Philip Koester

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Philip Koester
Philip Köster (2012)
Philip Köster (2012)
nation GermanyGermany Germany
birthday 5th March 1994 (age 26)
place of birth Las Palmas de Gran Canaria ,  SpainSpainSpain 
size 193 cm
Weight 90 kg
Career
Sail number G-44 (formerly E-44)
discipline Wave
status active
Placements in the Windsurf World Cup
 Debut in the World Cup 2006
 World Cup victories 14th
 Wave World Cup 1. ( 2011 , 2012 , 2015 , 2017 , 2019 )
 Podium placements 1. 2. 3.
 Wave 14th 5 5
last change: November 1st, 2019
After the award ceremony as PWA wave riding world champion at the Windsurf World Cup Sylt , 2011
In front of Westerland , Windsurf World Cup Sylt, 2009

Philip Köster (born March 5, 1994 in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria ) is the first German windsurfing world champion in the "surfing" discipline. He uses the sail number G-44 .

Life

In 1980 his parents, who come from Hamburg , moved to Playa de Vargas on Gran Canaria , where they opened a surf school. Köster grew up less than 100 meters from the sea. He started windsurfing at the age of eight. In September 2016, Köster suffered a torn cruciate ligament , torn inner ligament and a meniscus damage in his right knee during training . With 4101 points and 99 points behind the leader in second place in the overall ranking of the PWA Tour, a title defense was impossible. Köster has been the father of a daughter since February 2020.

successes

Philip Köster was twice Canary Islands champion over 50 meters butterfly before he concentrated on windsurfing.

In 2005 he was Canarian champion in the windsurfing discipline surfing (wave riding). Both jumps over the waves and riding the waves are assessed by the judges. In 2006 he made his first PWA - World Cup . The PWA voted Köster 2008 Rookie of the Year . In 2009 he finished school and became a professional windsurfer. In the same year Köster won his first World Cup and with 18 meters he made the highest jump in windsurfing history.

In 2009 and 2010 he was named “Surfer of the Year” by surf magazine . In 2010 he reached third place in the surfing discipline in the PWA world championship.

In 2011, at the age of 17, Köster became the windsurfing world champion in the “wave riding” discipline, making it the second youngest champion after Robby Naish . In September of the same year he was able to win the penultimate World Cup of the season in Klitmøller , Denmark , and was thus unmatched in first place at the Windsurf World Cup Sylt even before the end of the season . He was able to defend the title in 2012, also at the PWA Wave World Cup Klitmøller. Köster subsequently also won the Windsurf World Cup Sylt 2012. After two years of injuries, Köster won his third world title in 2015 at the last event of the tour in Ho'okipa . A good 12 months after a serious injury, he made his comeback to the world's top professional windsurfers in 2017 with the 4th World Cup title .

World Cup ratings

season Wave
space Points
2008 23. 3112
2009 28. 2100
2010 3. 4002
2011 1. 6300
2012 1. 6300
2013 6th 5294
2014 7th 7395
2015 1. 6234
2016 26th 4101
2017 1. 2980
2018 3. 21,655
2019 1. 28,276

World Cup victories

date place country discipline
July 10-17, 2009 Pozo Izquierdo Spain Wave
July 5th to 10th, 2011 Pozo Izquierdo Spain Wave
July 14-20, 2011 El Médano Spain Wave
September 12-18, 2011 Klitmøller Denmark Wave
July 2nd to 7th, 2012 Pozo Izquierdo Spain Wave
July 12-18, 2012 El Medano Spain Wave
September 28 to October 7, 2012 Sylt Germany Wave
3rd to 9th August 2013 El Medano Spain Wave
4th to 10th August 2014 El Medano Spain Wave
July 12-18, 2015 Pozo Izquierdo Spain Wave
September 14-20, 2015 Klitmøller Denmark Wave
July 9th to 15th, 2017 Pozo Izquierdo Spain Wave
August 6th to 12th, 2017 El Medano Spain Wave
July 15-21, 2018 Pozo Izquierdo Spain Wave

Awards (excerpt)

literature

Web links

Commons : Philip Köster  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ PWA Athletes: Philip Köster. In: Professional Windsurfers Association . Retrieved October 5, 2017.
  2. ↑ Windsurfing star Philip Köster suffers cruciate ligament rupture. In: Sport1 . September 13, 2016, accessed October 5, 2017.
  3. ↑ World Tour Ranking Wave Men 2016. In: Professional Windsurfers Association . Retrieved October 5, 2017.
  4. ↑ Surf star Köster on quarantine , ntv, April 24, 2020
  5. ↑ Michael Eder: King of the surfers. In: FAZ.NET . September 15, 2011, accessed October 5, 2017.
  6. ↑ The golden rider. In: Spiegel Online September 15, 2011, accessed October 5, 2017.
  7. ↑ German exceptional talent becomes windsurfing world champion. In: Spiegel Online . September 14, 2011, accessed October 5, 2017.
  8. ↑ Exceptional surfer Köster defends world championship title. In: Spiegel Online . September 19, 2012, accessed October 5, 2017.
  9. ↑ Köster is world champion for the fourth time. In: Spiegel Online . October 4, 2017. Retrieved October 5, 2017.
personal data
SURNAME Koster, Philip
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German windsurfer
DATE OF BIRTH March 5, 1994
PLACE OF BIRTH Las Palmas de Gran Canaria