Christian Nehammer

Hans-Christian Nehammer (born 26 May 1976) is an Austrian sailor, who specializes in the Star class.[1] Together with his partner and five-time Olympian Hans Spitzauer, he was named one of the country's top sailors in the Star event for the 2008 Summer Olympics, finishing in twelfth place.[2] A seven-time Austrian champion in his pet event, Nehammer sailed all of his sporting career for the Union-Yacht-Club Attersee in Attersee.

Christian Nehammer
Personal information
Full nameHans-Christian Nehammer
Born (1976-05-26) 26 May 1976
Salzburg, Austria
Height1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight108 kg (238 lb)
Sailing career
Class(es)Star
ClubUnion-Yacht-Club Attersee
Medal record
Sailing
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Kiel Star class
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Riva del Garda Star class
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Split Star class

Career

Looking to compete in the 2008 Summer Olympics, Nehammer and skipper Spitzauer missed the Olympic cut at the 2007 ISAF Sailing World Championships in Cascais, but rebounded from their flimsy outcome to punch the last of the four remaining tickets vying for qualification with a successful top 16 finish at the 2008 Star World Championship in Miami.[2][3]

Nehammer, then 32 years old, competed as a crew member together with and Spitzauer for Austria in the Star event at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.[2] The Austrian duo accumulated a triad of top-six marks throughout the ten-race course, but a disastrous feat on the last leg slipped their chances away from the medal round to the twelfth overall spot with 87 net points.[4]

Christian Nehammer competed as skipper in the Star class between 2009 and 2019 in many Star European Championship and Star World Championship events, scoring several top 10 places together with Florian Urban. In 2019, Christian Nehammer switched back to sailing as a crew and won the Eastern Hemisphere Championship in his home waters together with Augie Diaz. In 2020, Spitzauer and Nehammer finished 3rd at the Star European Championship in Riva del Garda.[5] In the next European Championship in Split, Nehammer repeated the achievement, this time with Diaz.[6] Later in the year, Spitzauer and Nehammer managed to claim the 3rd position at the World Championship in Kiel.[7]

Personal life

In parallel to his sports career Christian Nehammer finished his studies on economics at the University of Innsbruck in 2002.

Achievements
As of 27 September 2015[8]
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEvent
2007Kiel WeekKiel, Germany1stStar class
2008Olympic GamesQingdao, China12thStar class
2019Eastern Hemisphere ChampionshipAttersee, Austria1stStar class
2020Star European ChampionshipRiva del Garda, Italy3rdStar class
2021Star European ChampionshipSplit, Croatia3rdStar class
2021Star World ChampionshipKiel, Germany3rdStar class

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Hans-Christian Nehammer". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
  2. "Olympia-A-Limit für Spitzauer/Nehammer" [Spitzauer and Nehammer booked the Olympic ticket] (in German). Der Standard. 19 March 2008. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
  3. "Spitzauer/Nehammer holten als WM-16. Olympia-Nationenticket" [Spitzauer and Nehammer sealed the Olympic ticket with a top 16 finish] (in German). Der Standard. 29 April 2008. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
  4. "Beijing 2008: Men's Star Class". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 14 July 2012. Retrieved 5 September 2013.
  5. "Star Class | Star European Championship Archives".
  6. "Star Class | Star European Championship Archives".
  7. "Star Class World Championship 2021 manage2sail".
  8. "Sailor Biography".


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