Esko Rechardt

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Esko Rechardt
Medal record

Men's Sailing
Competitor for Finland
Olympic Games
Gold	1980 Moscow	Finn class

Esko Tapani Rechardt (born May 9, 1958 in Helsinki) is a Finnish sailor and Olympic champion. He won a gold medal in the Finn Class at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.^[1]

Biography

Rechardt has a Master's degree in engineering, and after his sporting career has designed bridges, such as the bridge connecting the Korkeasaari zoo to Helsinki mainland.^[2]

References

↑ 1980 Summer Olympics – Moscow, Soviet Union – Sailing – databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on May 21, 2008)
↑ http://www.mtv3.fi/olympialaiset/olympialegendat.shtml

External links

sports-reference

Olympic Sailing Champions in Finn class

1952: Paul Elvstrøm (DEN)
1956: Paul Elvstrøm (DEN)
1960: Paul Elvstrøm (DEN)
1964: Wilhelm Kuhweide (FRG)
1968: Valentin Mankin (URS)
1972: Serge Maury (FRA)
1976: Jochen Schümann (GDR)
1980: Esko Rechardt (FIN)
1984: Russell Coutts (NZL)
1988: José Doreste (SPA)
1992: José van der Ploeg (SPA)
1996: Mateusz Kusznierewicz {POL)
2000: Iain Percy (GBR)
2004: Ben Ainslie (GBR)
2008: Ben Ainslie (GBR)
2012: Ben Ainslie (GBR)

Persondata
Name	Rechardt, Esko
Alternative names
Short description	Sailor
Date of birth	May 9, 1958
Place of birth	Helsinki, Finland
Date of death
Place of death

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