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Sailor · 2015–2025

Niels Springer

wassersportverein wulsdorf e v ORC handicapHandicapJ/80

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Events
35

84 races · 10 race wins

Win rate
11%

11% win rate · 4 of 35

Podium rate
43%

15 top-three finishes

Typically beats
74%

of boats faced (range 71%–76%, 852 boats)

Longest win streak
3

race wins in a row

Most successful partnership
Bernard Buchwald

4 wins · 12 podiums in 27 events together · 15% win rate

Best trio
Tjark Schwebe & Jan Kreitz

3 wins · 7 podiums in 15 events, all three aboard

Biggest lift
Norbert Witt

+23 points of fleet beaten when sailing together

Longest-running crew
Clemens V Collas

Jun 2015 – Jun 2025 · 35 events

Nemesis
Torsten Bastiansen

7–36 head to head in 44 races

Rival
Kirsten Harmstorf-schönwitz

11–12 in 24 races

Best day
20 Aug 2022

1-1 · blueribboncup 2022

Signature result
1st of 27

blueribboncup 2022 · ORC handicap · 17 Aug 2022

Partnerships · 20 sailors

Most successful partnership: Bernard Buchwald — 4 wins · 12 podiums in 27 events together · 15% win rate
  • Clemens V Collas · XENIA · 5b: Blau-Gelbes Band der Flensburger Förde (Sonderwertung), Handicap, International 110, J/80 35events 4 wins together · 15 podiums · 11% win rate · 10 of 84 races won Beat 70% of the fleet together · best 1st · Jun 2015 – Jun 2025
  • Ralf Lässig · XENIA · 5b: Blau-Gelbes Band der Flensburger Förde (Sonderwertung), Handicap, International 110, J/80 35events 4 wins together · 15 podiums · 11% win rate · 10 of 84 races won Beat 70% of the fleet together · best 1st · Jun 2015 – Jun 2025
  • Carsten Wolter · XENIA · 5b: Blau-Gelbes Band der Flensburger Förde (Sonderwertung), Handicap, International 110, J/80 35events 4 wins together · 15 podiums · 11% win rate · 10 of 84 races won Beat 70% of the fleet together · best 1st · Jun 2015 – Jun 2025
  • Jan Kreitz · XENIA · 5b: Blau-Gelbes Band der Flensburger Förde (Sonderwertung), Handicap, International 110, J/80 31events 4 wins together · 14 podiums · 13% win rate · 10 of 72 races won Beat 69% of the fleet together(−8 vs. without) · best 1st · Jun 2015 – Jun 2025
  • Stefan Kersten · XENIA · 5b: Blau-Gelbes Band der Flensburger Förde (Sonderwertung), Handicap, International 110, J/80 29events 3 wins together · 12 podiums · 10% win rate · 8 of 68 races won Beat 67% of the fleet together(−17 vs. without) · best 1st · Jun 2015 – Jun 2025
  • Bernard Buchwald · XENIA · 5b: Blau-Gelbes Band der Flensburger Förde (Sonderwertung), Handicap, International 110, J/80 27events 4 wins together · 12 podiums · 15% win rate · 10 of 68 races won Beat 70% of the fleet together(+1 vs. without) · best 1st · Jun 2015 – Aug 2022
  • Jesper Kuhlmann · XENIA · 5b: Blau-Gelbes Band der Flensburger Förde (Sonderwertung), Handicap, International 110, ORC handicap 24events 3 wins together · 10 podiums · 13% win rate · 7 of 56 races won Beat 69% of the fleet together(−1 vs. without) · best 1st · May 2017 – Sep 2024
  • Tjark Schwebe · XENIA · 5b: Blau-Gelbes Band der Flensburger Förde (Sonderwertung), Handicap, International 110, ORC handicap 19events 3 wins together · 8 podiums · 16% win rate · 7 of 49 races won Beat 69% of the fleet together(−1 vs. without) · best 1st · Sep 2018 – Sep 2024
  • Timo Fischer · XENIA · Handicap, J/80, ORC handicap 17events 1 wins together · 8 podiums · 6% win rate · 5 of 43 races won Beat 75% of the fleet together(+10 vs. without) · best 1st · Sep 2015 – Jun 2025
  • Andreas Boesch · XENIA · Handicap, J/80, ORC handicap 16events 2 wins together · 6 podiums · 13% win rate · 5 of 42 races won Beat 75% of the fleet together(+10 vs. without) · best 1st · Jun 2015 – Sep 2019

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

Rating history

021843620162018202020222024Crew rating, full-size sailing

Event history · 35

DateEventBoatClassRoleFinish
9 Jun 2025W7 NORDSEEWOCHE ORC 2025 sebamed-Cup Helgoländer AchtXENIAORC handicapCrew3rd / 13
8 Jun 2025W6 NORDSEEWOCHE ORC 2025 Capitell-Cup Rund HelgolandXENIAORC handicapCrew41st / 66
7 Jun 2025W2 NORDSEEWOCHE ORC 2025 Noblex Cup Cuxhaven - HelgolandXENIAORC handicapCrew2nd / 44
6 Jun 2025W9 NORDSEEWOCHE ORC 2025 Glück Early Bird SeriesXENIAORC handicapCrew7th / 9
14 Sep 2024114. Flensburger Fördewoche 2024XENIAHandicapCrew5th / 19
14 Sep 2024114. Flensburger Fördewoche 2024XENIAHandicapCrew4th / 16
13 Sep 2024114. Flensburger Fördewoche 2024XENIAHandicapCrew6th / 14
12 Sep 2024Deutsche Bestenermittlung Seesegeln Inshore 2024XENIAORC handicapCrew3rd / 17
17 Aug 2022blueribboncup 2022XENIAORC handicapCrew1st / 27
26 Sep 2021Internationale Deutsche Meisterschaft 2021 - SeesegelnXENIAORC handicapCrew10th / 12
18 Sep 2021111. Flensburger Fördewoche 2021XENIA5b: Blau-Gelbes Band der Flensburger Förde (Sonderwertung)Crew7th / 17
18 Sep 2021111. Flensburger Fördewoche 2021XENIAHandicapCrew2nd / 11
18 Sep 2021111. Flensburger Fördewoche 2021XENIAHandicapCrew1st / 7
17 Sep 2021111. Flensburger Fördewoche 2021XENIAHandicapCrew2nd / 7
7 Sep 2021Kieler Woche 2021XENIAORC handicapCrew9th / 11
4 Sep 2021Kieler Woche 2021XENIAORC handicapCrew3rd / 59
19 Sep 2020110. Flensburger Fördewoche 2020XENIAInternational 110Crew13th / 14
18 Sep 2020110. Flensburger Fördewoche 2020XENIAORC handicapCrew3rd / 10
5 Sep 2020Kieler Woche 2020XENIAORC handicapCrew18th / 27
21 Sep 2019109. Flensburger Fördewoche 2019XENIAHandicapCrew5th / 15
20 Sep 2019109. Flensburger Fördewoche 2019XENIAHandicapCrew1st / 9
22 Jun 2019Kieler Woche 2019XENIAORC handicapCrew7th / 69
15 Sep 2018108. Flensburger Fördewoche 2018 + IDM Seesegeln 2018XENIAHandicapCrew2nd / 15
14 Sep 2018108. Flensburger Fördewoche 2018 + IDM Seesegeln 2018XENIAHandicapCrew2nd / 11
6 Sep 2018108. Flensburger Fördewoche 2018 + IDM Seesegeln 2018XENIAHandicapCrew4th / 8

Crew rating, Full-size sailing: 409, #3,500. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.