
Big fleets (25+)	18%	of the fleet beaten
Small fleets (<12)	56%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Laura Pesola	94	29–63
Sakari Pesola	83	28–53
Esko Aalto	78	40–36
Samppa J Salminen	68	28–40
Matti Leppänen	57	23–34
Kimmo Aromaa	55	22–31
Bill Mauk	51	3–48
Sari Aalto	51	36–13
Henry Elfving	51	24–27
Thomas Allen	51	1–50
Ian Edwards	50	24–26
Juha Savela	49	42–7

Most-beaten opponent: Juha Savela (42–7).

Seasons

Year	Events	Wins	Beat
2026	1	0	20%
2025	2	0	62%
2024	1	0	29%
2023	1	0	77%
2022	1	1	100%
2021	2	0	62%
2020	1	0	40%
2019	3	0	33%
2017	2	0	11%
2016	2	0	10%
2015	1	0	15%

Boats

Päivätär · Lightning, Lightning Ranking Tampere · 9 events · 2020–2026
Drum · Lightning · 5 events · 2015–2017
HEMMING LAURI · Lightning · 2 events · 2019
Lauri HEMMING · Lightning · 1 events · 2019

Where they race

Unknown · 12 events
Salinas, Ecuador · 2 events
Crystal Beach, Ontario, Canada · 1 events
Coconut Grove, FL, USA · 1 events
St. Petersburg, FL, USA · 1 events

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Helm rating across all classes: 153 (±156), #24,503. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.