THE TROFEO PRINCESA SOFÍA MALLORCA BY IBEROSTAR MOVES TOWARDS GENDER PARITY
08 Mar 2024On International Women's Day, the Trofeo Princesa Sofía Mallorca by Iberostar pays tribute to the women of sailing, who are striving to increase female representation at all levels of the sport. The major Olympic class regatta is comprised of almost 40% women in the different departments of the organisation, and has set itself the target of reaching 50% by 2028, following the example of the International Olympic Committee and World Sailing.
Paris 2024 will be the first Olympics with equal representation of male and female athletes. For sailing, this has meant changes to the classes, such as the debut of the new 470 Mixed, with mixed crews. Nora Brugman, who has just won the world championship alongside Jordi Xammar in the same bay of Palma that will host the Princesa Sofía in three weeks, values this progress: "We are going in the right direction, but we must not be satisfied with just that".
That is why the Trofeo Princesa Sofía Mallorca by Iberostar has set itself the goal of achieving parity at all levels. In some areas, it has already achieved total balance: four men's classes, four women's classes and two mixed classes. In terms of participants, for the 53rd edition the female representation to date is 41%: 444 women out of a total of 1,081 pre-registered sailors.
Mallorca Sailing Center Regatta
As is tradition, many teams take advantage of the dates prior to the Trofeo Princesa Sofía to advance their Olympic preparation in the Bay of Palma. Once again this year, they are invited to participate in the Mallorca Sailing Center Regatta, which will see the men's and women's Nacra and iQFOiLs compete from the 8th to the 10th of March, and the 470 Mixed from the 15th to the 17th of March.
The 53 Trofeo S.A.R. Princesa Sofía Mallorca by Iberostar is jointly organised by the Club Nàutic S'Arenal, the Club Marítimo San Antonio de la Playa, the Real Club Náutico de Palma, the Real Federación Española de Vela and the Federación Balear de Vela, with the support of World Sailing and the main Balearic public institutions.