Denmark – 3/23/2021 – Denmark SailGP Team presented by ROCKWOOL has revealed the crew that will race in Season 2 of SailGP – including two Danish female athletes, who bring additional Olympic experience to the team.
At a press conference this morning, Danish helm Nicolai Sehested revealed an all-star crew consisting of Olympic medallists, World Champions and round-the-world racers who will fly the Danish flag in the global racing league in 2021-22.
Sehested confirmed that he will once again be joined by Rasmus Køstner, Martin Kirketerp, brothers Hans-Christian Rosendahl and Lars-Peter Rosendahl, and Tom Johnson in Season 2. Hailing from Perth, Australia, but currently living in Denmark, Johnson is the only international member of a majority Danish crew.
And Sehested announced that the roster will also feature Danish Olympic medallists Anne-Marie Rindom and Katja Salskov-Iversen, the two successful candidates who will be immersed with the team during the Bermuda Sail Grand Prix following the Denmark SailGP Team female selection camp.
Rindom is a two-time World Championship winner and the 2019 World Sailor of the Year, who competes in the Laser Radial class. She won a bronze medal at Rio 2016, and is currently preparing to race at Tokyo Olympics later this year.
Denmark SailGP Team presented by ROCKWOOL – SailGP Season 2
Nicolai Sehested (Helm / 31 / Kolding, Denmark)
Tom Johnson (Wing Trimmer / 30 / Perth, Australia)
Martin Kirketerp (Grinder / 38 / Aarhus, Denmark)
Rasmus Køstner (Flight Controller / 42 / Middelfart, Denmark)
Anne-Marie Rindom (Development Programme / 29 / Horsens, Denmark)
Lars-Peter Rosendahl (Grinder / 24 / Copenhagen, Denmark)
Hans-Christian Rosendahl (Grinder / 24 / Copenhagen, Denmark)
Katja Salskov-Iversen (Development Programme / 26 / Copenhagen, Denmark)
