A Mpumalanga sailor, Christian Petzold represents WYAC in competitive dinghy racing. Christian's earliest SailingSA result dates to April 2021. Since then 91 races across 7 regattas have been recorded. Christian's primary class has been DF95, with additional appearances in Hunter 19 and IOM. Christian's best results include winning the SailingSA events in the multiple fleets fleet, as well as the SailingSA events in the multiple fleets fleet. Christian continues to compete regularly across provincial and national sailing events.