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]
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| Full name | Xabier Fernández Gaztañaga | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 19 October 1976 Ibarra, Gipuzkoa, Basque Country | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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He 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 Kāneʻohe (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 ChampionshipMarsala (Italy), 1st position ;
- 2008 European Championship S'Arena ( Spain), 1st position ;
- 2008 Olympic Games Beijing (China ), 2nd position ;