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Sailor · 2007–2026

Zhenya Kirueshkin-Stepanoff

santa cruz yacht club HandicapFlying DutchmanPHRF handicap

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Events
125

365 races · 76 race wins

Win rate
13%

13% win rate · 16 of 125

Podium rate
29%

36 top-three finishes

Typically beats
48%

of boats faced (range 47%–49%, 3,964 boats)

Best class ranking
#41

Helm in Flying Dutchman · rating 215

Longest win streak
12

race wins in a row

Nemesis
Doug Wilhelm

4–67 head to head in 72 races

Rival
Buzz Ballenger

44–46 in 90 races

Best day
2 Aug 2013

2-2-2-3-3-3-2-1-3-1 · 2013 Columbia Gorge One Design Regatta

Signature result
4th of 94

2018 Delta Ditch Run - 28th Anniversary · PHRF handicap · 2 Jun 2018

Partnerships · 2 sailors

  • Ian Ferguson · Anger Management · Flying Dutchman 1events 0 wins together · 0 podiums · 1 events · 0 of 10 races won Beat 20% of the fleet together · best 5th · Mar 2022 – Mar 2022
  • Kurt Hemmingsen · Smart Lilke Tractor · Flying Dutchman 1events 1 wins together · 1 podiums · 1 events · 5 of 8 races won Beat 100% of the fleet together · best 1st · Oct 2009 – Oct 2009

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

Rating history

01723442008201120142017202020232026Helm rating, full-size sailing

Event history · 125

DateEventBoatClassRoleFinish
5 Sep 20262026 Jazz Cup Regatta 38GreyhoundHandicapSkipper6th / 60
13 Jun 202635th Delta Ditch RunGreyhoundPHRF handicapSkipper81st / 90
14 Mar 2026Kasio Cup RegattaGreyhoundHandicapSkipper5th / 5
30 Aug 20252025 Jazz Cup Regatta 37GreyhoundHandicapSkipper17th / 74
7 Jun 202534th Delta Ditch RunGreyhoundPHRF handicapSkipper57th / 76
31 Aug 20242024 Jazz Cup Regatta 36Nice RackHandicapSkipper15th / 73
2 Sep 20232023 Jazz Cup 35Nice RackHandicapSkipper5th / 72
29 Oct 2022GREAT PUMPKIN 2022 FLEET RACING ON SATURDAYCento MigliaPHRF handicapSkipper5th / 5
3 Sep 20222022 Jazz Cup 34Cento MigliaHandicapSkipper7th / 76
11 Jun 202231st Delta Ditch RunNice RackPHRF handicapSkipper40th / 82
25 Mar 20222022 Helly Hansen Sailing World Regatta Series - San DiegoAnger ManagementFlying DutchmanOther5th / 6
20 Nov 2021Still Ain't Over 2021-2022Cento MigliaHandicapSkipper5th / 6
4 Sep 2021Jazz Cup 2021Nice RackHandicapSkipper26th / 60
12 Jun 202130th Delta Ditch RunNice RackPHRF handicapSkipper67th / 91
20 Mar 2021BIG DADDY 2021Cento MigliaPHRF handicapSkipper76th / 94
24 Oct 2020GREAT PUMPKIN 2020 COVID CUPCento MigliaPHRF handicapSkipper53rd / 120
1 Dec 20192019-2020 Small Boat Midwinters -SundaysUS 1HandicapSkipper5th / 10
26 Oct 2019Great Pumpkin 2019Nice RackPHRF handicapSkipper4th / 9
20 Sep 2019Totally Dinghy Regatta 2019USA 1Flying DutchmanSkipper3rd / 5
31 Aug 2019Jazz Cup 2019Nice RackHandicapSkipper55th / 97
1 Jun 20192019 Delta Ditch Run - 29th AnniversaryNice RackPHRF handicapSkipper66th / 79
2 Dec 20182018-2019 Small Boat Midwinters -SundaysUSA 1HandicapSkipper6th / 7
27 Oct 2018Great Pumpkin 2018Nice RackHandicapSkipper119th / 137
1 Sep 2018Jazz Cup 2018Nice RackHandicapSkipper92nd / 97
2 Jun 20182018 Delta Ditch Run - 28th AnniversaryNice RackPHRF handicapSkipper4th / 94

Helm rating, Full-size sailing: 76, #37,872. Compiled from public results; not an official ranking.