Xabier Fernández
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Xabier Fernández Gaztañaga (born 19 October 1976 in Ibarra, Gipuzkoa, Basque Country) is a Basque 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]
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 Championship Marsala (Italy), 1st position;
- 2008 European Championship S'Arena ( Spain), 1st position;
- 2008 Olympic Games Beijing (China ), 2nd position;
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- 1976 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Gipuzkoa
- Spanish male sailors (sport)
- Olympic sailors for Spain
- Olympic gold medalists for Spain
- Olympic medalists in sailing
- Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists for Spain
- Sailors at the 2004 Summer Olympics – 49er
- Sailors at the 2008 Summer Olympics – 49er
- Sailors at the 2012 Summer Olympics – 49er
- 49er class world champions
- ISAF World Sailor of the Year (male)
- Volvo Ocean Race sailors
- Luna Rossa Challenge sailors
- 2013 America's Cup sailors
- World champions in sailing for Spain
- People from Tolosaldea
- 21st-century Spanish people