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{{short description|Austrian sailor}}
{{Infobox sailor
| name           = Roman Hagara
| image          = Roman Hagara Wien2008.jpg
| caption        = Roman Hagara in 2008
| birth_name     =
| birth_date     = {{birth-date and age|30 April 1966}}
| birth_place    = [[Vienna]], [[Austria]]
| death_date     =
| death_place    =
| show-medals    = yes
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport | [[Sailing (sport)|Sailing]] }}
{{MedalCountry | {{AUT}} }}
{{MedalCount
|[[Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]|2|0|0
|[[Tornado World Championship|World Championships]]|2|2|2
|[[European Sailing Championships|European Championships]]|5|2|0}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Sailing at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2000 Summer Olympics|2000 Sydney]]|[[Sailing at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Tornado|Tornado]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Athens]]|[[Sailing at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Tornado|Tornado]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Tornado World Championship|World Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold|1987 [[Kiel]]| Tornado}}
{{MedalGold|1999 [[Vallensbæk]]| Tornado}}
{{MedalSilver|2000 [[Sydney]]| Tornado}}
{{MedalSilver|2001 [[Richards Bay]]| Tornado}}
{{MedalBronze|1990 [[Medemblik]]| Tornado}}
{{MedalBronze|2006 [[San Isidro, Buenos Aires|San Isidro]]| [[2006 Tornado World Championship|Tornado]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[European Sailing Championships|European Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold|1990 [[Breitenbrunn, Austria|Breitenbrunn]]| Tornado}}
{{MedalGold|1997 [[La Grande-Motte]]| Tornado}}
{{MedalGold|2000 [[Alassio]]| Tornado}}
{{MedalGold|2001 [[Silvaplana]]| Tornado}}
{{MedalGold|2006 [[Travemünde]]| Tornado}}
{{MedalSilver|2003 [[Cagliari]]| Tornado}}
{{MedalSilver|2005 [[Västervik]]| Tornado}}
}}

'''Roman Hagara''' (born 30 April 1966) is an [[Austria]]n [[sailing (sport)|sailor]] who has won the gold medal in the [[Tornado (sailboat)|Tornado]] class at two consecutive Olympic Games.

Hagara, and his colleague [[Hans-Peter Steinacher]] won the gold medal in the Tornado class at the [[2000 Summer Olympics]] in Sydney, and successfully defended their title at the [[2004 Summer Olympics]] in Athens, which, to date, makes them Austria's the most successful summer sport athletes as the first professional Austrian sailing team.<ref>{{cite web |title=Roman HAGARA |url=https://members.sailing.org/biog.php?unique=1435863375.6969&memberid=39098&js=1 |website=ISAF |publisher=sailing.org |access-date=2 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150712134314/https://members.sailing.org/biog.php?unique=1435863375.6969&memberid=39098&js=1 |archive-date=12 July 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Hagara was the Flagbearer for the Austrian team at the [[2004 Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Flag Bearers for the Opening Ceremony |url=http://www.olympic.org/content/news/media-resources/manual-news/1999-2009/2004/08/13/flag-bearers-for-the-opening-ceremony/ |website=Official website of the Olympic Movement |publisher=olympic.org |access-date=2 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140829125552/http://www.olympic.org/content/news/media-resources/manual-news/1999-2009/2004/08/13/flag-bearers-for-the-opening-ceremony/ |archive-date=29 August 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref> Along with his teammate Steinacher, he has won the [[Austrian Sports Personality of the Year]] twice, in 2000 and 2004.

== Career ==
Born in [[Vienna]], Hagara represents the [[Yachtclub Zell am See]].<ref name=olympedia/> Originally trained in windsurfing, Roman Hagara soon competed against his now teammate [[Hans-Peter Steinacher]], until they decided in 1997 to train for the 2000 Olympics together. Before 1997, Roman Hagara worked as crew, then changed to skipper.

