SSL Team COL – By Sailors for Sailors

THE FOOTBALL WORLD CUP... IN SAILING

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

Events

Upcoming

1/32 FINALS

G4 - Race 1

15:30

19 November 2026

BRAZIL

Participants

DRAW9

DRAW10

DRAW11

COL

Results

Upcoming

1/32 FINALS

G4 - Race 2

11:00

20 November 2026

BRAZIL

Participants

DRAW9

DRAW10

DRAW11

COL

Results

Upcoming

1/32 FINALS

G4 - Race 3

12:30

21 November 2026

BRAZIL

Participants

DRAW9

DRAW10

DRAW11

COL

Results

Upcoming

1/32 FINALS

G4 - Race 4

14:00

22 November 2026

BRAZIL

Participants

DRAW9

DRAW10

DRAW11

COL

Results

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GOLDEN COFFEE

GOLDEN COFFEE

Colombia is the northernmost tip of South America between the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea. It is one of the most bioverse countries in the world and has many cultures centered around water.

Sailing happens at sea level and lakes above 2,600 meters, in all kinds of weather and temperatures. The Colombian Sailing Federation was founded in 1958, since then the sport has grown mainly around lightning, snipe, sunfish, ilca and optimist classes. Both wind surfing and kite have become increasingly popular.

Sailors in the young Colombian team come from these classes, are active in Colombia and around the world. Many of them know each other from their optimist days and trust that their friendship will help them build a very powerful SSL team.

STATISTICS

THE COUNTRY

150 competitive sailors
20 Sailing Clubs
10 Sailing Schools
5 Olympic Sailors
3,500 km de costa

ACHIEVEMENTS

SSL RANKING

SSL best ranked woman:
SSL best ranked man:
SSL nations ranking:

MAIN EVENTS

Cartagena Sailing Week
Tomine crusier Regatas
Sunfish National Championships

0-2600

0-2600 from sea level to more than 2600 metres from sea level colombian sailors from the ssl team currently train and sail in our iconic spots and clubs of sailing

THE CAPTAIN

Simon Gomez

Colombian sailor dedicated 100% to competitive sailing since the age of 12. Outstanding multi-class sailor (Ilca, Sunfish, Wingfoil, Iqfoil). Among his most notable results are: Bolivarian Champion in Optimist and Sunfish, North American Sunfish Champion, two-time World Junior Sunfish Champion, 5th place in the Pan American Games in Iqfoil. Eleven-time national champion in multiple classes.

THE LEADERS

GUSTAVO TAMAYO

Gustavo Tamayo is one of best lightning sailors in Colombia. He has represented Colombia in multiple international events in the lightning class, but he is also a huge promoter for the class. Gustavo has brought big events to Colombia like the South American Championship and the World Championship and helps young sailors develop in the class and gives them opportunities to participate in larger events.

Andrey Quintero

Andrey Quintero competed at the 2012 london olimpics and know he’s coaching a ilca colombian team.

Ana Sofia Bermudez

Ana Sofia is a sunfish sailor that had won several international medals in the sunfish class and competed on the santiago 2023 panams games on the sunfish class.

THE YOUTH FACTOR

Our team in one of the youngest team, proving and demostrating a bright future for the colombian sailing comunity, hopfully inspiring more young sailors to dedicate to the sport and high level performance.

Confirmed Athletes

Captain | 10

Tactician | 21

Grinder | 9

MAIN SAIL TRIMMER | 11

Juan Esteban Restrepo

Trimmer | 13

Main Trimmer | 3

Pitman | 15

Bowman | 8

Mid Bow | 3

Floater | 22

Floater / Pitman |

Theoretical team position

1 BOW James Medina	2 MID-BOW Samuel Hormiga
3 PIT Juan Camilo Bustos	4 GRINDER Andrey Quintero
5 TRIMMER Julian Ramirez	6 TRIMMER Juan Esteban Restrepo
7 MAIN TRIMMER Esteban Echavarria	8 HELMS
9 TACTICIAN Ana Sofia Bermudez	10 CAPTAIN Simon Gomez
11 FLOATER Paula Sanchez

BOW

James Medina

MID-BOW

Samuel Hormiga

PIT

Juan Camilo Bustos

GRINDER

Andrey Quintero

TRIMMER

Julian Ramirez

TRIMMER

Juan Esteban Restrepo

MAIN TRIMMER

Esteban Echavarria

HELMS

TACTICIAN

Ana Sofia Bermudez

CAPTAIN

Simon Gomez

FLOATER

Paula Sanchez

SQUAD

Simon Gomez	Andrey Quintero
Ana Sofia Bermudez	Esteban Echavarria
Juan Esteban Restrepo	Julian Ramirez
Juan Camilo Bustos	Juan Diego Chaves
James Medina	Samuel Hormiga
Paula Sanchez	Pablo Bright