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Roland Gäbler
Roland Gäbler (born 9 October 1964 in Bremen) is a German sailor and member in the Norddeutscher Regatta Verein as well as in the Kieler Yacht-Club. He competed in five Olympic Games. Roland Gäbler grew up in Bremen, where he started sailing on the river Weser. His talent for sailing was advanced by his parents, who bought him an old Laser. At the age of 14 he competed in his first regatta, one year later he won his first sailing competition. During his career in the Laser dinghy, Roland Gäbler won two European Championships and 14 international Championships. With 23 years Roland Gäbler switched the racing class to catamaran and sailed a Tornado, together with his Laser training partner Hans-Jürgen Pfohe. Both competed in the Kiel WeekMartina BrüskeAuf Titeljagd im Tornado In ''Welt Online'', June 17, 2007 and qualified straightaway for the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, however they won no medal. During the rough regatta Roland Gäbler suffered a fracture of his hand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deutscher Segler-Verband
The German Sailing Federation (german: Deutscher Segler Verband) is the national governing body for the sport of sailing in Germany, recognised by the International Sailing Federation. History In 1888 the German Sailing Association was founded as the first chairman Adolpf Burmester. At the offices of the Norddeutscher Regatta Verein (North German Regatta Association) in Hamburg met as official founding clubs: Norddeutscher Regatta Verein, Kaiserlicher Yacht Club (Imperial Yacht Club), Verein Seglerhaus am Wannsee (Wannsee Sailors House Association), Segelclub Rhe (Sailing Club Rhe - Königsberg), Berlin Sailing Club, Berlin Regatta Club, Academic Sailors Club (Berlin), Spandauer Yacht-Club, Berlin Yacht Club, Hamburg Elbsegel Regatta Association, and St Georger Segel Verein (St George Sailing Association - Sankt Georgen an der Gusen). In the year 1933 the DSV was subject to Gleichschaltung. At the same time the Freier Segler Verband (Free Sailors' Association), founded in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sportspeople From Bremen (city)
An athlete (also sportsman or sportswoman) is a person who competes in one or more sports that involve physical strength, speed, or endurance. Athletes may be professionals or amateurs. Most professional athletes have particularly well-developed physiques obtained by extensive physical training and strict exercise accompanied by a strict dietary regimen. Definitions The word "athlete" is a romanization of the el, άθλητὴς, ''athlētēs'', one who participates in a contest; from ἄθλος, ''áthlos'' or ἄθλον, ''áthlon'', a contest or feat. The primary definition of "sportsman" according to Webster's ''Third Unabridged Dictionary'' (1960) is, "a person who is active in sports: as (a): one who engages in the sports of the field and especially in hunting or fishing." Physiology Athletes involved in isotonic exercises have an increased mean left ventricular end-diastolic volume and are less likely to be depressed. Due to their strenuous physical activiti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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1964 Births
Events January * January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved. * January 5 - In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patriarch Athenagoras I of Constantinople meet in Jerusalem. * January 6 – A British firm, the Leyland Motor Corp., announces the sale of 450 buses to the Cuban government, challenging the United States blockade of Cuba. * January 9 – ''Martyrs' Day'': Armed clashes between United States troops and Panamanian civilians in the Panama Canal Zone precipitate a major international crisis, resulting in the deaths of 21 Panamanians and 4 U.S. soldiers. * January 11 – United States Surgeon General Luther Terry reports that smoking may be hazardous to one's health (the first such statement from the U.S. government). * January 12 ** Zanzibar Revolution: The predominantly Arab government of Zanzibar is overthrown by African nationalist rebels; a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Extreme Sailing Series
The Extreme Sailing Series (ESS) (formerly the iShares Cup) was an annual global racing series, organised by OC Sport, which ran from 2007 to 2018. The series started in 2007 with its main attraction being the stadium racing which puts the race course inside a stadium environment for the ease of spectators' viewing. Many of the sailors taking part in the series were around-the-world yachtsmen, Olympic Olympic or Olympics may refer to Sports Competitions * Olympic Games, international multi-sport event held since 1896 ** Summer Olympic Games ** Winter Olympic Games * Ancient Olympic Games, ancient multi-sport event held in Olympia, Greece b ... medallists, America's Cup sailors, World and European champions and even world record holders. The series was terminated in 2019 after the event became financially nonviable and OC Sport were unable to secure a management buy-out. Results Based on results from 2007–2018, Pete Greenhalgh (GBR) is the most successful sailor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Extreme 40
