Felix Steiger

Felix Steiger (born 18 July 1980) is a Swiss former sailor, who specialized in the two-person dinghy (470) class.[1] Together with his partner Tobias Etter, he was named one of the country's top sailors in the double-handed dinghy for the 2008 Summer Olympics, finishing in a distant twenty-third place.[2] Outside his Olympic career, he and Etter locked the podium spot with a bronze in the men's 470 at the 2005 Summer Universiade in İzmir, Turkey.[3][4] Steiger trained most of his sporting career at Schloss Greifensee Sailing Club in the outskirts of Zürich.[5]

Felix Steiger
Personal information
Full nameFelix Steiger
Nationality  Switzerland
Born (1980-07-18) 18 July 1980
Uster, Zürich, Switzerland
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight73 kg (161 lb)
Sailing career
Class(es)Dinghy
ClubSC Schloss Greifensee
Medal record
Men's sailing
Representing Switzerland
Summer Universiade
Bronze medal – third place 2005 İzmir 470

Steiger competed for the Swiss sailing squad, as a crew member in the men's 470 class, at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.[6] He and skipper Etter topped the Swiss Sailing Federation's selection criteria for a coveted spot on the Olympic team, based on their cumulative scores attained in a series of international regattas, including their top 40 finish at the Worlds nearly eight months earlier in Melbourne, Australia.[7] The Swiss duo successfully posted a triad of single-digit marks each in races 3, 5, and 9, but a random wave of substandard outcomes throughout the series pushed both Etter and Steiger to the middle of a 29-boat fleet, sitting them in twenty-third overall with 162 net points.[2][8]

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Felix Steiger". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
  2. "Schweizer Starboot-Duo muss sich steigern" [Swiss Star duo vows to improve] (in German). Neue Zürcher Zeitung. 16 August 2008. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
  3. "Campbell Wins Gold and Tunnicliffe Silver". World Sailing. 22 August 2005. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  4. "Bronze für 470er-Segler" [Bronze for 470 sailors]. News.ch (in German). 16 August 2008. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
  5. "«Hat etwas an der Technik gefehlt»" ["Something went missing from the technology"] (in German). Züriost. 18 August 2008. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
  6. "Event Guide: Men's Two Person Dinghy – 470". World Sailing. 9 August 2008. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  7. "Zwei Quotenplätze für Schweizer Segler" [Two quota places for Swiss sailors] (in German). Volksblatt. 30 January 2008. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  8. "Beijing 2008: Men's 470 Class". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 5 January 2014. Retrieved 13 September 2013.


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