- Jochen Schümann
Jochen Schümann (born
June 8 ,1954 inEast Berlin ) is a Germansailor and olympic champion.He competed at the
1976 Summer Olympics inMontreal , where he won a gold medal in the "finn class". [http://www.gbrathletics.com/olympic/sailing.htm "Olympic Games Medallists - Sailing"] "gbrathletics" (Retrieved on June 1, 2008)] [http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=19&sp=YAT "1976 Summer Olympics – Montreal, Canada – Sailing"] "databaseOlympics.com" (Retrieved on June 1, 2008)]He competed in the soling class at the 1988, [http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=22&sp=YAT "1988 Summer Olympics – Seoul, South Korea – Sailing"] "databaseOlympics.com" (Retrieved on June 1, 2008)] 1996 [http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=24&sp=YAT "1996 Summer Olympics – Atlanta, United States – Sailing"] "databaseOlympics.com" (Retrieved on June 1, 2008)] and
2000 Summer Olympics , [http://www.databaseolympics.com/games/gamessport.htm?g=25&sp=YAT "2000 Summer Olympics – Sydney, Australia – Sailing"] "databaseOlympics.com" (Retrieved on June 1, 2008)] winning two gold medals and one silver medal in this class.America's Cup Team Alinghi
Schümann participated and won the 2003 and 2007
America's Cup for Swiss TeamAlinghi acting as sporting director.Awards
He received the 1996 World Sailor of the Year Award from the
International Sailing Federation .References
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