Britain’s Martin Wrigley and Bettine Harris claimed the 2026 European Open Championship after a 1, 4 in the medal races.
Silver medalists are Giacomo Ferrari and Alessandra Dubbini, and the bronze medalists are Jordi Xammar and Marta Cardona.
Wrigley and Harris crossed the finish line first in the opening medal race and extended their lead over the Italians and the Spanish.
With a 7-point gap to the second boat and fourteen points to the third, the British had the win in the bag.
“Well, I mean, it’s just an incredible start to the year. I’m so happy that we put together the week. We sailed the best we could, and then to finish it off today – it’s just incredible,” said Bettine Harris.
“It was quite a long week. After yesterday, when we pulled it back and finally got into first, we were so happy. Today it was just nice to finish it off and start the year strong,” added Martin Wrigley.
470 European Open Championship 2026
Medal Series after 2 races (53 entries)
1st GBR Martin WRIGLEY / Bettine HARRIS – – 24 pts
2nd ITA Giacomo FERRARI / Alessandra DUBBINI – – 35 pts
3rd ESP Jordi XAMMAR / Marta CARDONA – – 36 pts
4th POR Beatriz GAGO / Rodolfo PIRES – – 44 pts
5th POR Silva Depares / Alejandro De Maqua 45 pts
6th ITA Elena BERTA / Giulio CALABRO’ – – 49 pts
7th FRA Matisse PACAUD / Lucie DE GENNES – – 60 pts
8th GER Theresa LÖFFLER / Christopher HOERR – – 60 pts
9th JPN Tetsuya ISOZAKI / Yurie SEKI – – 67 pts
10th POR Diogo COSTA / Carolina JOÃO – – 70 pts
