The “Russian Sailor of the Year 2010” national award winners have been announced 2nd of December, 2010, in the “Forum Hall” celebration rooms in Moscow. The award was broadcasted live by the NTV Plus Sport TV channel.
The ceremony was attended by the Russian Yachting Federation (RYF) management, the presidents of the class associations and the regional sailing federations’ representatives, members of the RYF. In all, the award gathered more than 700 persons. The award was hosted by a popular radio host Alex Dubas and the RYF PR-director Alexey Zhirov. The photo report can be found here www.vfps.com and here www.yachtrusia.ru.
The winners were awarded by the Tver Oblast governor, the RYF supervisory board chairman Dmitriy Zelenin, the Hero of the Soviet Union, the Hero of the Russian Federation, the legendary polar explorer, the RF State Duma deputy Artur Chilingarov, the State Duma deputy, the RYF supervisory board chairman Sergey Shishkarev, the RF transport deputy minister, the RYF supervisory board chairman Viktor Olersky, the general director of the group of companies SOVKOMFLOT (СОВКОМФЛОТ) Sergey Frunk, the chairman of the Council of the Federation industrial policy committee, the team “Synergy” (Синергия) captain, the RYF board of trustees member Valentin Zavadnikov, the Yacht Russia magazine publisher, the RYF board of trustees member Vasiliy Senatorov, the IBS president, the RYF board of trustees member Anatoliy Karachinsky, the Moscow Sailing Federation president, the prefect of the Northern Administrative department of Moscow Vladimir Silkin, the manager of the Volkswagen brand in Russia Frank Wittemann and other respected guests.
The Award Winners :
Ekaterina Skudina was once again announced to be the Yachtswoman of the Year. Ekaterina got this honorary title last year as well. This year her achievements include the Europe Champion 2010 title, the first rank in the prestigious Keil Race Week and Stena Sweden Match Cup (grade 1 ISAF). Skudina’s crew, Irina Lotsmanova (Ekaterinburg) and Elena Suzeva (Krasnodar), helped her during the races. The Chiffre gallery and the “Empire” company presented the winner with an exclusive adornment, made at the “Demetra” factory.
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Every winner was presented with the award’s symbol – a crystal sailer. Sail as a lifestyle! – is the award’s motto.
Vasiliy Senatorov, the Yacht Russia magazine publisher: «The award’s motto is “Sail as a lifestyle”. All the winners who have ascended the stage today share this motto. The winners deserve to be publicly recognized on the national scale. I would like to thank the Volkswagen company, the general partner of the award, for supporting this significant for the Russian sailing event».
Oscar Konukhov, CEO of the RYF: «The award’s goal is to define the leaders in ten nominations among professionals and to draw the public’s attention to sailing in general. Judging by the amount of people attending, one can say the goals have been achieved. The award is a reasonable end to the RYF 2010 event schedule».
The award was organized by the Russian Sailing Association and the Yacht Russia magazine, with the support of the Managers’ Association.
