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Year Gold Silver Bronze
2010 , Tallinn Yacht Club , Lohusalu , Estonia Carsten Faubel ( DEN ) Carsten F.FaubelVictor Silen ( FIN ) Alexender Shelting ( RUS )
2011 , Hanko , Finland , 71 Entries Pontus Dahl ( SWE ) Victor Silen ( FIN ) Alexander Gronblom ( FIN )
2012 , KSSS , Stockholm , Sweden Simon Weideskog ( SWE ) Juuso Roihu ( EST ) Victor Silén ( FIN )
2013 , Ran Seilforening , Straume , Sotra , Fjell , Norway David Bjelkarøy Westervik ( NOR ) Alexander Dahl Høgheim ( NOR ) Martin Õunap ( EST )
2014 , Åstrup , Denmark Sophus Jarvig ( DEN ) Pontus Karlsson ( SWE ) Sebastian Norup ( DEN )
2015 , Wolfgangsee , Austria ( ) ( ) ( )
2016 , Kuressaare , Estonia Ilari Muhonen ( FIN ) Christoffer Sörlie ( NOR ) Lucas Karlemo ( FIN )
2017 , Sweden JAKOB HAUD ( EST ) LUCAS KARLEMO ( FIN ) DMITRY GOLOVKIN ( RUS )
Male World Champion
The Zoom is a youth racing dinghy sailed in Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Austria, the Netherlands, Estonia, Latvia and Russia. It is designed by the Finn Henrik Segercrantz. The Zoom is considered an excellent transition dinghy from the Optimist and the more physically demanding dinghies such as the Laser, Europe and 29er, and although many attempts have been made by other classes to fill this gap, the Zoom dinghy is one of the few to have succeeded. The Swedish Zoom Association note that the Zoom is a calm, safe boat and simple enough that beginners are able to sail it. The Zoom has been spread all over Sweden since 1995 followed a few years later by Denmark and these two countries have won numerous medals in the European and World Championships.