# ILCA 4 World Championships

The ILCA 4 Youth World Championships, until 2020 the Laser 4.7 Youth World Championships, have been held every year since 2002, organized by the host club on behalf of the International Class Association and recognised by World Sailing. The event is open to sailors under the age of 18.

## Editions

| Event | Event | Event | Host | Host | Host | Sailor | Sailor | Sailor | Sailor | Sailor | Sailor | Ref. |
| Ed. | Date | Year | Host club | City | Country | Age | Gender | | | Nat. | Cont. | Ref. |
| 01 | 20-27 Jul | 2002 | | Medemblik | Netherlands | U18 | Open | 98 | 29 | 16 | 3 | |
| 02 | 13-18 Jul | 2003 | | Muiderzand | Netherlands | U18 | Open | 80 | 18 | 18 | 3 | |
| 03 | 17Jul -24Jun | 2004 | Fraglia Vela Riva | Riva del Garda | Italy | U18 | Open | 228 | 52 | 26 | 6 | |
| 04 | 8-13 Aug | 2005 | Barrington Yacht Club | Barrington. Rhode Island | United States | U18 | Open | 68 | 24 | 16 | 6 | |
| 05 | 30Jun -7Jul | 2006 | Club de Viole Houtin Medoc | Hourtin | France | U18 | Male | 237 | - | 30 | 5 | |
| 05 | 30Jun -7Jul | 2006 | Club de Viole Houtin Medoc | Hourtin | France | U18 | Female | - | 88 | 19 | 3 | |
| 06 | 27Dec -4Jan | 2007/08 | Hermanus Yacht Club | Hermanus | South Africa | U18 | Open | 90 | 25 | 26 | 6 | |
| 07 | 22-29 Aug | 2008 | | Trogir | Croatia | U18 | Male | 279 | - | 41 | 6 | |
| 07 | 22-29 Aug | 2008 | | Trogir | Croatia | U18 | Female | - | 116 | 29 | 5 | |
| 08 | 24-31 Jul | 2009 | Buzios Vela Clube | Buzios | Brazil | U18 | Male | 110 | - | 24 | 6 | |
| 08 | 24-31 Jul | 2009 | Buzios Vela Clube | Buzios | Brazil | U18 | Female | - | 39 | 23 | 5 | |
| 09 | 31Mar -8Apr | 2010 | Royal Varuna Yacht Club | Pattaya | Thailand | U18 | Male | 46 | - | 21 | 5 | |
| 09 | 31Mar -8Apr | 2010 | Royal Varuna Yacht Club | Pattaya | Thailand | U18 | Female | - | 39 | 19 | 5 | |
| 09 | 31Mar -8Apr | 2010 | Royal Varuna Yacht Club | Pattaya | Thailand | U16 | Open | 24 | 6 | 14 | 3 | |
| 10 | 26Jul -2Aug | 2011 | St. Francis Yacht Club | Berkeley, San Francisco, California | United States | U18 | Male | 110 | - | 28 | 5 | |
| 10 | 26Jul -2Aug | 2011 | St. Francis Yacht Club | Berkeley, San Francisco, California | United States | U18 | Female | - | 51 | 19 | 5 | |
| 11 | 31Mar -6Apr | 2012 | Yacht Club Argentino | Buenos Aires | Argentina | U18 | Male | 71 | - | 25 | 6 | |
| 11 | 31Mar -6Apr | 2012 | Yacht Club Argentino | Buenos Aires | Argentina | U18 | Female | - | 46 | 17 | 5 | |
| 12 | 6-13 Jul | 2013 | Balatonfüredi Yacht Club | Lake Balaton, Balatonfüredi | Hungary | U18 | Male | | | | |
| 13 | 8-15 Aug | 2014 | | Karatsu | Japan | | | | | | |
| 14 | 6-22 Aug | 2015 | | Medemblik | Netherlands | | | | | | |
| 15 | 30Jul -7Aug | 2016 | Kieler Yacht Club | Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein | Germany | | | | | | |
| 16 | 16-24 Jul | 2017 | Koninklijke Yacht Club Nieuwpoort | Nieuwpoort | Belgium | | | | | | |
| 17 | 9-17 Jul | 2018 | | Gydnia | Poland | | | | | | |
| 18 | 16-23 Aug | 2019 | Canadian Olympic-training Regatta, Kingston | Portsmouth Olympic Harbour, Kingston, Ontario | Canada | | | | | | |
| N/A | 26Jul -3Aug | 2020 | Circolo Vela Arco | Lake Garda | Italy | Cancelled due to covid | Cancelled due to covid | Cancelled due to covid | Cancelled due to covid | Cancelled due to covid |
| 19 | 7-14 Aug | 2021 | Royal St George Yacht Club br Irish National Yacht Club | Dun Laoghaire | Ireland | | | | | | |
| 20 | 13-20 Aug | 2022 | Capable Planet Clube Náutico | Vilamoura | Portugal | | | | | | |
| 21 | 22-30 Jul | 2023 | Nautical Club of Volos & Argonauts | Volos | Greece | | | | | | |
| 22 | 22-30 Jun | 2024 | Clube de Vela de Viana do Castelo & Capable Planet Clube Nautico | Viana do Castelo | Portugal | | | | | | |
| 23 | 19-26 Jul | 2025 | Cabrillo Beach Yacht Club | San Pedro, California | United States | | | | | | |

