Andreas Geritzer (born 11 December 1977, in

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) is an

Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...

sailor A sailor, seaman, mariner, or seafarer is a person who works aboard a watercraft as part of its crew, and may work in any one of a number of different fields that are related to the operation and maintenance of a ship. The profession of the s ...

in the

Laser A laser is a device that emits light through a process of optical amplification based on the stimulated emission of electromagnetic radiation. The word "laser" is an acronym for "light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation". The fi ...

class. At the

2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 ( Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from ...

in Sydney he finished fifth, four years later at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens he won the Silver medal. Geritzer resides and trains in

Neusiedl am See Neusiedl am See (; cs, Nezider; hr, Niuzalj; hu, Nezsider; sk, Nezider) is a town in Burgenland, Austria, and administrative center of the district of Neusiedl am See. Neusiedl am See is located on the northern shore of the Neusiedler See. ...

. He has been married since 2005, and has a son.

Achievements

*EC-Bronze 1998 and 2005 *WC-Silver 2002 *Second place at

Kiel Week The Kiel Week (german: Kieler Woche) or Kiel Regatta is an annual sailing event in Kiel, the capital of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is the largest sailing event in Europe, and also one of the largest Volksfeste in Germany, attracting ...

2004 *Silver medal at the Olympic Games 2004 in Athens

References

External links

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Homepage of Andreas Geritzer
* * * 1977 births Living people Austrian male sailors (sport) Olympic sailors for Austria Olympic silver medalists for Austria Olympic medalists in sailing Sailors at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Laser Sailors at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Laser Sailors at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Laser Sailors at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Laser Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics {{Austria-yachtracing-bio-stub