Fabian Heidegger (born 4 August 1988) is an Italian former windsurfer, who specialized in the RS:X class.[1] He represented his country Italy at the 2008 Summer Olympics, finishing among the top twenty windsurfers in his signature sailboard.[2] Heidegger trained most of his competitive sporting career, as a member of the sailing roster for A.V.L. Caldaro, under the tutelage of his personal coach Paolo Ghione.[3]
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nickname | Fabi |
| Nationality |  Italy |
| Born | 4 August 1988 Bolzano, Italy |
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| Weight | 65 kg (143 lb) |
| Sailing career | |
| Class | Sailboard |
| Club | A.V.L. Caldaro |
| Coach | Paolo Ghione |
Heidegger competed for the Italian sailing squad, as a 20-year-old, in the inaugural men's RS:X class at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Building up to his Olympic selection, he scored a commendable, eleventh-place finish at the 2007 ISAF Worlds in Cascais, Portugal to lock the country's top RS:X spot for the Games.[4] Heidegger started the series comfortably with a superb top-eight mark on the third leg, before fading steadily towards the middle of the 35-man fleet and never looked back, sitting him in the top twenty overall position with 138 net points.[5]
Heidegger sought to bid for his second consecutive trip to the Games in London 2012, but he lost the domestic selection to Federico Esposito, abruptly prompting him to retire from the sport.[2]
References
edit- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Fabian Heidegger". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
- ^ a b ""Niente Giochi, mi ritiro" Fabian Heidegger abbandona la tavola" ["No Games, I'll retire", Fabian Heidegger leaves the sailboard]. www.altoadige.it (in Italian). Alto Adige. 12 March 2012. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
- ^ "La vela azzurra salpa dal Ducale per conquistare l'oro di Pechino" [Italian sailors from Ducale set sail for gold in Beijing] (in Italian). Il Giornale. 7 February 2008. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
- ^ "Vela: da Cascais arrivano altri quattro pass olimpici" [Sailing: Four Olympic tickets punched in Cascais] (in Italian). Italian National Olympic Committee. 12 July 2007. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
- ^ "Beijing 2008: Men's RS:X Class". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 5 January 2014. Retrieved 5 September 2013.
External links
edit- Fabian Heidegger at World Sailing
- Fabian Heidegger at Olympics.com
- Fabian Heidegger at Olympedia
- Fabian Heidegger at NBC 2008 Olympics Profile at the Wayback Machine (archived 20 July 2012)
- Athlete Bio – CONI[permanent dead link] (in Italian)
