Sailor · 2017–2026

Sven Rikwald

verein seglerhaus am wannsee e v Soling Soling - Raubritter Handicap

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Events: 12
Win rate: 42%
Podium rate: 50%
Typically beats: 68%
Best class ranking: #2
Longest win streak: 4

Most successful partnership: Tim Giesecke
Best trio: Volker Stoof & Tim Giesecke
Longest-running crew: Tim Giesecke
Nemesis: Karl Haist
Rival: Björn Geisler
Best day: 10 May 2025
Signature result: 1st of 19

Partnerships · 10 sailors

Most successful partnership: Tim Giesecke — 5 wins · 6 podiums in 12 events together · 42% win rate

Tim Giesecke · Paula, PAULA, Tim GIESECKE, Tuna · Handicap, Soling, Soling - Raubritter 12events 5 wins together · 6 podiums · 42% win rate · 19 of 72 races won Beat 70% of the fleet together · best 1st · Apr 2017 – Jun 2026
Volker Stoof · PAULA, TUNA · Soling, Soling - Raubritter 3events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 3 events · 3 of 22 races won Beat 65% of the fleet together(−6 vs. without) · best 1st · Apr 2019 – Jun 2022
Donald Lippert · Tuna, TUNA · Soling 2events 2 wins together · 2 podiums · 2 events · 7 of 14 races won Beat 100% of the fleet together · best 1st · May 2025 – Jun 2026
Carsten Fischer · Tim GIESECKE · Soling 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 1 race won Beat 39% of the fleet together · best 9th · Jul 2021 – Jul 2021
Arno Laue · PAULA · Soling 1events 0 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 2 of 6 races won Beat 90% of the fleet together · best 2nd · Sep 2019 – Sep 2019
Niklas Ill · PAULA · Soling 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 1 of 7 races won Beat 40% of the fleet together · best 7th · Jun 2025 – Jun 2025
Karsten Eller · Paula · Soling 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 7 races won Beat 42% of the fleet together · best 12th · Apr 2017 – Apr 2017
Hendrik Rathke · Tim GIESECKE · Soling 1events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 4 of 7 races won Beat 100% of the fleet together · best 1st · May 2018 – May 2018
Johannes Glitzky · PAULA · Handicap 1events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 2 of 2 races won Beat 100% of the fleet together · best 1st · Sep 2018 – Sep 2018
Jakob Zeh · PAULA · Soling 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 6 races won Beat 31% of the fleet together · best 10th · Aug 2019 – Aug 2019

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

Rating history

Event history · 12

Date	Event	Boat	Class	Role	Finish
5 Jun 2026	German Open & Westdeutsche Meisterschaft Soling 2026	TUNA	Soling	Crew	1st / 14
20 Jun 2025	Westdeutsche Meisterschaft Soling 2025	PAULA	Soling	Crew	7th / 11
9 May 2025	Soling German Open 2025 - Leipzig Open	Tuna	Soling	Crew	1st / 19
18 Jun 2022	German Open der Solingklasse 2022	TUNA	Soling	Crew	5th / 14
24 Sep 2021	BM Drachen / Raubritter-Pokal-Soling / Fawell-Preis ODM H-Boot 2021	PAULA	Soling - Raubritter	Crew	7th / 9
31 Jul 2021	Erich-Hirt-Preis	Tim GIESECKE	Soling	Crew	9th / 14
28 Sep 2019	BM Drachen / Raubritter-Pokal / Fawell-Preis 2019	PAULA	Soling	Crew	2nd / 11
2 Aug 2019	Erich-Hirt Preis / German Open 2019	PAULA	Soling	Crew	10th / 14
12 Apr 2019	WdM der Solingklasse	PAULA	Soling	Crew	1st / 10
22 Sep 2018	VSaW Clubmeisterschaft 2018	PAULA	Handicap	Crew	1st / 11
13 May 2018	Wannsee-Woche 2018	Tim GIESECKE	Soling	Crew	1st / 7
29 Apr 2017	Omega Cup / German Open (RR)	Paula	Soling	Crew	12th / 20

Ratings

Class	Rating	Rank	Impact
All classes Crew	430 provisional	#2919 band 1374–5651	—
Soling Crew	417 provisional	#2 band 1–10	+5.5

1 more class, not yet ranked

Soling - Raubritter · Crew · 8 races, 1 event · rating -12

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	12 events	5 wins	beats 70%

How they race

Closer	+2 pts	last race of an event vs. the rest
Comeback	−13 pts	the race after a bottom-half finish
Consistency	39%	100% = the same result every event
Small fleets	76%	of the fleet beaten

Head to head

Helm	Races	W–L
Matthias-C Dulce	69	46–23
Björn Geisler	63	32–31
Michael Dietzel	57	27–30
Gernot Dr Heller	55	44–11
Marcel Barie	43	39–4
Daniel Diesing	42	30–11
Karl Haist	42	12–30
Günter Kring	29	26–3
Christian Mack	22	11–11
Roman Koch	22	16–6
Lutz Rommel	22	19–3
Maximilian Bergk	21	14–7

Most-beaten opponent: Marcel Barie (39–4).

Seasons

Year	Events	Wins	Beat
2026	1	1	100%
2025	2	1	70%
2022	1	0	69%
2021	2	0	32%
2019	3	1	74%
2018	2	2	100%
2017	1	0	42%

Boats

PAULA · Soling, Soling - Raubritter, Handicap · 7 events · 2017–2025
TUNA · Soling · 3 events · 2022–2026
Tim GIESECKE · Soling · 2 events · 2018–2021

Where they race

Unknown · 12 events

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Crew rating across all classes: 430, #2,919. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.