Ferdinand Gerz

Ferdinand Gerz
Personal information
Full name Ferdinand Gerz
Nickname(s) Ferdi[1]
Nationality  Germany
Born 17 November 1988
Munich, West Germany
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Weight 61 kg (134 lb)
Class(es) Dinghy
Club Deutscher Touring Yacht Club[1]

Ferdinand Gerz (born November 17, 1988 in Munich) is a German sailor, who specialized in two-person dinghy (470) class.[1][2] He represented Germany, along with his partner Patrick Follmann, in the men's 470 class at the 2012 Summer Olympics, and has also been training throughout most of his sporting career at Deutscher Touring Yacht Club in Tutzing.[1][3] He also obtained a career best result with a single victory for the German squad at the 2012 Kieler Woche Tournament in Kiel.[4] As of September 2014, Gerz is ranked no. 13 in the world for two-person dinghy class by the International Sailing Federation. Coming from a sporting pedigree, Gerz is the son of legendary sailor and 1983 world champion Wolfgang Gerz, who finished fifth under the former West German sailing team in the Finn class at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.[5]

Gerz qualified as a crew member for the German squad in the men's 470 class at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London by placing fifteenth and receiving a berth from the ISAF World Championships in Perth, Western Australia.[3][6][7] Teaming with skipper Patrick Follmann in the opening series, the German duo recorded a score of 105 net points to establish a thirteenth-place finish in a fleet of twenty-seven boats.[8][9]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Ferdinand Gerz". London 2012. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
  2. ↑ "Ferdinand Gerz". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "DOSB nominiert die ersten 85 Athleten für London" [DOSB nominated the first 85 athletes for London] (in German). Olympiastützpunkt Berlin. 2012. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
  4. ↑ "Olympiateilnehmer überzeugen nur teilweise" [An Olympian only partially convinced] (in German). Focus.de. 16 June 2012. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
  5. ↑ Kraus, Benjamin (29 July 2012). "Zwei Bayern auf hoher See: Follman und Gerz trotzen den hohen Wellen" [Two Bavarians on the high seas: Follman and Gerz defy the high waves] (in German). Westdeutsche Zeitung. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
  6. ↑ "WM in Perth: Delle und Goltz Können für Olympia Planen" [World Champs in Perth: Delle and Goltz goes to Olympics] (in German). Segler-Zeitung. 9 December 2011. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
  7. ↑ "Bayerisches Duo mit großem Potenzial" [Bavarian duo has a great potential] (in German). Mittelbayerische Zeitung. 16 December 2011. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
  8. ↑ "Men's 470". London 2012. Retrieved 27 November 2012.
  9. ↑ Kemmling, Carsten (9 August 2012). "Deutsche Segler bei Olympia 2012: Kein Platz für Überraschungen" [German sailors at the Olympics 2012: "No room for surprises"] (in German). Spiegel Online. Retrieved 27 October 2014.

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