Meet world's best match racing skippers | ​Bjorn Hansen

Editor’s note:

The 2023 World Match Racing Tour (WMRT) Shenzhen•Bao'an Final and World Bay Area Regatta is in full swing. Twelve of the world’s best match racing skippers from nine countries are competing in the final through Sunday. The winner of the event will be crowned 2023 Match Racing World Champion and take home a share of the US$200,000 purse. Between intense training and matches, the skippers are giving us interviews, talking about their training, their goals and their observations during their visit to Shenzhen.

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2023世界帆船对抗巡回赛深圳•宝安总决赛暨世界湾区帆船赛如火如荼。来自九个国家的12位世界顶级水平的帆船赛事船长和船队，在宝安区大铲湾、欢乐港湾等水域，展开对全球总冠军荣誉、20万美元总决赛奖金的激烈竞争，给本地居民呈现一场近距离、高竞技、强对抗，观赏性极强的顶级帆船比赛。在紧张的训练和比赛间隙，12位船长们接受了我们的采访，畅谈赛前训练，比赛目标以及他们在深圳的所见所闻。

Video by Liu Xudong

Bjorn Hansen（比约恩-汉森）

World Sailing Ranking 世界帆联排名：NO.30

Leaderboard of World Match Racing Tour 世界帆船对抗巡回赛排名：NO.9

Nationality 国籍: Sweden 瑞典 SWDEN

Team 队名：Extend Commerce Sailing Team

Crew 队员: Philip Kai Guhle, Mathias Bredin, Nils Bjerkås

A video message from Bjorn Hansen shot before he comes to Shenzhen.

Bjorn Hansen (born Feb. 17, 1967) is a Swedish sailor who has been competing in match racing over the last 20 years including at the world championship level on the World Match Racing Tour. He is an impressive seven-time winner of the iconic Match Cup Sweden in Marstrand, Sweden, a founding event of the World Match Racing Tour. He and his Team have played an important part in the history of the event since first competing at the inaugural event in 1994. He went on to win the event in 2007, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2021 and 2023. He returns to the World Match Racing Tour in 2023 in a bid to secure his first Match Racing World Championship title. 

比约恩·汉森出生于1967年2月17日，是一名瑞典帆船运动员。过去20年来，汉森是帆船对抗赛事中常见的身影，包括世界帆船对抗巡回赛上的世界锦标赛。让人赞叹的是，汉森还是瑞典马斯特兰德的标志性赛事瑞典杯帆船对抗赛的七届冠军；该赛事是世界帆船对抗巡回赛的创始赛事。自1994年首次参加首届瑞典杯以来，汉森在瑞典杯的发展中发挥了重要作用，并在2007年、2012年、2013年、2014年、2015年、2021年和2023年的赛事中多次获得冠军。2023年，汉森回归世界帆船对抗巡回赛，将全力以赴，争夺他的职业生涯中首个WMRT全球总冠军头衔。