12 national associations organized the certification tests for the ASI Diploma for 57 candidates on March 9.
Despite the desire of several other countries to organize the certification tests, this 2021 edition was again marked by the constraints related to the Covid-19 pandemic… So a special thanks to the associations who managed to find solutions!
A total of 57 candidates took part in the 2021 exam and 38 of them passed. As a reminder, the minimum level required to become an ASI Sommelier is 60%, while for the Gold qualification, 70% is required. But let’s not forget that becoming an ASI Sommelier opens doors all over the world!
Here are the results in each organizing country:
ASI DIPLOMA 2021
38 ASI SOMMELIERS = 13 OR/GOLD/ORO, 22 ARGENT/SILVER/PLATA, 3 BRONZE/BRONCE
Autriche / Austria
Patrick Aichlseder / OR / GOLD / ORO
Pascal Dinda / ARGENT / SILVER / PLATA
Simon Reiter / ARGENT / SILVER / PLATA
Benjamin Zimmerling / ARGENT / SILVER / PLATA
Belgique / Belgium / Bélgica
Tom Ieven / OR / GOLD / ORO
Dries Corneillie / ARGENT / SILVER / PLATA
Stéphane Dardenne / BRONZE / BRONCE
Maxime Sanzot / BRONZE / BRONCE
Chine / China/Hong Kong
Keehong Kwon / ARGENT / SILVER / PLATA
Corée / Korea / Corea
Hee Sung Park / OR / GOLD / ORO / Major de Promotion / Best of class / Mayor de Promoción
Dong Yeon Ko / OR / GOLD / ORO
Jin soo Kim / ARGENT / SILVER / PLATA
Soo Hyeon Heo / ARGENT / SILVER / PLATA
Wook Tae Han / ARGENT / SILVER / PLATA
France / Francia
Fabrice Sommier / OR / GOLD / ORO / Major de Promotion / Best of class / Mayor de Promoción
Francesco Cosci / OR / GOLD / ORO
Xavier Thuizat / OR / GOLD / ORO
Japon / Japan / Japón
Ryoma Okinaka / ARGENT / SILVER / PLATA
Bungo Matsunaga / ARGENT / SILVER / PLATA
Chika Omae / ARGENT / SILVER / PLATA
Natsuki Saito / ARGENT / SILVER / PLATA
Kiki Yoda / ARGENT / SILVER / PLATA
Junichi Kurisu / ARGENT / SILVER / PLATA
Pays-Bas / Netherlands / Paises-Bajos
Sebastiaan Joosten / OR / GOLD / ORO
Cas Kratz / ARGENT / SILVER / PLATA
Rianne Ogink / ARGENT / SILVER / PLATA
Pologne / Poland / Polonia
Bartosz Nowakowski / OR / GOLD / ORO
Jakub Filipek / OR / GOLD / ORO
Russie / Russia/ Rusia
Kristina Veselova/ OR / GOLD / ORO
Taiwan
Sean Chang-Hsun Yeh / OR / GOLD / ORO
Szu-Hao Tseng / OR / GOLD / ORO
Carlos Kuan-Chang Chen / ARGENT / SILVER / PLATA
Jimmy Yao- Chia Chang / ARGENT / SILVER / PLATA
Ukraine/ Ucrania
Yan Biazruchka / ARGENT / SILVER / PLATA
Maryna Revkova / ARGENT / SILVER / PLATA
Pavlo Mnukhin / ARGENT / SILVER / PLATA
Venezuela
Héctor Gascón / ARGENT / SILVER / PLATA
Gabriel Marquez Campins / BRONZE / BRONCE