Jochen Schümann

Jochen Schümann

Schühmann in 2015
Personal information
Nationality  Germany
Born (1954-06-08) 8 June 1954
East Berlin, East Germany
Sailing career
Class(es) Finn, Soling, 5.5m
Medal record
Sailing
Representing  East Germany
Olympic Games
1976 Montreal Finn class
1988 Seoul Soling class
Representing  Germany
Olympic Games
1996 Atlanta Soling class
2000 Sydney Soling class
5.5 Metre World Championships
2001 Glücksburg 5.5m
2005 Sydney 5.5m
2006 Medemblik 5.5m
2012 Boltenhagen 5.5m

Jochen Schümann (born 8 June 1954 in East Berlin) is a German sailor and olympic champion.

He competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, where he won a gold medal in the finn class.[1][2]

He competed in the soling class at the 1988,[3] 1996[4] and 2000 Summer Olympics,[5] 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 Team Alinghi acting as sporting director.

ALL4ONE Challenge

He is currently involved with ALL4ONE Challenge in the Louis Vuitton Trophy.

Awards

He received the 1996 World Sailor of the Year Award from the International Sailing Federation.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Olympic Games Medallists – Sailing" gbrathletics (Retrieved on 1 June 2008)
  2. ↑ "1976 Summer Olympics – Montreal, Canada – Sailing" Archived 17 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine. databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on 1 June 2008)
  3. ↑ "1988 Summer Olympics – Seoul, South Korea – Sailing" databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on 1 June 2008)
  4. ↑ "1996 Summer Olympics – Atlanta, United States – Sailing" Archived 19 January 2013 at the Wayback Machine. databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on 1 June 2008)
  5. ↑ "2000 Summer Olympics – Sydney, Australia – Sailing" Archived 16 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine. databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on 1 June 2008)


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