George Kavas

George Kavas (born 26 March 1995) is a Greek sailor. He was educated at the Nautical Lyceum of Peiraeus in Athens, in 2013 he graduated with honours and attended the National Technical University of Athens as a Naval Architect.

Along with his brothers and teammates Alexander Kavas & Theofanis Kavas has won numerous races and championships both in Greece and abroad starting from an early age with the Optimist (dinghy) class and later moving on to 420 (dinghy) and 470 class.

Career highlights

Optimist (dinghy) Racing Category 2005 - Athens, Greece 1st Place National Junior Championship 2006 - 2nd Overall Balkan Optimist Championship 2006 - Athens, Greece 1st Overall World Championship Junior Qualifier 2006 - Athens, Greece 1st Place National Junior Championship 2007 - Athens, Greece 1st Place National Junior Championship 2007 - 3rd Overall Balkan Optimist Championship 2007 - Vigo, Spain 2nd Place Semana Caixanova del Atlantico 2007 - Cagliari, Italy 1st Place Optimist World Championship with his brother Theofanis Kavas and 3 more Greek teammates

420 (dinghy) Racing Category 2010 - Athens, Greece 1st Place National Championship 2010 - Athens, Greece 2nd Overall European Youth Championship 2011 - Rafina, Greece 1st Place National Championship 2011 - Tavira, Portugal 1st Overall European Championship with his brother Alexander Kavas 2011 - Kieler Woche, Germany 3rd Overall European Championship with his brother Alexander Kavas 2011 - Nieuwpoort, Belgium 2nd Overall European Youth Championship with his brother Alexander Kavas 2012 - Paros, Greece 1st Place National Championship 2012 - Lake Neusiedl, Austria 1st Overall 1st Men and Junior World Championship with his brother Alexander Kavas

470 (dinghy) Racing Category 2012 - Takapuna, New Zealand 10th Overall World Youth Championship 2012 - Lake Garda, Italy 4th Overall European Youth Championship 2012 - 1st Overall Balkan Youth Championship 2012 - 2nd Overall Balkan Championship 2013 - Athens, Greece 4th Place National Championship 2013 - Thessaloniki, Greece 3rd Overall National Championship with his brother Alexander Kavas 2013 - La Rochelle, France 12th Place in Youth, 33rd Overall World Championship with his brother Alexander Kavas