The Rio 2016 Olympic Sailing Competition regatta venue is the Marina da Glória with racing taking place inside and outside the Guanabara Bay and will feature 380 athletes competing across the following 10 events:
Men's Windsurfer - RS: X
Men's One Person Dinghy – Laser
Men's One Person Dinghy (Heavyweight) – Finn
Men's Two Person Dinghy – 470
Men's Skiff - 49er
Women's Windsurfer - RS: X
Women's One Person Dinghy - Laser Radial
Women's Two Person Dinghy – 470
Women's Skiff - 49er FX
Mixed Multihull - Nacra 17
Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) may enter a maximum of one boat per event, a total of 15 athletes (eight men and seven women).
Varsha Gautham and Aishwarya Neduchezian, today scripted a piece of sailing history in the Incheon Asian Games by becoming the first ever Indian women to win a Bronze medal for India at the Asian Games. Varsha Gautham also made it to the history books by becoming the youngest athlete from India amongst the medal winners at this Asian Games.
The last election of the Office Bearers and Council Members of the YAI was completed on 26 August 2013 and the members elected for a term of four years. However, consequent upon resignation by four members, prior to completion of their tenure, these posts had fallen vacant.