Xabier Fernández Gaztañaga (born 19 October 1976 in Ibarra, Gipuzkoa, Basque Country) is a Spanish sailor and olympic champion. Fernandez won a gold medal in the 49er class with Iker Martínez at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.[1] The same pairing won the silver medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics.[2] He has been a crewmember and skipper in the Volvo Ocean Race five times, onboard: movistar (2005–06), Telefónica Blue (2008–09), Telefónica (2011–12), and MAPFRE (2014–15, 2017–18).[3]
xabier, fernández, gaztañaga, born, october, 1976, ibarra, gipuzkoa, basque, country, spanish, sailor, olympic, champion, fernandez, gold, medal, 49er, class, with, iker, martínez, 2004, summer, olympics, athens, same, pairing, silver, medal, 2008, summer, oly. Xabier Fernandez Gaztanaga born 19 October 1976 in Ibarra Gipuzkoa Basque Country is a Spanish sailor and olympic champion Fernandez won a gold medal in the 49er class with Iker Martinez at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens 1 The same pairing won the silver medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics 2 He has been a crewmember and skipper in the Volvo Ocean Race five times onboard movistar 2005 06 Telefonica Blue 2008 09 Telefonica 2011 12 and MAPFRE 2014 15 2017 18 3 Xabier FernandezPersonal informationFull nameXabier Fernandez GaztanagaBorn 1976 10 19 19 October 1976 age 47 Ibarra Gipuzkoa Basque CountryMedal record SailingRepresenting SpainOlympic Games2004 Athens 49er2008 Beijing 49erWorld Championships2002 49er2004 49er2010 49erHe sailed with Luna Rossa Challenge in the 2013 Louis Vuitton Cup 4 2001 World Championship Malcesine Italy 2nd position 2001 European Championship Brest France 2nd position 2002 World Championship Kaneʻohe United States of America 1st position 2002 European Championship Grimstad Norway 1st position 2003 European Championship Laredo Spain 3rd position 2004 Olympic Games Athens Greece 1st position 2004 World Championship Athens Greece 1st position 2006 European Championship Weymouth United kingdom 3rd position 2007 European Championship Marsala Italy 1st position 2008 European Championship S Arena Spain 1st position 2008 Olympic Games Beijing China 2nd position References edit 2004 Summer Olympics Athens Greece Sailing databaseOlympics com Archived from the original on 18 August 2008 Retrieved 23 May 2008 Beijing 2008 Men s 49er www olympic org IOC Retrieved 18 August 2014 Volvo Ocean Race Retrieved 16 March 2019 Luna Rossa nbsp nbsp This article about a Spanish Olympic medalist is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp nbsp This biographical article related to yacht racing in Spain is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Xabier Fernandez amp oldid 1193013852, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
