Federico Esposito (born 2 July 1986) is an Italian windsurfer, who specialized in Neil Pryde RS:X class. He was born in

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. He represented

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at the

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, and has been currently training for Fiamma Oro Sport Club ( it,

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) under his personal coach and mentor Adriano Stella. As of September 2013, Esposito is ranked no. 45 in the world for the sailboard class by the

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Biography

Esposito competed in the men's RS:X class at the

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by finishing thirty-sixth and receiving a berth from the ISAF World Championships in

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. Struggling to attain a top position in the opening series, Esposito accumulated a net score of 269 points to pick up a thirty-fourth spot in a fleet of thirty-eight windsurfers.

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* * * * 1987 births Living people Italian windsurfers Italian male sailors (sport) Olympic sailors for Italy Sailors at the 2012 Summer Olympics – RS:X People from Piombino Windsurfers of Fiamme Oro Sportspeople from the Province of Livorno 21st-century Italian sportspeople {{Italy-yachtracing-bio-stub