## Medalists
### Open

| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | 1st |
| 2002 Muiderzand | Tonči Stipanović (CRO) | Daniel Mihelic (CRO) | Colin Robaard (NED) | Tugçe Subasi (TUR) / 14th |
| 2003 Çeşme | Onur Derebasi (TUR) | Ateş Çınar (TUR) | Mustafa Çakır (TUR) | Ayda Ünver (TUR) / 13th |
| 2004 Riva del Garda | Justin Onvlee (RSA) | Mathieu Frei (FRA) | Ivo Kalebic (CRO) | Anita di Iasio (ITA) / 5th |
| 2005 Barrington | Joaquín Blanco (ESP) | Adam Sims (GBR) | Dany Stanišić (SLO) | Stephanie Roble (USA) / 5th |

### Boys

| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 2006 Hourtin | Colin Cheng (SIN) | Viktor Serrezhkin (RUS) | Marko Pereša (CRO) |
| 2007 Hermanus | Filip Matika (CRO) | Baepi Pinna (BRA) | Alexander Zimmerman (PER) |
| 2008 Trogir | Shahar Jacob (ISR) | Scott Sydney (SIN) | Lovre Perhat (CRO) |
| 2009 Búzios | Jonathan Martinetti (ECU) | Hermann Tomasgaard (NOR) | Juraj Divjakinja (CRO) |
| 2010 Pattaya | Etienne Le Pen (FRA) | Supakorn Pongwichean (THA) | Jolbert van Dijk (NED) |
| 2011 San Francisco | Francisco González (ESP) | Carlos Roselló (ESP) | William De Smedt (BEL) |
| 2012 Buenos Aires | Benjamin Vadnai (HUN) | Nahuel Pérez (ESP) | Maximilian Kuester (ITA) |
| 2013 Balatonfüred | Anıl Çetin (TUR) | Jonatán Vadnai (HUN) | Conor Nicholas (AUS) |
| 2014 Karatsu | Alexandre Boite (FRA) | Ismael Less (ESP) | Federico Fornasari (ITA) |
| 2015 Medemblik | Alejandro Bethencourt (ESP) | Rafael de la Hoz (ESP) | Guido Gallinaro (ITA) |
| 2016 Kiel | Dimitrios Papadimtriou (GRE) | Guido Gallinaro (ITA) | Pere Ponsetti (ESP) |
| 2017 Nieuwpoort | Yılkan Timurşah (TUR) | Sofiane Karim (FRA) | Cesare Barabino (ITA) |
| 2018 Gdynia | Daniel Hung (SGP) | Michael Compton (AUS) | Stefano Viale (PER) |
| 2019 | Niccolo Nordera (ITA) | Roko Stipanović (CRO) | Gašper Strahovnik (SLO) |
| 2020 Garda | Cancelled due to COVID-19 | Cancelled due to COVID-19 | Cancelled due to COVID-19 |
| 2021 Dún Laoghaire | Mārtiņš Atilla (LAT) | Alexandros Eleftheriadis (GRE) | Massimiliano Antoniazzi (ITA) |
| 2022 Vilamoura | Nicoló Cassitta (ITA) | Dionysios Kalpogiannakis (GRE) | Max Frank (NED) |
| 2024 Viana do Castelo | Carlos Charabati (CAN) | Josip Tafra (CRO) | Ali Poyraz Özdemir (TUR) |

### Girls

| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 2006 Hourtin | Victoria Chan (SIN) | Agnieszka Skrzypulec (POL) | Julie Chehab (FRA) |
| 2007 Hermanus | Tatjana Ganić (CRO) | Ewa Makowska (POL) | Lina Stock (CRO) |
| 2008 Trogir | Elizabeth Yin (SIN) | Matea Senkić (CRO) | Ante Kordić (CRO) |
| 2009 Búzios | Urška Košir (SLO) | Tomoyo Wakabayashi (JPN) | Hitomi Murayama (JPN) |
| 2010 Pattaya | Caitlin Elks (AUS) | Amirah Hamid Nur (MAS) | Jacob Oren (ISR) |
| 2011 San Francisco | Cecilia Zorzi (ITA) | Kim Pletikos (SLO) | Line Flem Höst (NOR) |
| 2012 Buenos Aires | Celine Therese Herud (NOR) | Yolanda González (ESP) | Anja Hamerlitz (CRO) |
| 2013 Balatonfüred | Silvia Morales (ESP) | Magdalena Kwaśna (POL) | Sofia Capparuccini (ITA) |
| 2014 Karatsu | Asya Luvisetto (SUI) | Irene Miras (ESP) | Francesca Bergamo (ITA) |
| 2015 Medemblik | Kateryna Gumenko (UKR) | Julia Büsselberg (GER) | Isaura Maenhaut (BEL) |
| 2016 Kiel | Emma Savelon (NED) | Mariia Kislukhina (RUS) | Elisa Navoni (ITA) |
| 2017 Nieuwpoort | Federica Cattarozzi (ITA) | Giorgia Cingolani (ITA) | Anna Moncada (ESP) |
| 2018 Gdynia | Chiara Benini (ITA) | Simone Chen (SGP) | Giorgia Cingolani (ITA) |
| 2024 Viana do Castelo | Hieke Schraffordt (NED) | Féline van Ede (NED) | Katrina Micallef (MLT) |