The Extreme 40 is a class of sailing catamaran created by TornadoSport and designed by Yves Loday. The boats are 40 feet long and are constructed out of carbon fibre. They have a top speed of about and can sail at about in 20–25 knots of wind The first extreme 40 was launched in 2005. They were sailed in the Extreme Sailing Series, formerly known as the iShares Cup. Extreme 40s are essentially a scaled-up version of the Tornado sailboat used in The Olympics. Extreme 40's are long, have a beam, displace of water, have a mast height of and a claimed top speed of . The mainsail is and the jib is . The gennaker A gennaker is a sail that was developed around 1990. Used when sailing downwind, it is a cross between a genoa and a spinnaker. It is not symmetric like a true spinnaker but is asymmetric like a genoa, but the gennaker is not attached to the f ... used for downwind sailing is . References External links {{commonscat, Extreme 40 *https://web.archive.org/web/ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tornado World Championship
The Tornado World Championship are international sailing regattas in the Tornado class organized by the International Sailing Federation and the International Tornado class Association. For the original open event, the most titles have been won by Australian sailor Darren Bundock, with seven titles between 1998 and 2009 and another two bronze medals. The second most titles have been won by Australian John Forbes, who has won six world titles and came 2nd twice, 3rd three times and a fourth, fifth and a sixth. The highest number of championships have been won by Australian sailors, with twelve titles, followed by British sailors, with six titles, and sailors from Germany, who have won five titles. Between 1968 and 1998, eight people had won the Tornado World Championship twice. In 1998 John Forbes was the first person to win the Championship three times. The Tornado was an Olympic class from 1976 to 2008. History The first Tornado World Championship were held in Kiel in 1968. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lübecker Nachrichten
The ''Lübecker Nachrichten'' (LN; German for ''Lübeck News'') is a regional daily newspaper in Germany, covering Schleswig-Holstein and western Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. It is, along with the ''Schleswig-Holsteinischer Zeitungsverlag'' and the ''Kieler Nachrichten'', one of the largest daily newspapers in Schleswig-Holstein. ''LN'' appears daily except on Mondays and days after holidays. It was formed in 1946 from the ''Lübecker General-Anzeiger'' founded in 1832 (''Lübeck General-Gazette''), a title it still uses for its local Lübeck supplement. The paper is published by Lübecker Nachrichten GmbH, headquartered in the Buntekuh district of Lübeck and 49% owned by Axel Springer AG Axel Springer SE () is a German digital and popular periodical publishing house which is the largest in Europe, with numerous multimedia news brands, such as ''Bild'', ''Die Welt'', and '' Fakt'' and more than 15,000 employees. It generated tot .... Editor-in-chief is Manfred von Thien. Refe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Travemünde Week
Barque ''Passat'' in Travemünde The Travemünder Woche (engl. ''Travemünde Week'') is the second largest annual race week in sailing in Germany (after Kiel Week). It is held since 1892 by the end of July at the traditional seaside resort Travemünde located at the Bay of Lübeck of the Baltic Sea. The main organizer of this event is the Yacht Club of Lübeck. In 2007 there will be around 3000 sailors participating in the 118. race week with more than 800 boats. Participating classes of sailing dinghies Contender, 420, 470, 505, 49er, Flying Dutchman, Laser, Tornado, javelin Participating classes of keel boats and yachts Nordic Folkboat The Nordic Folkboat (Swedish: Nordisk Folkbåt) is a Swedish sailboat that was designed by and Tord Sundén as a racer- cruiser and first built in 1942. Even though Sundén drafted the plans with design ideas provided by Iversen, Sundén was ..., Dragon, J/22, J/24 See also * Yacht Club of Lübeck * Norddeutscher Regattaverein ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nahid Gäbler
Nahid Pachai Gäbler (born 7 June 1967 in Kolding, Denmark) is a Tornado (sailboat), Tornado World and European Champion and multiple mixed Tornado World and European Champion sailor. Her mother correspondent and interpreter Jette Pachai (father konsul Einar Cohr) was from Fredericia, Denmark and her father Dr. Modjtaba Pachai from Tehran, Iran (who was a Dr. degree in politics/history and worked as military attaché in 2 embassies), the family moved back to Denmark in 1965. Nahid is married to Olympic Bronze medal Winner and multiple World- and European Champion Roland Gaebler since 16.11.1991. She has a Bachelor in Economics and a Cand. Merc. Aud. (Master in Audit) from Syddansk Universitet in Kolding. Results Danish champion (Danske Gymnastik- & Idrætsforeninger, DGI-Landsmester) in short distance 50 meter freestyle swimming and vice Danish champion in 100 meter backstroke swimming. In 2018 she again wins gold at the Danish Championship DOM-L Masters in 100 m Backstroke, 50 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Volvo Champions Race
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