SSL Team FIN – By Sailors for Sailors

THE FOOTBALL WORLD CUP... IN SAILING

15 NOV - 13 DEC 2026 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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1/16 FINALS

G2 - Race 1

12:00

16 November 2023

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G2 - Race 2

13:30

17 November 2023

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1/16 FINALS

G2 - Race 3

15:00

18 November 2023

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1/16 FINALS

G2 - Race 4

10:30

19 November 2023

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NORTHERN MAGIC

Inspired by pure nature and powered by Northern magic

Proud to be a Finn with “Sisu” and determination (Otsikko)

We come from an extreme land of ice and snow. Still, we have a long history in the fleet and offshore racing from Whitbread to Olympics. We know we got to do something different and try to play with our own assets. High technology, top quality, maximum teamwork, and a bit of northern magic. We are used to sailing on our thousands of lakes and in the beautiful archipelago where you need to be a real wizard to find the best wind and routes. This might be our secret to success since after 2000 we have won 22 championship medals, Olympic Gold, Silver and Bronze. We know we need to work a little smarter and harder in our colder conditions but that gives us that extra push and never give up attitude.

We are ranked as the happiest nation in the world and at the same time, we enjoy the silence of our country. But all the team members are proud to have “Sisu” in their blood and that means that we have the determination to do whatever it takes to get to the top.

Once we get our boat handling in shape we will start to use our northern magic and give all the other teams a good fight. Bring it on. We will be ready.

Statistics

THE COUNTRY

10,000 sailors
100 club and marinas
11 schools of sailing
303 Olympic Medals
1100 km coastline

ACHIEVEMENTS

10 Olympic Gold Medals
4 Olympic Silver medals
9 Olympic Bronze medals

SSL Ranking

SSL best ranked woman: SSL best ranked woman: SINEM KURTBAY
SSL best ranked man: KAARLE TAPPER
SSL nations ranking: 22

MAIN EVENTS

Hangon Regatta - 250 boats participants
Downtown Racing Week - 200 boats participants

180 000

In extent of a long coast line, Finland has more than 180 000 lakes and most boats per capita in the world.

The captain

Thomas Johanson

The captain of SSL Team Finland is a Laser World Champion and double European Champion before going to win the Olympic Gold medal in 49er in Sydney 2000 with Jyrki Järvi. Since then he has been sailing Orma 60 trimarans and Volvo Ocean Race onboard Ericsson 3 in 2008/2009 and on Puma in 2012 on the Southern Ocean leg around Cape Horn. Thomas Johanson is a former ice-hockey player and knows what it takes to train in ice-cold conditions. Now a successful businessman and sailor he brings his passion, magic of winning, teamwork and never give up attitude to the team

THE LEADERS

Mikaela Wulff

Mikaela is Olympic Bronze Medalist and World Champion in Match racing. She has a lot of experience from different kind of boats and teams. Mikaela brings her experties and positive attitude to the team.

Oskari Muhonen

Oskari is Gold Cup runner up and three time Youth World Champion in Finn class. He has a lot of experience from offshore sailing to match racing and Olympic sailing. He is currently doing olympic campaign in 49er class. Oskari brings wide spectrum of experties to the team.

Robert Nyberg

Robert is a world champion in 5,5metre and two silver medals in x41 plus bronze in 5.5 world championships. Robert has a vast experience in sailing within world match racing tour, ORMA 60, and several one-design classes. Robert is also a world champion in military sailing.

THE YOUTH FACTOR

Finland has very young and energised team. The rising young stars are bringing a lot of energy and new perspectives to the team.

Confirmed Athletes

Captain | 10

Trimmer | TBD

Pit | TBD

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Potential Team Position

1 BOW Lucas Karlemo	2 MID-BOW
3 PIT Anton Eklund	4 GRINDER Iiro Tornström
5 TRIMMER Robert Nyberg	6 TRIMMER Victor Mesterton
7 MAIN TRIMMER	8 HELM Oskari Muhonen
9 TACTICIAN	10 CAPTAIN Thomas Johanson
11 FLOATER Jan Forsbom

BOW

Lucas Karlemo

MID-BOW

PIT

Anton Eklund

GRINDER

Iiro Tornström

TRIMMER

Robert Nyberg

TRIMMER

Victor Mesterton

MAIN TRIMMER

HELM

Oskari Muhonen

TACTICIAN

CAPTAIN

Thomas Johanson

FLOATER

Jan Forsbom

SQUAD

Thomas Johanson	Robert Nyberg
Anton Eklund	Oskari Muhonen
Jan Forsbom	Victor Mesterton
Kaarle Tapper	Iiro Tornström
Mikaela Wulff	Sinem Kurtbay
Martin Gahmberg	Akseli Keskinen
Lucas Karlemo	Thomas Tennström
Edvard Bremer	Ari Kokko