In the [[2000 Summer Olympics|2000 Olympics]], the team was the very first to work with customized sails. Since then, the team has always focused on being ahead of technological developments, which now shows in their involvement in the foiling technology.<ref>{{Cite web |title=News |url=http://www.redbullextremesailing.com/news/#!/blog197 |website=www.redbullextremesailing.com |access-date=2015-12-26 |first=Red Bull Extreme |last=Sailing |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151227031438/http://www.redbullextremesailing.com/news/#!/blog197 |archive-date=2015-12-27 |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== America's Cup and Red Bull Youth America's Cup ===

Since 2009, he has focused more on the big boat scene with [[Hans-Peter Steinacher]], including competing on an America's Cup yacht. Hagara was the skipper of Hagara-Steinacher Racing (HS Racing) in the [[2011–13 America's Cup World Series]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Hagara, Steinacher enter AC World Series Naples |url=http://www.americascup.com/en/34th-americas-cup/13603_-en-Hagara-Steinacher-enter-AC-World-Series-Naples-fr-Roman-Hagara-et-Hans-Peter-Steinacher-en-lice-pour-les-AC-World-Series-a-Naples-es-Hagara-y-Steinacher-entre-las-nueve-tripulaciones-que-competiran-en-la-Americas-Cup-World-Series-Naples-it-Hagara-e-Steinacher-tra-i-protagonisti-delle-AC-World-Series-di-Napoli-.html |website=America's Cup |publisher=americascup.com |access-date=2 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150703050003/http://www.americascup.com/en/34th-americas-cup/13603_-en-Hagara-Steinacher-enter-AC-World-Series-Naples-fr-Roman-Hagara-et-Hans-Peter-Steinacher-en-lice-pour-les-AC-World-Series-a-Naples-es-Hagara-y-Steinacher-entre-las-nueve-tripulaciones-que-competiran-en-la-Americas-Cup-World-Series-Naples-it-Hagara-e-Steinacher-tra-i-protagonisti-delle-AC-World-Series-di-Napoli-.html |archive-date=3 July 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Under the flag of the United States for San Francisco's [[Golden Gate Yacht Club]], the duo competed in a 2013 [[America's Cup World Series]] event in Naples, Italy. Racing this event gave the team firsthand experience in what has become Hagara and Steinacher's primary focus, mentoring the next generation of sailors on the next generation of sail boats: [[hydrofoil]]s.

=== Extreme Sailing Series ===
Roman Hagara was also the skipper for Red Bull Extreme Sailing Team in the [[Extreme Sailing Series]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Red Bull Sailing Team |url=http://www.extremesailingseries.com/teams/view/Red-Bull-Sailing-Team |website=Extreme Sailing Series |publisher=extremesailingseries.com |access-date=2 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150703171814/http://www.extremesailingseries.com/teams/view/Red-Bull-Sailing-Team |archive-date=3 July 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref> With the series' announcement that foiling catamarans will be part of its future, Hagara and [[Hans-Peter Steinacher|Steinacher]] have taken on a full crew of athletes who honed their skills in the Red Bull Youth America's Cup.

=== Mentoring young talents ===
As of 2015, Roman Hagara and [[Hans-Peter Steinacher]] mentor young sailors in three series: as sports directors of [[Red Bull Foiling Generation]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Get a glimpse at the future of sailing |url=http://www.redbull.com/en/stories/1331709317633/red-bull-foiling-generation-explained |website=www.redbull.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160107174007/http://www.redbull.com/en/stories/1331709317633/red-bull-foiling-generation-explained |archive-date=2016-01-07 |url-status=live }}</ref> and the Red Bull Youth America's Cup, and as leaders of the Red Bull Extreme Sailing Team that competes in the [[Extreme Sailing Series]]. Hagara and Steinacher look for the best and most talented sailors in their respective age groups to give them insights and show them a new way of sailing.

==Personal life==
His brother [[Andreas Hagara]] also sailed.<ref name=olympedia>{{cite web | url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/62246 | title=Olympedia – Roman Hagara }}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{World Sailing|id=AUTRH1|www=roman-hagara}}
* {{Olympics.com profile|roman-hagara|org_archive=20191230115555}}
* {{SR/Olympics|ha/roman-hagara-1|archive=20161203073401}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080415002352/http://www.hagara-steinacher.at/ Homepage of Roman Hagara and Hans-Peter Steinacher]
* [http://www.redbullextremesailing.com/ Red Bull Extreme Sailing Team]

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