Robert Stanjek
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| Full name | Robert Stanjek | ||||||||||||
| Nationality |
 Germany | ||||||||||||
| Born |
7 May 1981 Rüdersdorf, Brandenburg, East Germany | ||||||||||||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||
| Weight | 86 kg (190 lb) | ||||||||||||
| Sailing career | |||||||||||||
| Class(es) | Keelboat | ||||||||||||
| Club | Norddeutscher Regatta Verein[1] | ||||||||||||
| Coach | Alan Smith[1] | ||||||||||||
Medal record
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Robert Stanjek (born 7 May 1981 in Rüdersdorf, Brandenburg) is a German sailor, who specialized in two-person keelboat (Star) class.[1][2] He represented Germany, along with his partner Frithjof Kleen in the Star class at the 2012 Summer Olympics, and also captured a silver medal at the 2011 ISAF Sailing World Championships in Perth, Australia.[3] Stanjek has also been training throughout most of his sporting career for the North German Sailing Regatta (German: Norddeutscher Regatta Verein) in Hamburg under his personal coach Alan Smith.[1][4] As of November 2014, Stanjek is ranked eighth in the world for the two-person keelboat by the International Sailing Federation, following his first-place effort at the ISAF World Cup Series and Star World Championships in Malcesine, Italy.[5]
Stanjek qualified as a skipper for the German squad in the Star class at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London by placing second and receiving a berth from the ISAF World Championships in Perth, Western Australia.[3][6][7] Teaming with his partner Frithjof Kleen in the opening series, the German duo recorded a net score of 70 points throughout the entire race, but came up short for the medal podium with a satisfying sixth position against a fleet of sixteen boats.[8][9]
References
- 1 2 3 4 "Robert Stanjek". London 2012. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
- ↑ "Robert Stanjek". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
- 1 2 "Penultimate Day Sees Scheidt And Prada Crowned Star World Champions". ISAF. 17 December 2011. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
- ↑ "Elfter Platz für Stanjek und Kleen bei WM" [Eleventh place for Stanjek and KLEEN at World Cup] (in German). IBN Online. 14 May 2012. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
- ↑ "Robert Stanjek Opens Star Worlds With First Bullet". ISAF. 1 July 2014. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
- ↑ "Deutsche Starbootsegler holen WM-Silber" [German Star sailors brought home a silver medal at World Champs] (in German). The Epoch Times. 17 December 2011. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
- ↑ "Oldenburger Student segelt zu WM-Silber" [Oldenburg Student sails to a silver medal at the World Championships] (in German). Nordwest-Zeitung. 17 December 2011. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
- ↑ "Men's Star". London 2012. Retrieved 27 November 2012.
- ↑ "Deutsche Starbootsegler im Finale" [German Star sailors in the finale] (in German). Rheinische Post. 1 August 2012. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
External links
- Official website (German)
- ISAF Profile
- NBC Olympics Profile
- DOSB Profile (German)